Tom Lee just gave his hoax 4chan “prediction” a second life, and the internet did what it always does when celebrities nod to big numbers. In other words, they treated it like a price prediction.
Lee, chairman of BitMine Immersion, responded with a quote post, “I love this,” to images claiming 2026 ATH goals of $250,000 for Bitcoin, $20,000 for Ethereum, and $1,500 for Solana, framing them as “artifacts” rather than opinions.
Interestingly, this prediction quickly received its own warning label, with a community note stating that the referenced forum post number was outside the current range for the December 2025 board, and that an archive check found no match. So the viral “anon” source appears to have been fabricated.
I love this https://t.co/mwePyQVQNr
— Thomas (Tom) Lee (not the drummer) FSInsight.com (@fundstrat) December 25, 2025
Meanwhile, BitMine's treasury currently has a crypto value of $11.83 billion with 4,066,062 ETH against 192 BTC, giving it a 99.86% ETH allocation by value. This is so large that every $1,000 move in ETH marks an accumulation of approximately $4.07 billion on paper. This explains why the moonshot headline gets Mr. Lee's nod.
What if?
If ETH actually minted $20,000, BitMine's 4,066,062 ETH would be valued at approximately $81.32 billion. The same dashboard on CoinGecko shows the Ethereum line as around $11.82 billion, so on paper the upside from the ETH-only stack is around +$69.5 billion before counting another 192 BTC position.
Just because the prediction is false does not prevent this story from becoming tradable. When the crypto conversation spills over into stocks, it props up equity alternatives like BMNR while still setting a cap for people to rely on and selling the idea that ETH is the financial asset of this cycle.
