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Strive to merge with Semler Scientific to form “the fastest growing corporate Bitcoin holder”

Meanwhile, Metaplanet made its largest acquisition to date of 5,419 bitcoin.

Yaël Bizouati-Kennedy

Vivek Ramaswamy’s Strive, which merged with Asset Entities earlier this month to launch a bitcoin treasury, announced it acquired Semler Scientific in an all-stock deal. Shares of Semler jumped on the announcement.

Tim Kotzman, founder of Bitcoin Treasuries Media, told Sherwood News that the merger ushers in the M&A era of bitcoin treasuries. 

“You can mine bitcoin, buy it, or acquire it. I believe M&A will become the primary theme in the DAT [digital asset treasury] space and may become the prevailing activity, with bankruptcies taking a back seat due to the pristine nature of bitcoin as collateral,” he said. 

Maja Vujinovic, CEO of FG Nexus, echoed the sentiment, saying that she expects to see more of these mergers as public companies seek both liquidity and legitimacy in the digital asset space.

In the announcement, Strive said it acquired 5,816 bitcoin and noted that the combined company will own over 10,900 bitcoin, which is still not enough to rank in the top 10 of corporate bitcoin treasuries, so it has a lot of room to “become the fastest growing corporate Bitcoin holder.”

Speaking of, bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet has shot up to fifth place on the corporate bitcoin treasury leaderboard with its latest purchase. The Japanese company announced this morning that it acquired 5,419 bitcoin for $632.53 million, its largest acquisition to date.

And not to be forgotten, the largest corporate bitcoin holder, Strategy, announced it acquired 850 bitcoin for $99.7 million.

In other bitcoin treasury news:

  • Newly launched UK company B HODL started trading on the Aquis Stock Exchange on Monday after raising $20 million for its bitcoin treasury via the issuance of new shares. Major shareholders include Adam Back, inventor of Hashcash and cofounder of Blockstream, with a 25.3% share, according to the announcement.

  • French company Capital B acquired 551 bitcoin, bringing its total holdings to 2,800 bitcoin.

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Payward, crypto exchange Kraken’s parent company, has paused its plans for an initial public offering until market conditions improve, according to a report from CoinDesk that cited two people with knowledge of the matter. 

Since the firm announced in November its preparation for an IPO of its common stock, the total market capitalization of the crypto industry has shed around $652.2 billion, from $3.2 trillion to $2.5 trillion as of Wednesday, data from CoinGecko shows. 

The news comes two weeks after Kraken received approval for a master account from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, allowing the crypto exchange to connect to the Fed’s payment infrastructure used by traditional banks and credit unions. 

Last year, Kraken raised $800 million at a $20 billion valuation from institutional investors such as Jane Street and Citadel Securities.

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The interpretive guidance introduces a token taxonomy for different types of cryptocurrencies, with SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins adding that “most crypto assets are not themselves securities.”

Examples of a digital commodity, “a crypto asset that is intrinsically linked to and derives its value from the programmatic operation of a crypto system that is ‘functional,’” include:

The guidance also includes definitions of digital collectibles (such as NFTs), stablecoins, digital tools, and digital securities (such as tokenized real-world assets and stocks).

This is a monumental step in the mainstream adoption of the industry and clears a hurdle in how crypto can operate going forward, according to David Pakman, head of venture investments at CoinFund. “This will allow new token designs with the confidence that their existence does not require registration with the SEC, etc.,” Pakman told Sherwood News.

Despite the clarification efforts from the two organizations, the market capitalization of the crypto industry has dropped about 2% in the last 24 hours as each of the tokens mentioned in the guidance are trading lower in the period, data from CoinGecko shows.

The joint agency action also complements congressional efforts to turn a crypto market structure framework into law. With the goal of providing regulations on the offer and sale of digital commodities, the CLARITY Act passed the House of Representatives last year and is now sitting in the Senate.

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