Recently, there's an interesting phenomenon—you rarely see discussions about staking Ethereum on Tom Lee's social media. What could be the real reason behind this?

Let's look at the data first. BitMine recently staked another 82,600 ETH, worth approximately $259 million. Combined with previous deposits, BitMine's total staked amount has reached 544,000 ETH, with an asset value of up to $1.7 billion. This operation was completed through a batch deposit contract transferred to the Ethereum official Deposit Contract, used to activate multiple validator nodes (each validator requires 32 ETH). This is a typical institutional-level operation method, handling large deposits through aggregation.

But the key question is—why does Tom Lee rarely discuss this on X?

The underlying logic is actually quite clear. First, role separation. Tom Lee is responsible for research and media communication at Fundstrat, while also serving as chairman of BitMine, but he is not involved in daily operations. Staking is a collective action of the company; over-promoting it through personal accounts could be seen as personal endorsement, which poses compliance risks for a NYSE-listed company (BMNR).

Furthermore, it's about the communication strategy. He prefers to emphasize Ethereum's long-term value propositions in formal settings—such as the tokenization trend, institutional adoption, or the $7K–$9K price forecast for 2026—rather than focusing on specific on-chain operational details. He might mention staking yields (like a potential $1 million daily) in interviews, but wouldn't repeatedly emphasize it on X.

This actually reflects the maturity of institutional participants: large-scale operations often don't need to hype on social media. The real action happens on-chain, with the voice reserved for strategic levels.