Beast Industries announced the completion of a $200 million funding round led by BitMine. The company's core business is media and consumer holding, encompassing content production, consumer brands Feastables and MrBeast Burger, and business investments. BitMine stated that it has agreed to invest $200 million in Beast Industries, the media and consumer holding company founded by YouTube creator MrBeast. BitMine currently holds over 4 million ETH, worth approximately $13 billion, making it the world's largest holder of Ethereum. Beast Industries CEO Jeff Housenbold stated that the funds will be used to support growth plans and explore integrating decentralized finance (DeFi) functionality into future financial services products. The transaction is expected to close around January 19th.