ChainCatcher news, according to CryptoPotato, medical diagnostics company Semler Scientific disclosed in an SEC filing submitted on April 15 that it incurred an unrealized loss of approximately $41.8 million from Bitcoin investments in the first quarter of 2025. This loss resulted from the BTC price plummeting from $93,500 at the beginning of January to about $82,000 by March 31.Despite facing losses, Semler still holds 3,182 Bitcoins, making it the twelfth largest corporate Bitcoin holder in the world, just behind Boyaa Interactive International Limited. CEO Doug Murphy-Chutorian reiterated the company's dual strategy of focusing on both Bitcoin accumulation and medical innovation.Financially, Semler expects first-quarter revenue to be between $8.8 million and $8.9 million, but anticipates an operating loss of $1.3 million to $1.5 million. As of March 31, the company held approximately $10 million in cash and cash equivalents.Meanwhile, Semler announced through another 8-K filing that it has reached a principle agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to pay approximately $30 million to resolve a long-standing legal dispute. This dispute involves the company allegedly charging Medicare for medical devices through improper marketing, in violation of the False Claims Act.Semler also announced plans to issue up to $500 million in securities, with the proceeds to be used for general corporate purposes, including continued cryptocurrency purchases. Since the beginning of the year, the company's stock traded on NASDAQ (SMLR) has fallen over 22%.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, medical technology company Semler Scientific disclosed in a filing on Tuesday that it has reached a preliminary settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding marketing violations related to its product QuantaFlo, agreeing to pay a fine of $29.75 million.The company has signed a loan agreement with cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, planning to use its held Bitcoin as collateral to obtain a loan for the settlement payment.Previous news, Semler Scientific launched a $500 million mixed securities offering plan, with the raised funds potentially used to purchase Bitcoin.

ChainCatcher news, the Nasdaq-listed medical technology company Semler Scientific has filed an S-3 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offer $500 million in securities.The proceeds from this offering will primarily be used for general corporate purposes, including but not limited to the purchase of Bitcoin.

ChainCatcher news, the chairman of the U.S. listed company Semler Scientific stated: "We hold a large amount of Bitcoin, and Bitcoin is appreciating. Most importantly, we create shareholder value. We started accumulating Bitcoin early on and will continue to do so."

ChainCatcher news, Sci-Hub announced the establishment of a platform based on user requests and sharing of scientific literature, developed by Sci-Hub founder Alexandra Elbakyan, empowering the $SCIHUB token. It has a built-in verification mechanism to ensure content quality and allows verified literature to be freely accessible to everyone—no paywalls, only open access. The operation works as follows:Request literature: Enter the DOI, and Sci-Net will automatically search Sci-Hub and open preprint platforms (such as arXiv). If not found, the request will be posted on the homepage;Upload literature: Anyone can upload PDFs in response to requests;Verification and access: Once the literature is verified, everyone can access it for free.$SCIHUB is the native token of Sci-Net, used for incentivizing the sharing reward system:You can attach $SCIHUB as a reward when requesting literature.You can earn $SCIHUB by uploading literature and having it verified.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Bitcoin mining company Core Scientific, Inc. (CORZ) announced the appointment of investment banking veteran Jim Nygaard as the new Chief Financial Officer, who will officially take office on March 17.Nygaard has nearly 30 years of financial experience, having worked at XMS Capital Partners and Morgan Stanley, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and capital markets operations.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Bitcoin mining company Core Scientific has announced its performance for the fourth quarter and the entire year of 2024. The company reported a net loss of $265.5 million in the fourth quarter, primarily due to a non-cash mark-to-market adjustment of $224.7 million related to "warrants and other contingent value rights liabilities."The company stated that due to a significant year-over-year increase in its stock price, it needed to update the accounting treatment of its financial obligations, necessitating the adjustment. Core Scientific emphasized that this loss does not represent an actual cash outflow.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Miner Mag, Bitcoin mining company Core Scientific has expanded its high-performance computing (HPC) hosting business to Auburn, Alabama, by leasing AUBix's existing facilities. The company plans to make an initial capital investment of approximately $135 million in this 40,000 square foot facility, with total investments expected to exceed $400 million.Auburn Mayor Ron Anders stated that Core Scientific's $400 million investment is expected to bring in $1.5 million in annual tax revenue for the local area. The lease is for a term of 10 years, with the company having the option to extend it in increments of 5 years for up to 15 years.It is worth noting that Core Scientific resumed its full "HODL" strategy in January of this year, retaining all monthly Bitcoin production, increasing its Bitcoin holdings to over 500 coins.

ChainCatcher news, Semler Scientific Chairman Eric Semler stated that Zoom Communications ($ZM) should consider adopting Bitcoin as a treasury asset to boost its weak performance and shareholder returns. Semler pointed out that Zoom's stock price has fallen about 40% over the past three years and has underperformed the S&P 500 index by 84% over the past five years, with the current valuation at only a forward P/E ratio of 15 times and EV/EBITDA of 9 times.Despite having $7.7 billion in cash reserves (about one-third of its market value) and maintaining a 40% EBITDA profit margin, revenue growth has been sluggish, and future guidance indicates only low single-digit growth. Semler suggested that Zoom leverage its cash reserves and stable $2 billion annualized free cash flow to become a corporate holder of Bitcoin for long-term value growth, and called on CEO Eric Yuan to use his super voting rights to promote a Bitcoin strategy.

ChainCatcher news, the X platform account of Eric Semler, the founder of the US-listed company Semler Scientific, is suspected to have been hacked, and he posted that a token named SMLR, which shares the same name as his company's stock code, has been issued on the Solana blockchain.

ChainCatcher news, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company Core Scientific released a production and operations update report for January 2025, disclosing a mining output of 256 BTC in January, a decrease from the previous month's output of 291 BTC.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the U.S. listed company Semler Scientific announced today that it has invested $88.5 million to increase its holdings by 871 BTC. Since July 1, 2024, Semler Scientific's BTC yield has been 152%, and it currently holds 3,192 BTC.In previous news, the U.S. listed company Semler Scientific plans to issue convertible preferred notes with a total principal amount of $85 million to qualified institutional buyers through a private placement, maturing in 2030. Semler Scientific intends to use a portion of the net proceeds from the issuance to cover the costs of the capped subscription transaction, with the remaining net proceeds allocated for general corporate purposes, including the purchase of Bitcoin.

ChainCatcher news, according to streetinsider, the U.S. publicly traded company Semler Scientific announced an increase in the issuance size of its convertible preferred notes to $85 million. The company had previously disclosed plans to issue convertible preferred notes with a total principal amount of $75 million, maturing in 2030, through a private placement to qualified institutional buyers.Semler Scientific intends to use a portion of the net proceeds from the issuance to pay for the costs of the capped call option transactions described below, and the remaining net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including the purchase of Bitcoin.

ChainCatcher news, the publicly traded company Semler Scientific will raise $75 million to purchase more Bitcoin.

ChainCatcher news, the U.S. listed medical technology company Semler Scientific announced that from December 16, 2024, to January 10, 2025, it purchased 237 bitcoins at an average price of $98,267, totaling an investment of $23.3 million.As of January 10, the company's total bitcoin holdings reached 2,321, with a cumulative investment of $191.9 million and an average purchase price of $82,687. Since the implementation of the bitcoin reserve strategy in July 2024, the bitcoin investment return has reached 99.3%. The funding sources include $121.8 million raised through the issuance of ATMs and operating cash flow.

ChainCatcher message, Binance co-founder Zhao Changpeng responded to community questions on platform X, "After completing the academy for children, will you consider raising funds to support disease prevention? For example, donating to laboratories?"Zhao Changpeng stated that DeSci can help scientific research laboratories raise funds.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, Core Scientific announced that the self-mining output for the entire year of 2024 is 6,595 BTC, with a self-mining output of 974 BTC in the fourth quarter.