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Bitcoin treasury firm Semler Scientific has added another $6 million in Bitcoin to its balance sheet, comprising more than the entirety of the medical company’s Q2 earnings. The purchase reflects an ongoing commitment to Semler’s Bitcoin acquisition strategy despite the asset recently tapping its lowest price level since February. Semler Scientific Buys More Bitcoin In a Monday press release, Semler confirmed that it hauled $5.4 million in profit during the second quarter....

Spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States surpassed $5 billion in daily trading volume on August 5. This marks the first time since mid-April that such a high volume has been reached. BlackRock’s IBIT Leads with Nearly $3 Billion According to DefiLlama data, BlackRock’s IBIT ETF was a major contributor to this volume, generating nearly $3 billion in trades. The fund also saw an increase in its assets under management by $172 million, reflecting...

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said Monday that he views the weekend’s violent selloff in crypto/equities as a Bitcoin buying opportunity. In a Twitter thread Monday, the executive likened the market crash to March 12, 2020 – a day of “chaos” that pre-empted historic new highs for crypto over the following months. Bitcoin Buying Opportunity, Says Bitwise As noted by Hougan, the NIKKEI – Japan’s stock market index – experienced its worst day since 1987 on Monday, dropping 12% on the...

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has uncovered that over 2,000 cryptocurrency wallets owned by locals were compromised by offshore scammers, putting millions of dollars in digital assets at risk. This discovery emerged from Operation Spincaster, a global initiative against crypto fraud spearheaded by Chainalysis and locally managed by the AFP-led Joint Policing Cybercrime Coordination Centre (JPC3). Operation Spincaster Uncovers $162M Australia’s involvement in Operation...

Aave, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, has demonstrated resilience in the face of a general crypto market downturn. The platform has generated $6 million in revenue amid the current market sell-off. Aave Withstands Market Turmoil Aave’s founder, Stani Kulechov, said in an August 5 post on X that the protocol successfully handled the overall stress across 14 active markets on various Layer 1 and Layer 2 blockchains, securing $21 billion in value. Stani noted that...

Ethereum investment products experienced net outflows of $146 million globally last week, largely due to $169.4 million in outflows from US spot Ethereum ETFs. This figure masks $430 million in net inflows into new Ethereum ETFs, overshadowed by $603 million in outflows from Grayscale’s ETHE fund. Additionally, there were minor outflows observed in European ETPs, according to CoinShares’ report. Bitcoin experienced massive outflows of $400 million, marking the first time in...

The weekend has been characterized by a rollercoaster of emotions for the crypto community, with fear gripping investors who are concerned about the latest market conditions. According to current data from Alternative.me, the Crypto Fear & Greed Index sat at 26/100, signaling fear among investors. If the market condition worsens, the indicator may inch closer to extreme fear, a sentiment that could further harm the market. Source: Alternative.me Investors Are Fearful of...

Bitcoin’s 24-hour bloodbath has reduced the number of its investors in profit. According to data from blockchain analytics platform IntoTheBlock, the percentage of BTC holders in the green has crashed from 93% in late July to 75% at the time of writing. The significant decline in BTC profitable holders comes as the leading cryptocurrency crashed below $50,000 for the first time since February this year. A Decline in Profitable Bitcoin Addresses The last time the percentage of...

California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has digitized 42 million car titles using the Avalanche (AVAX) network. This initiative is part of a modernization effort to streamline the state’s title transfer process in collaboration with software development firm Oxhead Alpha. California DMV to Digitize Car Titles According to an Avalanche blog post, users will soon be able to claim their digital titles through the DMV’s new application. This application allows for easy...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Nader Al-Naji with orchestrating a multi-million-dollar fraudulent crypto asset scheme involving the social media platform BitClout and its native token BTCLT. The securities regulator’s complaint revealed that Al-Naji raised over $257 million through unregistered offers and sales of BTCLT in November 2020. In the process, the exec allegedly misled investors by claiming the funds would...