In a press release on February 4, Semler announced that it had purchased 871 bitcoins between January 11 and February 3, totaling $88.5 million, with an average purchase price of $101,616 per BTC. The company also reported that from July 1 (the first full quarter after adopting the bitcoin funding strategy) to February 3, the total return rate was 152%. The company noted that the return rate so far this year is 22%.