# Ethereum

Type: Token

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## Timeline

- **2026-02-18**: Market Reaction — ETZH stock sinks 5% in overnight trading as investors react to the Thiel exit.
- **2026-02-17**: SEC Filing — Regulatory filings show Founders Fund has reduced its ETHZilla holdings to zero.
- **2025-11-15**: Strategic Shift — ETHZilla announces plans to pivot from crypto treasuries to aviation asset tokenization.
- **2025-01-10**: Initial Investment — Founders Fund discloses a 7.5% stake in ETHZilla, backing its Ethereum treasury model.

## Recent coverage (3 stories)

### Eightco's $472M Portfolio: $90M in OpenAI SPVs, $18M in Beast Industries
2026-06-18 17:39:46 · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

Eightco Holdings emerges as a publicly traded venture portfolio, with $109 million spread across OpenAI, Beast Industries, and Mythical Games, offering retail investors a slice of pre-IPO unicorns.
Full story: https://getstartupbrief.com/story/eightco-startup-investments-90m-openai

### Colossus Challenges Payment Giants with KYC-Less Ethereum Layer-2 Cards
2026-03-09 06:28:06 · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

Colossus, a lean four-person startup, is developing a decentralized payment infrastructure on an Ethereum layer-2 to bypass traditional KYC requirements. By leveraging blockchain technology, the firm aims to offer crypto cards that challenge the dominance of incumbents like Visa and Mastercard.
Full story: https://getstartupbrief.com/story/colossus-kyc-less-crypto-cards-visa-mastercard-disruption

### Thiel’s Founders Fund Exits ETHZilla Amid Strategic Pivot to Aviation
2026-02-18 19:32:28 · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 5

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund has liquidated its entire 7.5% stake in ETHZilla, a firm formerly focused on Ethereum treasuries. The exit comes as ETHZilla pivots toward tokenizing aviation assets, signaling a broader institutional reassessment of pure-play crypto treasury models.
Full story: https://getstartupbrief.com/story/thiel-founders-fund-exits-ethzilla-aviation-pivot

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