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Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin financial services company Strive announced the official completion of its acquisition of Semler Scientific. The merged company currently holds a total of 12,797.9 bitcoins, making it the 11th largest publicly traded company in terms of BTC holdings globally.The company also announced the appointment of Avik Roy as Chief Strategy Officer, while former Semler Scientific Chairman Eric Semler joins Strive as an independent director, and Bitcoin Strategy Director Joe Burnett takes on the role of Vice President of Bitcoin Strategy at Strive.

Strive announced that the shareholders of Semler Scientific voted to approve Strive's acquisition proposal. As part of an all-stock transaction, Strive will acquire 5,048.1 bitcoins held by Semler Scientific. Strive also announced the purchase of an additional 123 bitcoins for its corporate treasury at an average price of $91,561 per bitcoin, for a total purchase price of $11,264,000 (including fees and expenses), bringing Strive's total bitcoin holdings to 7,749.8 bitcoins.Upon completion of the acquisition of Semler Scientific, the merged company will hold 12,797.9 bitcoins, making it the 11th largest corporate holder. Strive stated that its goal is to tokenize Semler's medical diagnostics business and address a $120 million debt issue.With the completion of the merger, the board approved a 1:20 reverse stock split for the Class A and Class B common stock of the merged company. Strive plans to disclose more details regarding the anticipated reverse stock split, including the expected effective date and the new CUSIP number for Class A common stock, in an upcoming current report on Form 8-K.After the transaction is completed, Semler Scientific Executive Chairman Eric Semler will join Strive's board of directors. Following this announcement, the stock prices of Strive and Semler Scientific fell by approximately 10%, respectively.

Semler Scientific founder Eric Semler posted on platform X that Semler Scientific has proposed its shareholders to vote in favor of the merger with Strive. A special shareholder meeting will be held on January 13, and upon approval, SMLR shareholders will receive ASST shares at an exchange ratio of 21.05.The merged entity will hold nearly 13,000 BTC, placing it among the top five publicly traded companies that adopt BTC as a primary strategic reserve. This move aims to enhance Strive's financing capabilities in the digital credit space and maximize long-term shareholder value.

According to Coindesk, after the merger of the Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company CoreWeave (CRWV) fell through, investment bank Macquarie upgraded Core Scientific (CORZ) from "neutral" to "outperform," raising the target price by nearly 90%, from $18 to $34.Core Scientific's stock price rose 4.5% in early trading, to around $21.7. Analysts Paul Golding and Marni Lysaght wrote in a report that previous reports and proxy recommendations indicated shareholder opposition to the merger between Core Scientific and CoreWeave, so the failure of the merger was not surprising. The bank's analysts believe this outcome is a positive result, allowing Core Scientific to be more flexible in leasing its recent power capacity to AI tenants.

ChainCatcher news, according to market news, Core Scientific failed to secure enough votes to pass the CoreWeave transaction. Core Scientific's stock price rose by 2.7%, reaching an intraday high.

ChainCatcher news, Roam officially announced the first launch of the token output difficulty adjustment mechanism, which will take effect from the 20,000th burn cycle. Thereafter, the system will automatically execute a difficulty recalculation every 1,000 cycles (approximately 11.6 days).According to the project white paper, Roam draws on Bitcoin's difficulty adjustment logic, binding token output to network verification behavior (Check-In), and setting a "hash rate" benchmark for dynamic adjustment every 1,000 cycles. This mechanism aims to link the output rhythm with network activity:When verification behavior remains stable, tokens will be released at the original pace;If market fluctuations lead to a decrease in verification numbers, the system will automatically reduce token output to alleviate market selling pressure and stabilize token prices;Once network activity rebounds or even exceeds previous highs, the token release rate will also be adjusted upwards accordingly, and the portion of output delayed due to difficulty adjustments will be compensated.As one of the core mechanisms of Roam's price protection system, difficulty adjustment aims to respond to changing market cycles, maintain the long-term stability of the incentive structure, and build a dynamic, balanced, and resilient token economic model to safeguard the fundamental interests of network builders.

ChainCatcher news, according to Businesswire, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company Core Scientific released its Q3 2025 financial report, which disclosed that the company's Bitcoin mining output decreased by 55% in Q3, with self-mining revenue from digital assets at $57.4 million, down from $68.1 million in the same period last year, and hosted mining revenue of $8.7 million also lower than the same period last year. In addition, Core Scientific also announced that it held $453.4 million in cash and cash equivalents and Bitcoin valued at $241.4 million as of the end of Q3.

ChainCatcher news, according to GlobeNewswire, Strive, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASST) and Semler Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMLR) announced the final agreement for a stock-for-stock merger transaction.Additionally, Strive announced the purchase of 5,816 bitcoins at an average price of $116,047 each for the company's assets, totaling $675 million, bringing its total bitcoin holdings to 5,886.The merged company will hold over 10,900 bitcoins and plans to adopt a "preferred stock only" leverage model to avoid the debt maturity risks associated with traditional leveraged bitcoin strategies. The merged company also plans to explore monetizing or spinning off Semler Scientific's historically profitable diagnostics business in the future.

ChainCatcher news, according to Businesswire, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company Core Scientific announced its financial performance report for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025, disclosing that the mining revenue for the second quarter was $62.4 million, down from $110.7 million in the same period last year, primarily due to a 62% decrease in Bitcoin mining output.In addition, the company's digital asset custody mining revenue was $5.6 million, also down from $24.8 million in the same period last year, with a gross profit of $5 million, compared to $38.8 million in the same period last year.In response to market concerns regarding the opposition to selling to CoreWeave entirely in stock, Core Scientific stated that the transaction is still pending, requiring approval from the company's shareholders and customary closing conditions, including applicable regulatory approvals.

ChainCatcher news, according to Prnewswire, Two Seas Capital, as the largest active shareholder of Core Scientific (holding approximately 6.3%), announced on August 7 that it would vote against the merger deal between Core Scientific and Core Weave. Two Seas Capital believes that the all-stock transaction proposal severely undervalues Core Scientific, and the lack of a price protection mechanism will expose shareholders to significant risks.Two Seas Capital pointed out that Core Scientific has significant advantages in the high-performance computing infrastructure sector, including economies of scale, the ability to acquire low-cost electricity, and a talent pool in data centers. In the context of rapidly growing demand for computing power driven by the development of artificial intelligence, the company has a good long-term development outlook, and there is currently no need to sell at an unreasonable valuation.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, broker Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer reiterated a buy rating on Semler Scientific (SMLR) with a target price of $101, nearly three times the current price of about $35. The company currently holds 5,021 BTC, with a market value of approximately $586 million, and plans to increase its holdings to 10,000 BTC by the end of 2025 through operating cash flow, 4.25% convertible bonds, and a small amount of ATM issuance.

ChainCatcher news, according to market news, on-chain data developer Irys provides a solution for the permanent storage of 100 TB of scientific research.Irys has partnered with SCAI to address the paywall issue in academic publishing through Web3 and AI technologies, permanently storing 100 TB of scientific data on a decentralized network. They have launched tools such as SCAI-Box and SCAI-Search, utilizing smart contracts to ensure fair compensation for researchers and global barrier-free access. This marks a transformation of the data economy towards permanent, programmable infrastructure, challenging traditional publishing oligopolies and promoting the development of open science.

ChainCatcher news, the US-listed company Semler Scientific has increased its holdings by 175 BTC, bringing the total to 5021 BTC.

ChainCatcher news, the US-listed company Semler Scientific has increased its holdings by 210 BTC, now totaling 4,846 BTC.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, CoreWeave stated that it will acquire the digital infrastructure company Core Scientific through an all-stock transaction. The value per share for this transaction is $20.40. The agreed exchange ratio implies a company valuation of approximately $9 billion.Previous news, AI infrastructure company CoreWeave is in talks to acquire the Bitcoin mining company Core Scientific.

ChainCatcher news, the Bitcoin Strategy Director of the US-listed company Semler Scientific (SMLR), Joe Burnett, posted on social media that Semler Scientific announced the purchase of an additional 187 BTC, spending 20 million dollars. The year-to-date BTC return has reached 29%, and the total holdings now amount to 4,636 BTC.

According to ChainCatcher, citing The Block and The Wall Street Journal, cloud computing company CoreWeave has once again proposed to acquire Bitcoin mining company Core Scientific, with the deal expected to be completed in a few weeks. This is CoreWeave's second attempt to acquire the company after its $1 billion (at $5.75 per share) offer was rejected in June 2024. Following this news, Core Scientific's stock price surged 28% on the same day, bringing its market capitalization to approximately $3.6 billion.Core Scientific went public through a SPAC merger in January 2022 and filed for bankruptcy protection in December of the same year due to a plunge in Bitcoin prices. After completing its restructuring last year, it re-listed on NASDAQ. The two companies had previously signed a multi-year cooperation agreement, with Core Scientific providing approximately 200 megawatts of infrastructure to support CoreWeave's high-performance computing services. If this acquisition is successful, it will accelerate the integration of AI and cryptocurrency mining infrastructure.

ChainCatcher news, according to PR Newswire, the U.S. publicly traded company Semler Scientific announced the appointment of Joe Burnett as the Director of Bitcoin Strategy, setting a Bitcoin reserve target for the next three years: to hold at least 10,000 Bitcoins by the end of 2025, increase to 42,000 by the end of 2026, and reach 105,000 by the end of 2027. The company will advance its Bitcoin accumulation through equity, debt financing, and operating cash flow.Chairman Eric Semler stated that Burnett's addition will support the company's long-term Bitcoin strategic goals. Since adopting Bitcoin as its primary reserve asset in 2024, the company has achieved approximately 287% Bitcoin return and a book profit of $177 million.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin Magazine, the publicly listed company Semler Scientific announced the purchase of an additional 185 bitcoins for $20 million.

ChainCatcher news, according to official documents, the U.S. listed company Semler Scientific announced that it spent $50 million to purchase 455 bitcoins between May 13 and May 22, with an average purchase price of $109,801 per bitcoin, bringing the total holdings to 4,264 bitcoins.