Semler Scientific, a US-listed company, released some unaudited preliminary financial results and bitcoin holdings for the fourth quarter of 2024, which disclosed that the company held 2,321 bitcoins as of January 17, 2025, with a total purchase price of $191.90 million, an average purchase price of $82,689 per bitcoin, and an unrealized gain of approximately $28.90 million from changes in the fair value of bitcoin holdings in the fourth quarter.
President Trump: If companies produce products in the United States, the corporate tax rate will be reduced to 15%.
Web3 AI proxy provider ChainAware.ai has been included in the Google Cloud Web3 Startup program and received a $250,000 grant from Google to build AI solutions and Web3 user analytics tools for marketing, transaction monitoring, and credit scoring. Google launched the $6 million Google Cloud Web3 Startup program in April 2023 and is partnering with Solana, Polygon, Aptos, and other blockchain projects to support Web3 startups.
FV Bank recently added PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin to its deposit and payment options, allowing customers to deposit PYUSD directly into their USD accounts in real time, with automatic conversion. This integration not only simplifies the payment process for users, but also enhances compliance, and FV Bank hopes to further promote the widespread adoption of stablecoins through the collaboration. It is reported that PYUSD is PayPal's stablecoin PayPal USD, designed to provide users and businesses wi...
Fidelity digital asset analysts predict that the inclusion of BTC in the strategic reserves of several countries could significantly boost the cryptocurrency market in 2025. They believe that, inspired by the success of El Salvador and Bhutan, governments may secretly start accumulating digital assets as a hedge against inflation and currency devaluation.
The State Financial Supervisory Administration issued the "Notice on Matters Concerning the Connection of Corporate Governance Supervision Provisions with the Company Law".
Granite Shares, a $10 billion-plus asset manager with AUM, has filed a new leveraged ETF application to track the share prices of crypto-related companies such as Riot Plat form s, Marathon Digital, Mi croS tratzu, and Robin hood. These funds will be both long and short, and a 2x long ETF will generate twice the daily return of the corresponding stock. For example, when the Riot Plat form of stock goes up 1%, the Gran ite Shares 2x Long RIOT ETF will go up 2%. This year, these leveraged ETFs hav...
According to Bitcoin Magazine, the Kenya National Fire Protection Association has added bitcoin to its balance sheet.
Nasdaq-listed crypto mining and technology-based specialist finance company LM Funding has released a new unaudited financial report for the period ending November 30, 2024, in which it revealed that the company's mining output in November was 7.4 BTC, slightly higher than the 7.3 BTC mining output in November, and currently holds 142.2 BTC worth approximately $14.2 million (based on the December 6 bitcoin price of $100,000).
On December 8th, the latest survey by Clarify Capital revealed that the acceptance of cryptocurrency payments by business owners and employees has increased significantly. The survey covered 800 US employees and 200 business owners. The data shows that 25% of business owners support the use of cryptocurrency loans, and it is expected that 10% of businesses will choose crypto loans over traditional loans in 2025. In terms of salary payments, 10% of business owners are considering cryptocurrency s...
George Milling-Stanley, chief gold strategist at State Street Global Advisors, believes bitcoin's recent surge may be giving investors a false sense of security. "In simple terms, bitcoin is an investment seeking a return, which suggests investors are piling into bitcoin for capital gains, not because they see value or use for it," says Mr. Milling-Stanley. The launch last week of options based on spot bitcoin ETFs, which allow investors to put in less cash, may have something to do with this.
The total market capitalization of publicly listed crypto mining companies has topped $40 billion and doubled in the last seven months.
Alpha Liquid Fund, a crypto fund owned by digital asset financial services and consulting firm Alpha Transform Holdings (ATH), announced a strategic partnership with the XNET Foundation and plans to invest $2 million to purchase tokens in its XNET ecosystem, which currently provides broadband wireless services on the Solana chain and deploys wireless networks in a decentralized manner.
On November 27, Banzai International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BNZI) announced that its board of directors has approved the purchase of bitcoin as a fiscal reserve asset. The board authorized Banzai to use company funds to purchase and hold bitcoin up to 10% of the company's corporate financial account to diversify financial assets and hedge against inflation. Banzai is a marketing technology company that provides basic marketing and sales solutions.
Nasdaq-listed crypto mining and technology-based professional finance company LM Funding has released its new unaudited financial results for the period ending October 31, 2024, in which it revealed that the company's mining output in October was 7.3 BTC, up from 6.6 BTC in September, and currently holds 140.5 BTC, worth about $13.30 million (based on the November 20 BTC price of $94,700).