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# ETHZilla tokenized aircraft engines on Arbitrum

Supported by Peter Thiel’s DAT company, ETHZilla through its ETHZilla Aerospace division introduced the Eurus Aero Token I. The instrument is issued on the Layer 2 network Arbitrum and is backed by real assets — aircraft engines.

🛫Eurus Aero Token I from ETHZilla Aerospace is live. Aviation meets Blockchain. Real jet engines. Real lease revenue. Real yield.

✈️CFM56 engines with Major U.S. Air Carrier
💵~11% target rate of return based on holding for full lease term
🇺🇸 Monthly USD payouts… pic.twitter.com/zy2BkljrSH

— ETHZilla (@ETHZilla_ETHZ) February 12, 2026

The collateral consists of two CFM56 turbofan engines. They are leased to a major U.S. airline. The company’s name is not disclosed due to contractual confidentiality.

According to the platform Liquidity.io, the instrument is targeted at accredited investors.

Key parameters:

• Yield: target approximately 11% annually if the token is held until the end of the lease in 2028;
• Payments: monthly USD payouts from leasing cash flow;
• Price: one token costs $100;
• Entry threshold: minimum purchase of 10 tokens ($1,000).

CEO of ETHZilla, McAndrew Rudisil, stated that the project provides access to markets that have historically been available only to private equity funds and institutional lenders.

BlackRock and Ethereum

Asset management company BlackRock increased its stake in BitMine by 166% in Q4 2025. The value of the shareholding reached $246 million.

The investment giant went against the market trend. Ethereum’s price fell 40% in one month. Standard Chartered’s Digital Assets Research Head Jeffrey Kendrick suggested the price could further decline to $1,400.

BitMine is the second-largest company holding Ethereum on its balance sheet. Amid the crypto market crash, its shares have fallen 67.97% over the past six months, reaching $19.74. The firm’s unrealized loss from the purchase of coins is at least $6.6 billion.

Source: Google Finance. As a reminder, on February 5, ETHZilla purchased a portfolio of 95 modular home loans for $4.7 million.