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By Shaurya Malwa|Edited by Parikshit Mishra
Updated Jul 11, 2025, 2:03 p.m. Published Jul 11, 2025, 12:38 p.m.
- The Ethereum Foundation sold 10,000 ETH to SharpLink Gaming in a $25.7 million OTC deal, marking the first direct acquisition of ETH by a publicly listed company from the Foundation.
- SharpLink, trading under SBET, plans to use ETH as its primary treasury reserve asset, staking and restaking it to support Ethereum’s ecosystem.
- The transaction was completed at $2,572.37 per ETH and comes amid rising ETH ETF inflows and renewed interest in protocol-native finance.
The Ethereum Foundation has sold 10,000 ether
to SharpLink Gaming in an OTC deal worth $25.7 million, marking the first time a publicly listed company has directly acquired the token directly from the protocol’s core steward.
The transaction was executed at an average price of $2,572.37 per ETH and settled on-chain via the foundation’s multisig on July 10. Proceeds from the sale will be used to support EF’s core activities.
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SharpLink, which trades on Nasdaq under the ticker SBET, described the purchase not as a trade, but as a “commitment to Ethereum’s long-term mission.” The company is positioning ETH as its primary treasury reserve asset and said it plans to stake and restake the acquired ETH, effectively removing it from circulation.
“This isn’t a trade — it’s a commitment,” said Joseph Lubin, Chairman of SharpLink and a co-founder of Ethereum, said in a release. “SharpLink is acquiring, staking and restaking ETH as responsible industry stewards, removing supply from circulation and reinforcing the health of the Ethereum ecosystem.’
“Moreover, we see this as the start of something bigger – a model for how mission-driven organizations can work to advance our ecosystem’s shared goals of decentralization, economic empowerment and protocol-native finance,” Lubin added.
The move comes at a time when ETH ETF inflows are building, ETH-denominated treasuries are re-emerging, and protocol-native finance is regaining attention.
ETH was trading above $3,000 as of U.S. morning hours Friday, up more than 8% in the past 24 hours.
Shaurya is the Co-Leader of the CoinDesk tokens and data team in Asia with a focus on crypto derivatives, DeFi, market microstructure, and protocol analysis.
Shaurya holds over $1,000 in BTC, ETH, SOL, AVAX, SUSHI, CRV, NEAR, YFI, YFII, SHIB, DOGE, USDT, USDC, BNB, MANA, MLN, LINK, XMR, ALGO, VET, CAKE, AAVE, COMP, ROOK, TRX, SNX, RUNE, FTM, ZIL, KSM, ENJ, CKB, JOE, GHST, PERP, BTRFLY, OHM, BANANA, ROME, BURGER, SPIRIT, and ORCA.
He provides over $1,000 to liquidity pools on Compound, Curve, SushiSwap, PancakeSwap, BurgerSwap, Orca, AnySwap, SpiritSwap, Rook Protocol, Yearn Finance, Synthetix, Harvest, Redacted Cartel, OlympusDAO, Rome, Trader Joe, and SUN.
