Why Bitcoin, Crypto & Blockchain?

• In the last 13 years, the Bitcoin index (in EUR) had a compound annual growth rate of 103.42%,

Shared in this report are Ten crypto/blockchain ETFs. Each has a different objective and investment profile. Some are passively managed, and some are actively managed. Some are concentrated and focused and some modeled after specific indexes. The focuses cross through blockchain applications, AI data centers, crypto miners and crypto surrogates.

The performance range for the last twelve-months, ranges from a low of plus 54% to a high of plus 123%. Multiple ETFs in this sector were above 100% annual return. This industry is still in its early stage of application and growth. It is volatile so expect wide price moves. One can use a trading strategy or an investment approach. If choosing the investment approach with a long-term capital gain holding period goal, applying dollar-cost averaging for risk management is a way to level the volatility and still capitalize on the above average growth of Crypto and Blockchain. Continue reading →

BRICS Nations To Adopt Bitcoin For Global Trade: VanEck Exec

LOTM: It is hard to know if this is RUMOR or Advanced Intel.

In an appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Matthew Sigel, Head of Digital Assets Research at investment firm VanEck, forecasted a significant shift in global trade dynamics with the potential adoption of Bitcoin by BRICS nations. Sigel’s insights come amid growing fiscal policy concerns in the United States and increasing efforts by emerging economies to circumvent traditional financial systems.

“We think once the election result is finalized, Moody’s is going to downgrade US sovereign debt, and that could be a catalyst for Bitcoin,” Sigel stated. He emphasized BTC’s unique properties, noting, “Bitcoin is a chameleon. It’s hard to predict what it’s correlated with. Because of the 21 million and fixed amount out there, it’s a non-US asset.” Continue reading →

• Account I – Single stock account. This simply means we might go down to one single stock position on our path to compounding to One Million$ value. Currently this “game” has four positions. The timeline goal is one double a year.
• Account II – Multi-position Account but targeting Three industries at this time. Precious Metals / Crypto-Blockchain / Fintech – a variation in theme is our new position in ORGN which is a specialty chemical company focused on replacing oil based plastics with organic material (wood chips) based plastics.

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I’d like to talk a bit about “my” description of what is happening in the market and LOTM related accounts.

What we do, is Hunt for Doubles

In broad terms, LOTM looks for stocks that profile as having the probability/possibility to double in price and do so within our desired time frame. Generally, we look for ideas that can double in six months to three-years. If I were perfect, and you know I am not, a double in three years would be 33% simple return if annualized. That’s pretty good.

In the hunt for doubles, we like a long-term capital gain when we sell so we look in the out of favor areas. We don’t mind being early because we want to own it twelve months or longer to get a favorable tax treatment. Continue reading →

OK, now I am a bit nervous. I am seeing many headlines in the algo directed world of YouTube and News flow that are saying what LOTM has been doing. Too much weight on one side of our canoe. When the market is this bullish with my thinking, my contrarian brain gets very nervous. Never-the-less, I tend to get in positions too early and leave too early in investment positions. So, I am riding the wave of optimism in the news flow and hope it continues.

HEADLINE THEMES TODAY:

• Precious metals is “the” place to be – especially Silver.
• Bitcoin, crypto, is the technology to be invested in (basically for the same reason some are buying precious metals.)
• Trump is surging in the polls! – A Trump election being very good for Bitcoin. 

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• MARA Holdings – formerly Marathon Digital (MARA) $15.15 – This flies on a Trump win
• Gold/Silver ratio says buy silver.

MARA Holdings – formerly Marathon Digital (MARA $15.15
Interesting headlines of note on Mara

I like the company as a business venture plus as a way of gaining exposure to their bitcoin as a reserve asset decision. MARA owns about 27,000 bitcoin. A related account to LOTM owns MARA with call options sold against the position. The premiums are high when the stock rallies as short sellers buy call options to hedge their short position. MARA is not a big position for us but with the high premium on the short duration expiration dates, it is a great way to generate cash.  Continue reading →

• Vizsla Royalty (VROYF*) & Vizsla Royalty Warrants (VRYWF) How I handled this situation
• SilverCrest (SILV*) – buy-out and forward option sale opportunity
• Coeur Mining (CDE*) accumulating a position
• Discovery Silver (DSVSF*) wow it popped 25% on the same day Coeur announced the SilverCrest buy out.
• LOTM Watch list of 42 silver miners. Many if not most are juniors exploration companies.

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October 04, 2024
Over the past three years, our LOTM approach has migrated to a barbell approach as our investment theme. Precious metals on one end of the barbell with Crypto and Blockchain technology companies on the other end of the block chain. 2022 was a difficult year as gold and silver came down from their 2021 highs and Crypto/Blockchain related positions collapsed in a very hard bear market. Both sectors based in early 2023 and by the end of 2023, both sectors moved strongly higher. This shows up strongly in our ZTA partnership account performance history. Three time-line charts below of ZTA Performance –

One-year performance below: Continue reading →