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SharpLink posted a $394.3 million second-quarter net loss as falling ETH prices produced $321 million in unrealized losses and a $76.1 million impairment charge.
"During the second quarter, we remained highly active across both treasury management and Ethereum ecosystem development," Joseph Chalom, chief executive officer of SharpLink, said in the Aug. 10 release.
Revenue rose more than 15-fold to $11.5 million from $697,000 a year earlier, with staking supplying $11.2 million. The net loss widened from $103.4 million, and diluted loss per share was $1.88 versus $4.27. Selling, general and administrative expenses climbed to $9.1 million from $2.4 million as the treasury strategy ran a full quarter.
The Nasdaq-listed company held about 886,881 ETH and equivalents valued at roughly $1.4 billion on a U.S. GAAP basis as of June 30. It completed a $75 million registered direct offering on June 23, using part of the proceeds to buy about 10,000 ETH at an average $1,611, and repurchased 2.1 million shares for $10 million.
The quarterly loss stemmed almost entirely from SharpLink's crypto holdings rather than operations. The company recorded a $321 million unrealized loss on assets measured at fair value as ETH traded lower, plus a $76.1 million impairment on its LsETH and weETH liquid-staking positions. Both were non-cash charges that did not reduce the number of tokens controlled, though the impairment lowers the carrying value of LsETH and weETH under U.S. GAAP and cannot be reversed on a later market recovery.
For the first half of 2026, SharpLink's net loss reached $1.08 billion, including $827.7 million in unrealized crypto losses and $267.8 million in impairment charges. Total assets fell to $1.42 billion from $2.43 billion at the end of 2025, while stockholders' equity dropped to $1.41 billion from $2.42 billion.
Staking supplied $11.2 million of SharpLink's $11.5 million in second-quarter revenue, and $22.7 million for the first half, making ETH yield the company's main income source. The treasury held 632,784 native ETH, 181,321 ETH represented by LsETH and 72,776 ETH represented by weETH as of June 30.
SharpLink's reliance on staking income has placed it inside Ethereum's issuance debate. Chalom has opposed a proposal that could eventually eliminate issuance-based staking rewards, arguing native yield distinguishes ETH from non-yielding assets such as Bitcoin. The company had earned more than 18,000 ETH in staking rewards when he discussed the proposal.
The company also committed $100 million to the $125 million Galaxy SharpLink Onchain Yield Fund, with Galaxy contributing the remaining $25 million and serving as investment manager. SharpLink joined the Russell 2000 and Russell 3000 indexes in June, and its treasury had grown to about 888,938 ETH by Aug. 3.
The results show the accounting volatility facing crypto treasury holders: SharpLink's $321 million unrealized loss moved through the income statement even though the company retained the affected ETH. Chairman Joseph Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum and chief executive of Consensys, said the company's support for EthLabs, Ethereum Institutional and EthSystems reflects a belief that stronger protocol development and institutional engagement will broaden adoption.
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