{"id":3872,"date":"2024-12-07T08:04:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T08:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=3872"},"modified":"2024-12-07T08:04:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T08:04:01","slug":"semler-scientific-scoops-303-bitcoin-for-29-3-million-how-it-compares-to-other-corporate-btc-holders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=3872","title":{"rendered":"Semler Scientific Scoops 303 Bitcoin For $29.3 Million \u2013 How It Compares To Other Corporate BTC Holders?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Nasdaq-listed medical device manufacturer Semler Scientific has expanded its Bitcoin (BTC) holdings, acquiring an additional 303 BTC for $29.3 million. The company continues to double down on its MicroStrategy-inspired corporate treasury strategy.<\/p>\n<h2>High Bitcoin Price Not A Barrier To Purchase<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin made history this week by surpassing the $100,000 price level for the first time, pushing its total market capitalization past $2 trillion. Despite BTC\u2019s record high price, corporate buyers like Semler Scientific remain undeterred and continue accumulating the flagship cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>According to a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/ir.semlerscientific.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/semler-scientificr-announces-updated-btc-and-atm-activity-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">announcement<\/a>, Semler Scientific has added another 303 BTC to its holdings. Notably, the latest purchase was made from November 25 through December 4, at an average price of $96,779, inclusive of fees and expenses.<\/p>\n<p>This brings the company\u2019s total Bitcoin holdings to 1,873 BTC, acquired at a combined cost of $147.1 million and an average purchase price of $78,553 per BTC. These substantial holdings place Semler Scientific among the top publicly-listed companies holding BTC as part of a corporate treasury strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Semler\u2019s BTC yield from October 1 through December 4 stood at 54.7%. This is lower compared to the yield from July 1 \u2013 when it adopted BTC as a corporate asset \u2013 through December 4, which was at 78.7%. Commenting, Eric Semler, chairman of Semler Scientific, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We are very pleased to report a BTC Yield of 78.7%. In addition, we have requested approval from the options exchanges to allow options trading in our stock as we believe we satisfy their eligibility requirements.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For clarity, BTC yield is a key performance metric Semler uses to evaluate the effectiveness of its Bitcoin investment strategy, which aims to maximize shareholder value. The company also uses this metric to help investors understand its decision to finance BTC purchases by issuing additional common stock.<\/p>\n<h2>How Do Semler Scientific\u2019s BTC Holdings Stack Against Other Companies?<\/h2>\n<p>Semler Scientific first <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/bitcoin-as-treasury-reserve-by-this-healthcare-firm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">unveiled<\/a> its BTC acquisition strategy earlier this year in May with a purchase of 581 BTC for $40 million. Since then, the company has gone on multiple BTC buying sprees, <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/bitcoin-acquisition-continues-semler-scientific-increases-holdings-to-1058-btc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">ballooning<\/a> its total BTC holdings to 1,873 as of today.<\/p>\n<p>The firm\u2019s latest BTC purchase has pushed it to 14th position \u2013 overtaking Japanese firm Nexon with 1,717 BTC \u2013 on the list of publicly-traded companies to hold BTC as part of corporate treasury strategy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-349607 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-at-9.56.13-AM.png?resize=974%2C660\" alt=\"Bitcoin treasuries\" width=\"974\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-at-9.56.13-AM.png?w=2223 2223w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-at-9.56.13-AM.png?w=620 620w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-at-9.56.13-AM.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-at-9.56.13-AM.png?w=974 974w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-at-9.56.13-AM.png?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-at-9.56.13-AM.png?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-at-9.56.13-AM.png?w=750 750w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-at-9.56.13-AM.png?w=1140 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\"><\/p>\n<p>The leader in this space remains US-based business intelligence firm MicroStrategy, which <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/from-crypto-to-corporate-microstrategys-26-billion-bitcoin-bet-outpaces-ibms-and-nikes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">continues<\/a> to make significant Bitcoin purchases worth billions of dollars. MicroStrategy currently holds nearly 2% of Bitcoin\u2019s total 21 million supply.<\/p>\n<p>Following MicroStrategy are crypto mining firms <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/bitcoin-miner-company-goes-on-a-buying-spree-whales-expect-higher-prices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">MARA<\/a> with 33,875 BTC, Riot Platforms holding 10,019 BTC, and Elon Musk\u2019s Tesla with 9,720 BTC. At press time, BTC trades at $99,355, down 3.8% in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-349610 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bitcoin_de5e39.png?resize=892%2C660\" alt=\"bitcoin\" width=\"892\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bitcoin_de5e39.png?w=2294 2294w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bitcoin_de5e39.png?w=567 567w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bitcoin_de5e39.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bitcoin_de5e39.png?w=892 892w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bitcoin_de5e39.png?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bitcoin_de5e39.png?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bitcoin_de5e39.png?w=750 750w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bitcoin_de5e39.png?w=1140 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 892px) 100vw, 892px\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nasdaq-listed medical device manufacturer Semler Scientific has expanded its Bitcoin (BTC) holdings, acquiring an additional 303 BTC for $29.3 million. The company continues to double down on its MicroStrategy-inspired corporate treasury strategy. High Bitcoin Price Not A Barrier To Purchase Bitcoin made history this week by surpassing the $100,000 price level for the first time, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-3872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}