Trend Research Lifts ETH Holdings To $1.8b With $35m Buy, Is...

Trend Research founder Jack Yi pledged to continue buying Ether, claiming more financial and regulatory tailwinds will drive crypto valuations in 2026.

Hong Kong-based investment firm Trend Research has continued accumulating Ether even as one of the biggest corporate ETH holders expects a sharp drawdown during the first quarter of 2026.

Trend Research acquired $35 million in Ether (ETH), pushing its holdings above 601,000 ETH worth about $1.83 billion, according to blockchain data platform Lookonchain.

The company has borrowed a total of $958 million in stablecoins from decentralized lending protocol Aave, with an average purchase price of about $3,265 per ETH, wrote Lookonchain in a Monday X post.

Trend’s founder, Jack Yi, said he was “bullish” on crypto for the first half of 2026 and pledged to continue buying Ether “until the bull market arrives,” with “maximum position in ETH” and a “heavy” position in the Trump family-linked World Liberty Financial (WLFI) token.

He added that “2026 will also be an environment with comprehensive positives like financial on-chain, stablecoins, rate cut cycles, crypto policies.”

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While BitMine Immersion Technologies, the largest corporate Ether holder, relies on dollar-cost averaging, Trend Research pledged to continue acquiring Ether regardless of “fluctuations of a few hundred dollars.”

Trend Research is the third-largest Ether holder following Bitmine and SharpLink Gaming, but as an unlisted company, it doesn’t appear on most tracking websites, including the StrategicEthReserve.

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Source: CoinTelegraph