ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF has increased its holdings by 41,452 bitcoins in the past two weeks, worth approximately $3.92 billion. Its total holdings now amount to 614,639 bitcoins, with a total value of about $58.07 billion.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain, BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF has increased its holdings by 41,452 bitcoins in the past two weeks, worth approximately $3.92 billion. Currently, its total holdings have reached 614,639 bitcoins, with a total value of about $58.07 billion.

ChainCatcher news, according to BlackRock's latest 13F report, as of the end of the first quarter of 2025, the company has significantly increased its holdings in Bitcoin spot ETFs (such as IBIT, FBTC) and stocks of publicly traded companies that hold Bitcoin. Among them, IBIT has increased to 5.85 million shares, valued at $274 million; MicroStrategy (MSTR) shares have increased by over 3.15 million shares, with a total market value exceeding $4.15 billion. Overall, Bitcoin-related holdings have risen from approximately $3.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024 to $5.4 billion in the first quarter, a quarterly increase of nearly 40%.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a smart whale that once profited over 7.5 million dollars from trading Fartcoin has today spent 390,000 USDC to buy 4.47 million AVA.It currently holds 29.58 million AVA (worth about 2.44 million dollars), with an unrealized profit of 1.12 million dollars.

ChainCatcher news, Semler Scientific, a publicly traded company in the US stock market, announced by CEO Eric Semler on the X platform that the company spent $16.2 million to increase its holdings by 167 BTC, bringing the company's total Bitcoin holdings to 3,634 coins.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, Strategy has increased its holdings by buying 1,895 Bitcoins from April 28 to May 4, with an average purchase price of $95,167 (total: $180.3 million).Currently, the total amount of Bitcoins held by Strategy has reached 555,450, with an average purchase price of $68,550. As of 2025, Strategy's Bitcoin return has reached 14%.

ChainCatcher news, according to Reuters, Japan's Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki denied in Milan the claim that Japan plans to use the sale of over $1 trillion in U.S. Treasury bonds as a threat in trade negotiations. Two days earlier, Suzuki hinted in a television interview that Japan might use its U.S. bond holdings as a bargaining chip, causing a brief disturbance in the global bond market.Suzuki explained that his previous remarks were in response to questions about whether Japan could assure Washington that it would not easily sell off U.S. bonds, emphasizing that the main purpose of holding U.S. Treasury bonds is to provide the government with sufficient foreign exchange to stabilize the yen when necessary. Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan maintained the short-term interest rate at 0.5%, with Governor Kazuo Ueda stating that the timeline for achieving the 2% inflation target has been delayed due to the impact of new U.S. tariffs.

ChainCatcher news, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company Bitfarms officially released its production and operational update report for April, which disclosed that there are no plans to purchase large Bitcoin mining machines in 2025 or 2026. Instead, it will use previously acquired machines to achieve this year's growth targets, prioritizing the development of high-performance computing (HPC) business and expanding its energy infrastructure rather than pursuing new hardware.In addition, Bitfarms disclosed that its mining output for April was 268 BTC (an average daily mining output of 8.9 BTC), and its Bitcoin treasury holdings decreased to 1005 BTC, down from 1140 BTC last month, which is approximately equivalent to 94 million USD based on the Bitcoin price as of April 30.

ChainCatcher news, Strategy founder Michael Saylor has once again released information related to the Bitcoin Tracker, stating: "Too much blue, not enough orange dots."According to previous patterns, Strategy always discloses information about increasing Bitcoin holdings the day after relevant news is released.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cryptonews, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes recently stated that although the U.S. government currently holds about 198,000 bitcoins (worth over $18 billion), it is unlikely to increase its bitcoin reserves through direct purchases due to two main factors. First is the pressure of national debt, and second is the public's stereotype of bitcoin investors (the so-called "Bitcoin Bros"). Hayes believes that this negative stereotype will influence policymakers' decisions.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale deposited 2 million OM (worth $871,170) into Binance after holding OM for one and a half months, with an unrealized loss of $25.44 million.The whale withdrew 4 million OM (worth $27.18 million at that time) from Binance one and a half months ago and currently still holds 2 million OM, now worth $871,170.

ChainCatcher news, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company Cipher Mining announced its unaudited production and operational update report for April, disclosing that its Bitcoin mining output for April was 174 BTC. However, due to business operations, it sold 350 BTC that month, reducing its Bitcoin holdings to 855 BTC (of which 379 BTC are used for collateral). At the end of the month, the hash rate reached 13.5 EH/S.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Ivy League school Brown University disclosed in its institutional investment manager holdings report submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it holds approximately $5 million in BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF shares.

ChainCatcher news, according to market news, Strategy is now more focused on Bitcoin rather than its software business. The company reported a first-quarter loss of $4.23 billion (per share $16.49), far exceeding expectations. Revenue fell 3.6% to $111.1 million, missing forecasts.The company launched an ambitious "42/42 plan," aiming to raise $84 billion over two years to purchase Bitcoin, following the implementation of a $42 billion "21/21 plan" last year. Analysts stated that despite market volatility, the stock remains a strong proxy for Bitcoin, trading at 2.13 times its net asset value, showing solid performance.

ChainCatcher news, according to data from the Ministry of Finance of El Salvador, El Salvador has added a total of 9 bitcoins in the past 7 days, bringing its total bitcoin holdings to 6,165.18 coins, with a total value of 594 million USD. In the past 30 days, El Salvador has accumulated an additional 32 bitcoins.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, European Bitcoin financial company Blockchain Group plans to increase its Bitcoin holdings to 260,000 coins (24 billion USD) by 2033.

ChainCatcher news, according to official news, Japanese listed company Metaplanet announced that it will issue 3.6 billion yen (approximately 25 million USD) zero-interest ordinary bonds to increase its Bitcoin holdings.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain statistics, BlackRock's Bitcoin spot ETF IBIT has increased its holdings by 25,430 BTC in the past 7 days, worth $2.37 billion, bringing the total holdings to 601,209 BTC, valued at $56.11 billion.

ChainCatcher news, the CEO of the US-listed company Semler Scientific, Eric Semler, announced that the company spent $15.7 million to increase its holdings by 165 BTC, bringing its total Bitcoin holdings to 3,467 BTC, with a year-to-date BTC return of 23.8%.

ChainCatcher message, Matrixport released today's chart stating that, based on the daily chart since March 19, Bitcoin ETF funds have been continuously flowing out, and the open interest in the futures market has also decreased accordingly. From January to April, the cumulative net outflow of the ETF approached 5 billion dollars.However, recently we have observed a large-scale inflow of nearly 3 billion dollars, and the open interest in futures has also increased. Interestingly, the funding rate remains at a low level.This indicates that the current new inflows of funds mainly come from genuine long-term holding demand, which is more positive overall compared to the ETF buying driven by arbitrage funds at the beginning of the year.