On September 2, 2025, Ethzilla Corporation, a company that lies in Nasdaq, backed by outstanding investors, including Peter Thiel, announced a deployment of $ 100 million of its Ethereum reserves in Etherfi, a liquid rest protocol.
The decision marks the first direct integration of Ethzilla with the defi infrastructure. The company seeks to generate greater returns in its holdings while strengthening the security of the Ethereum network.
Ethzilla takes advantage of Etherfi to unlock performance in eth holdings
Executive President McAndrew Rudisill described change as a “strategic evolution” in treasure management. “By deploying $ 100 million in fluid reestimation, we are reinforcing Ethereum’s security while unlocking incremental performance opportunities to improve the yields of our treasure holdings.
The association with Etherfi marks a fundamental step in our commitment to Defi, ”Rudisill said in the statement.
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Today we are pleased that we will implement ~ $ 100 million in our ETH holdings in the @Ether_fi Replacement protocol.
This marks our first commitment to the Defi protocols, but it certainly will not be the last! pic.twitter.com/prvleywwr3– Ethzilla (@ethzilla_ethz) September 2, 2025
The allocation represents a portion of the 102,246 ETHZilla ETH reserves, valued at approximately $ 456 million as of August 31. In addition to its cryptographic holdings, the company maintains $ 221 million in cash equivalents and has more than 166 million actions in circulation.
According to the company’s capital summaries, Ethzilla aggressively expanded its Ethereum position until August, acquiring more than 20,000 ETH at an average purchase price of $ 3,949.
Etherfi, the protocol selected for investment, offers improved performance through restructuring, a process that allows ETH to be rehipotec in additional layers and security services beyond the central validation of Ethereum.
Mike Silagadze, founder and CEO of Etherfi, described Ethzilla’s entrance at a decisive moment.
“Its commitment highlights the growing institutional confidence in decentralized protocols and shows a unique method to unite traditional finances with the Ethereum ecosystem,” said Silagadze.
The measure continues to the 180 Life Science Corp. Ethzilla brand change at the end of July, when the company turned to digital assets and adopted Ethereum as its central treasure reserve.
Backed by more than 60 institutional and crypto-national investors, the firm announced plans to raise $ 425 million through a private investment agreement in public capital (PIPA), complemented with $ 150 million in possible debt titles.
Financing income has been allocated to ETH acquisitions, treasure operations and transaction costs. The Ethzilla Treasury strategy is managed in association with Electric Capital, which supervises a chain performance program aimed at overcoming ETH standard reference.
The company has declared that its broader plan implies a combination of loans, provisioning of liquidity and structured agreements, designed to balance performance optimization with risk controls.
Ethzilla evolves to educator and inverter as Ethereum recovers the traction traction
Ethzilla recently canceled 1.3 million shares in circulation held by Elray Resources in a $ 1 million agreement, simplifying its capital structure as it deepens its focus on cryptography. The movement follows its broader impulse to position itself not only as an inverter but also as an educator.
Its “Ethereum School” publishes weekly lessons on monetary policy and betting economy, with a recent material emphasizing how the Ethereum burning rate and the emission model have reduced the net annual broadcast since 2022 merged only 0.139%, showing its deflationary potential.
Announcing the Ethereum school in Ethzilla
Every Friday, Ethzilla will teach him something that may not know about Ethereum.
Today’s lesson: Ethereum monetary policy.
Ethereum does not have a supply limit as Bitcoin; Instead, it has an emission limit that guarantees in the long term … pic.twitter.com/88GYNJ44– Ethzilla (@ethzilla_ethz) August 29, 2025
Meanwhile, fluid restructuring continues to grow through the ecosystem. The total value blocked in Ethereum protocols has increased to $ 30 billion, driven by validators that move away from the native reference. Etherfi leads the sector on TVL, ahead of Eigenpie by offering users to repeat yields through Eigenlayer.
Ether’s corporate demand is still strong. According to being Data, Bitmine de Tom Lee owns around 1.8 million ETH, while Joe Lubin’s Sharplink occupies the second place with 837,000 eth. Sharplink added 39,008 ETH between August 25 and 31 to an average price of $ 4,531, raising its treasure value to $ 3.6 billion.
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