{"id":48961,"date":"2025-09-23T07:01:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T07:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=48961"},"modified":"2025-09-23T07:01:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T07:01:31","slug":"strive-and-semler-scientific-merge-to-form-bitcoin-treasury-vehicle-with-10900-btc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=48961","title":{"rendered":"Strive And Semler Scientific Merge To Form Bitcoin Treasury Vehicle With 10,900 BTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Asset management firm Strive Inc. today announced a merger with health tech firm Semler Scientific to create a new Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company that will hold more than 10,000 BTC on its balance sheet.<\/p>\n<h2>Strive Merges With Semler Scientific, Expands Bitcoin Holdings<\/h2>\n<p>According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/investors.strive.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/strive-inc-nasdaq-asst-and-semler-scientific-inc-nasdaq-smlr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">announcement<\/a> earlier today, US politician and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy\u2019s Strive Inc. has inked a merger deal with Semler Scientific in an all-stock transaction.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Strive announced the acquisition of 5,816 BTC \u2013 purchased for a total of $675 million \u2013 at $116,047 per coin. Today\u2019s purchase has increased Strive\u2019s total BTC holdings significantly, pushing them to 5,886 BTC.<\/p>\n<p>The merger deal with Semler Scientific represents an approximately 210% premium, equivalent to roughly $90.52 per share. These estimates are based on the trading price of Semler Scientific common stock and Strive Class A common stock as of September 19.<\/p>\n<p>Essentially, each common share of Semler Scientific will be swapped for 21.05 Class A shares of Strive. Notably, Strive aimed to avoid debt-maturity risk, and subsequently pitched a \u201cpreferred equity-only\u201d model. The company added that it aims to grow BTC per share faster than the spot BTC price.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the newly created company will hold more than 10,900 BTC on its balance sheet. While Strive made its first major BTC purchase just before the merger, Semler Scientific has been a fairly established name when it comes to companies that have adopted a Bitcoin treasury strategy.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from Coingecko, Semler Scientific ranked 18th on the list of public companies that hold BTC on their balance sheets. However, following today\u2019s announcement, the new firm could rank 13th in the updated list, behind the likes of Coinbase and Tesla.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-586775 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-22-at-12.13.22-PM.png?resize=2188%2C888\" alt=\"cg\" width=\"2188\" height=\"888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-22-at-12.13.22-PM.png?w=2188 2188w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-22-at-12.13.22-PM.png?w=640 640w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-22-at-12.13.22-PM.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-22-at-12.13.22-PM.png?w=980 980w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-22-at-12.13.22-PM.png?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-22-at-12.13.22-PM.png?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-22-at-12.13.22-PM.png?w=750 750w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-22-at-12.13.22-PM.png?w=1140 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/p>\n<p>The merger between Strive Inc., and Semler Scientific has already been approved by the boards of directors of both firms. Commenting on the development, Matt Cole, Chairman and CEO, Strive, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This merger cements Strive\u2019s position as a top Bitcoin treasury company, and we believe our alpha-seeking strategies and capital structure position us to outperform Bitcoin over the long run. This transaction showcases how we can grow Bitcoin holdings and Bitcoin per share at an unmatched pace in the industry to drive equity value accretion.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>BTC Corporate Adoption Continues To Grow<\/h2>\n<p>Despite BTC\u2019s recent stagnant price action, corporate adoption of the flagship cryptocurrency continues to grow at a rapid pace. For example, Japanese investment firm Metaplanet recently <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/bitcoin-stash-grows-metaplanet-now-holds-20136-btc-after-15m-buy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">announced<\/a> the purchase of another 136 BTC.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Strategy <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/strategy-adds-bitcoin-holdings-525-btc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">added<\/a> another 535 BTC to its reserves earlier this week, extending its lead as the top corporate holder of the digital asset. In the same vein, Cyprus-based Robin Energy <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/bitcoin-corporate-treasury-robin-energy-5-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">allocated<\/a> $5 million to its Bitcoin treasury strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Wall Street veteran Jordi Visser <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/bitcoin-allocations-set-to-explode-among-us-institutions-wall-street-veteran-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">stated<\/a> that the US financial firms are likely to raise their BTC allocations before the end of the year. At press time, BTC trades at 112,801, down 2.2% in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-586777 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bitcoin_447883.png?resize=980%2C639\" alt=\"bitcoin\" width=\"980\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bitcoin_447883.png?w=2648 2648w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bitcoin_447883.png?w=640 640w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bitcoin_447883.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bitcoin_447883.png?w=980 980w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bitcoin_447883.png?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bitcoin_447883.png?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bitcoin_447883.png?w=750 750w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bitcoin_447883.png?w=1140 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asset management firm Strive Inc. today announced a merger with health tech firm Semler Scientific to create a new Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company that will hold more than 10,000 BTC on its balance sheet. Strive Merges With Semler Scientific, Expands Bitcoin Holdings According to an announcement earlier today, US politician and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy\u2019s Strive [&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-48961","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\/48961","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=48961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}