The MANTRA protocol&#8217;s token, OM, has once again fallen below the $0.40 mark, raising concerns among traders as technical indicators suggest strong selling pressure. The MANTRA price dip follows weeks of volatility. MANTRA (OM) is down 6.2% in the past…

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Bitcoin traded between $94,089 and $94,305 over the last hour, while its 
market capitalization stood at $1.86 trillion. Daily trade volume reached 
$19.74 billion, with the 24-hour price range spanning $93,806 to $95,741. 
Bitcoin On the 1-hour chart, bitcoin continues to reflect a short-term bearish 
structure, following a consistent series of lower highs and lower […]

Bitcoin Price Watch: Short-Term Downtrend Emerges as Bulls Lose Grip

BlackRock has over $5.4 billion in Bitcoin related assets, most of which come 
from its exposure to Michael Saylor&#8217;s Strategy.

BlackRock holds at least $5.4b in Bitcoin-related holdings, new filing shows

Michael Saylor&#8217;s Strategy, one of the world&#8217;s largest corporate Bitcoin 
investors, slowed its BTC purchases last week as the cryptocurrency briefly 
surged above $97,000.
Strategy acquired a new batch of 1,895 Bitcoin (BTC) for $180.3 million during 
the week from April 28 to May 4 at an average price of $95,167 per BTC, the 
firm announced in its latest Form-8 filing with the US Securities and Exchange 
Commission.
Strategy&#8217;s latest Bitcoin purchase is one of the smallest made by the company 
this year, alongside a comparatively meagre 130 BTC purchase in March.
_Source:__Michael Saylor_
The latest buy is 87% less than the previous purchase of 15,355 BTC announced 
last Monday.
## Semler boosts buying despite rising prices
While Saylor&#8217;s Strategy cooled its Bitcoin buying spree last week, others 
upped their appetite for BTC.
Semler Scientific, a publicly traded healthtech firm in the US, bought 167 
Bitcoin for $16.2 million in the period from April 30 to May 2 at an average 
purchase price of $97,093 BTC.
Announced on May 5, the new purchase by Semler was up at least 50% from the 
previous 111 BTC purchase by the firm announced on April 25.
_Bitcoin price chart in the past 30 days. Source: CoinGecko_
As of May 2, 2025, Semler held 3,634 BTC, acquired for an aggregate of $322.3 
million at an average purchase price of $88,668 per BTC.
Semler&#8217;s Bitcoin holdings are considerably smaller than Strategy&#8217;s, which held 
a total of 555,450 BTC as of May 4, acquired for $68,550 per BTC.
This is a developing story, and further information will be added as it 
becomes available.
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Strategy, Semler bag 2K Bitcoin as price edged toward $100K last week

Tower Research Capital, one of three “VIP” clients named in the 2023 lawsuit 
against Binance by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is ramping 
up its crypto market-making efforts. Tower Research Capital, one of three 
“VIP” clients named in the…

Tower Research Capital doubles down on crypto market making amid market recovery

On Monday, Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor revealed his firm had 
added another tranche of bitcoin ( BTC) to its treasury holdings. With this 
latest acquisition, the company’s total cache now stands at 555,450 
BTC—currently valued at $52.4 billion based on prevailing market rates. 
Strategy Adds More Bitcoin Strategy, which once operated under the name […]