Semler Scientific Gets Buy Rating From Benchmark, $101 Price Target on Bitcoin Treasury Pivot

Benchmark’s Mark Palmer initiated coverage of Semler Scientific (SMLR) with a buy rating and a $101 price target, citing the company’s dramatic pivot from medical diagnostics to bitcoin (BTC) accumulation as a key value driver. Semler, which spent over 15 years focused on chronic disease detection, adopted bitcoin as its primary treasury reserve asset in … Read more

Tether Invests in Blockchain Forensics Firm Crystal Intelligence to Fight Crypto Crime

Tether, the company behind the world’s largest stablecoin USDT (USDT), has made a strategic investment in blockchain analytics firm Crystal Intelligence to increase efforts to root out crypto-related crime with its token. The investment gives Tether direct access to Crystal’s suite of tools for real-time risk monitoring, fraud detection and regulatory intelligence, bolstering the company’s … Read more

BONK Reclaims Momentum with 11% Rally as Community and Volume Fuel Breakout

BONK continued its explosive run, climbing 11% over the 24 hours ending July 8 with trading volume surpassing $1 billion. After plunging to $0.000021124, BONK staged a dramatic recovery and closed at $0.000022868. As of the latest reading, the token trades at $0.0000228, slightly off highs but firmly within bullish territory. A consolidation zone formed … Read more

Satellites, Sovereignty, and the Next Internet Revolution

How Can Space Tech Help Us Build a Decentralized Internet? TL;DR: Satellites as blockchain nodes will unlock a censorship-resistant, accessible internet beyond Earth’s centralized infrastructure. 1. Introduction Earth’s Internet was designed as a decentralized system to avoid single points of failure in military communications. It was named after the network of networks. That’s why it … Read more

Can Decentralization Save the Internet from Itself?

Today, we live in what can sometimes feel like a digital utopia, one where the internet brings the world closer together. Social platforms mediate communication and connect us regardless of time, place, or distance. But with this powerful connection comes a growing need for regulation and control. Censorship is the restriction of interactions and the … Read more

Bitcoin Bulls Bank on Fed’s ‘Stealth’ Rate Cuts: Crypto Daybook Americas

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The one thing bitcoin (BTC) bulls constantly discuss is liquidity easing through Fed interest-rate cuts and the possibility of rates falling back to zero, just as in 2020-21. Back then, the zero rate triggered an unprecedented bull run throughout the financial markets, including low-cap altcoins. Now, … Read more

Over 40 Firms Prepping for Hong Kong Stablecoin License Applications: Report

Hong Kong’s stablecoin licensing regime, set to begin on August 1, is drawing significant interest from the region’s financial and tech heavyweights, with local media in China reporting that over 40 applications have been received. But expectations are being tempered by the reality that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is likely to approve only … Read more

Metaplanet Wants to Use Bitcoin Holdings for Acquisitions: FT

Metaplanet (3350) is eyeing up “phase two” of its bitcoin treasury strategy, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing an interview with CEO Simon Gerovich. Metaplanet, which has the largest corporate bitcoin stash outside of North America, will use BTC as collateral to finance acquisitions of cash-generating businesses, Gerovich said. The Japanese hotel company turned … Read more

Strategy Holds 11th Largest U.S. Corporate Treasury, Bitcoin Rivals Big Cash Reserves

Disclaimer: The analyst who wrote this article has shares in Strategy (MSTR). Strategy (MSTR) now holds almost $65 billion in bitcoin (BTC), which makes it the 11th largest corporate treasury holder of bitcoin in the U.S. In its investor presentation for the new STRD at-the-market equity program, Strategy compares itself to companies that hold cash … Read more

The 177 best Prime Day 2025 deals that we found

Prime Day, Amazon’s four-day thunderdome of exclusive deals, is here. Outside of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we anticipate this to be the best moment of the year to score discounts on headphones, laptops, TVs, gaming gear, and really anything else that might be on your wishlist — or someone else’s. We sorted through thousands … Read more

How to Use LlamaIndex.TS to Orchestrate MCP Servers

In this post, we’ll demonstrate how to orchestrate Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers using llamaindex.TS in a real-world TypeScript application. We’ll use the Azure AI Travel Agents project as our base, focusing on best practices for secure, scalable, and maintainable orchestration. Feel free to star the repo to get notified of the latest changes. ==If … Read more

What Functional Programmers Can Learn from Sequent Calculus

Table of Links Introduction Translating To Sequent Calculus 2.1 Arithmetic Expressions 2.2 Let Bindings 2.3 Top-level Definitions 2.4 Algebraic Data and Codata Types 2.5 First-Class Functions 2.6 Control Operators Evaluation Within a Context 3.1 Evaluation Contexts for Fun 3.2 Focusing on Evaluation in Core Typing Rules 4.1 Typing Rules for Fun 4.2 Typing Rules for … Read more

OFZA Appoints Amir Tabch as CEO to Lead Next Phase of Regulated Growth

OFZA, the UAE-born, regulator-aligned cryptocurrency exchange, has appointed Amir Tabch as Chief Executive Officer to lead OFZA through its next stage of growth and market activation. This leadership milestone reflects OFZA’s deepening commitment to building the most trusted crypto exchange in the region—one that’s designed from day one to align with regulations, empower users, and … Read more