{"id":93540,"date":"2026-01-26T12:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=93540"},"modified":"2026-01-26T12:05:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:05:36","slug":"ethzilla-shifts-strategy-acquires-aircraft-engines-after-ethereum-sell-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ethzilla-shifts-strategy-acquires-aircraft-engines-after-ethereum-sell-off\/","title":{"rendered":"ETHZilla Shifts Strategy, Acquires Aircraft Engines After Ethereum Sell-Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Thiel-backed <span data-descr=\"a company with crypto assets on its balance sheet\" class=\"old_tooltip\">DAT<\/span> firm ETHZilla <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/ix?doc=\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/0001690080\/000121390026006924\/ea0273808-8k_ethzilla.htm\">acquired<\/a> two CFM56-7B24 aircraft engines for $12.2 million. The transaction was conducted through a specially created subsidiary, ETHZilla Aerospace LLC.<\/p>\n<p>The equipment has already been leased to a major airline, with Aero Engine Solutions handling the maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement includes an option: at the end of the lease term, either party may demand the purchase or sale of the engines for $3 million each, provided they are in proper condition.<\/p>\n<p>The investment is driven by a shortage of components in the industry. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/iata-says-cfm-jet-engine-maintenance-pact-extended-2033-2026-01-20\/\">IATA<\/a>, airlines will spend about $2.6 billion on leasing spare engines in 2025. Analysts at TechSci Research <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techsciresearch.com\/report\/aircraft-engine-leasing-market\/13089.html\">forecasted<\/a> the leasing market in this segment to grow to $15.56 billion by 2031.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Change of Course<\/h2>\n<p>The purchase of tangible assets comes amid financial difficulties for ETHZilla. Since August, the company&#8217;s shares have plummeted by 97%.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-3759eef8b2738965-4634259125247765.webp\" alt=\"Screenshot 2026-01-26 113335\" class=\"wp-image-273998\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/finance\/quote\/ETHZ:NASDAQ\">Google Finance<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the autumn and winter, the firm actively reduced its cryptocurrency reserves:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>in October, it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/ethzilla-sells-approximately-40mm-eth-to-facilitate-stock-repurchases-302595722.html\">sold<\/a> ETH worth $40 million to facilitate stock buybacks;<\/li>\n<li>in December, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ethzilla-crypto-treasury-sells-74m-of-ethereum\">coins were sold<\/a> for $74.5 million to pay off debts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The company is now focusing on the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-rwas-real-world-assets\">RWA<\/a> segment. ETHZilla plans to tokenize the acquired assets in partnership with regulated broker Liquidity.io.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the firm <a href=\"https:\/\/ir.ethzilla.com\/news-events\/press-releases\/detail\/102\/ethzilla-and-zippy-enter-into-definitive-agreements-with-plans-to-tokenize-manufactured-home-loans-on-chain-ethzilla-takes-15-stake-in-zippy\">acquired<\/a> a 15% stake in lender Zippy and <a href=\"https:\/\/ir.ethzilla.com\/news-events\/press-releases\/detail\/101\/ethzilla-integrates-karus-to-power-ai-modeled-auto-loan-tokenization\">invested<\/a> in the auto loan platform Karus. These loans are also planned to be digitized. ETHZilla expects to present its first tokenized products in the first quarter of this year.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ethereum Whale<\/h2>\n<p>A major Ethereum holder, inactive for nine years, moved 50,000 ETH to a Gemini exchange deposit address. The coins are valued at approximately $145 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"zh\" dir=\"ltr\">\u4e00\u4e2a\u4f11\u7720\u4e86 9 \u5e74\u4e4b\u4e45\u7684 ETH \u5de8\u9cb8\u5730\u5740\uff0c\u5728\u6700\u8fd1 12 \u4e2a\u5c0f\u65f6\u91cc\u9192\u6765\u628a 5 \u4e07\u679a ETH ($1.45 \u4ebf) \u8f6c\u8fdb\u4e86 Gemini \u4ea4\u6613\u6240\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u25ce\u8fd9\u4e2a\u5730\u5740\u5728 9 \u5e74\u524d\u4ece Bitfinex \u4ea4\u6613\u6240\u63d0\u51fa 13.5 \u4e07\u679a ETH ($1217 \u4e07)\uff0c\u5f53\u65f6 ETH \u4ef7\u683c\u7ea6 $90\u3002\u76ee\u524d\u4ef7\u683c\u76f8\u8f83\u5f53\u65f6\u4e0a\u6da8\u4e86 32 \u500d\u3002<br \/>\u25ce\u5728\u4eca\u5929\u8f6c\u51fa 5 \u4e07\u679a ETH \u540e\uff0c\u8fd9\u4e2a\u5730\u5740\u4ecd\u6301\u6709 8.5 \u4e07\u679a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GSyphyyIgF\">pic.twitter.com\/GSyphyyIgF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u4f59\u70ec (@EmberCN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmberCN\/status\/2015609318561992834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Analysts at EmberCN, citing Arkham data, noted the transactions. According to their information, the wallet 0xb5\u2026Fb168D6 made two transfers of 25,000 ETH each, spaced a few hours apart.<\/p>\n<p>The address had been inactive since 2017, when the investor withdrew 135,000 ETH from the Bitfinex platform at a rate of about $90 per coin. The asset valuation at that time was $12.17 million. The whale&#8217;s balance now stands at 85,283 ETH.<\/p>\n<p>Similar activity was previously observed in the Bitcoin network. Last week, an unknown entity <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-whale-moves-85-million-after-13-years-of-inactivity\">moved<\/a> 909 BTC after 13 years of inactivity.<\/p>\n<p>The transfer to the exchange coincided with a market correction. At the time of writing, Ethereum is trading around $2915 (-0.6% for the day).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-8c5606ec28888c23-4634301211533944-1024x630.png\" alt=\"ETHUSDT_2026-01-26_11-41-18\" class=\"wp-image-273999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-8c5606ec28888c23-4634301211533944-1024x630.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-8c5606ec28888c23-4634301211533944-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-8c5606ec28888c23-4634301211533944-768x472.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-8c5606ec28888c23-4634301211533944.png 1428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">15-minute ETH\/USDT chart on Binance. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/ETHUSDT\/\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier in January, analysts at Pantera Capital <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/pantera-capital-predicts-collapse-of-small-crypto-treasuries\">predicted<\/a> the collapse of small crypto treasuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ETHZilla has acquired two CFM56-7B24 aircraft engines for $12.2 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"ETHZilla acquires aircraft engines after Ethereum sell-off.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[83,46,1156,1473],"class_list":["post-93540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-business","tag-ethereum","tag-institutional-investors-and-whales","tag-reserve-currencies"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"170","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"ETHZilla acquires aircraft engines after Ethereum sell-off.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93541,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93540\/revisions\/93541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}