Category: Blockchain

Top Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency Stocks

Maybe you have heard of cryptocurrencies but you’ve been concerned about investing in them. Or maybe you have dipped your toe into bitcoin, but want to diversify your crypto holdings in another asset class.

You might want to look into investing in cryptocurrency stocks. These are companies that either mine for crypto, own crypto, or provide ownership and trading services for cryptocurrencies.

Coinbase (COIN) is the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States. This $74 billion market cap company trades at 21 times trailing earnings and 47 times forward earnings.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) is a business intelligence company that has spent over $2.2 billion purchasing Bitcoin. The stock has a forward price to earnings ratio of 105.
PayPal Holdings (PYPL), the online payments company, now allows the purchasing and trading of cryptocurrencies. The stock has a trailing P/E ratio of 65 and a forward PE of 46.
Square (SQ ) is another financial services company that has invested about half a billion dollars in Bitcoin. It has a sky high trailing ratio of 225, but a forward PE of 103.
Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA) is a patent holding company which has purchased Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining equipment, and is involved in a joint venture to create a bitcoin data center. The stock has a forward PE of 12.
Voyager Digital (VYGVF) is involved in a digital platform to trade cryptocurrencies. The stock has a forward PE of 18.
Galaxy Digital Holdings (BRPHF) is a digital asset management company, which trades at 6.5 times trailing earnings and 13 times forward earnings.
Of course, you can alway buy a blockchain ETF, such asAmplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF (BLOK), which includes many of these stocks.

Also, stay tuned for a pure play bitcoin ETF that will invest in bitcoin directly.

Disclosure: Author has a long position in COIN and PYPL. 

Bitcoin Now Legal Tender in El Salvador

by Fred Fuld III

The world is watching! Bitcoin has now become legal tender in the Central American country of El Salvador.

All businesses in the country will now be expected to accept Bitcoin, starting today.

One big benefit to the citizens is that  they can download the digital wall app provided by the government with $30 worth of Bitcoin included in the wallet for free.

Bitcoin and the U.S. dollar will operate concurrently as the country’s currency.

It will be interesting to see what country will be next.

Dr. Mark Skousen Exclusive Interview: the Stock Market, Bitcoin, GameStop, Gold, & Bear Markets

by Fred Fuld III

The following informative interview was provided by Dr. Mark Skousen, a financial economist, editor of the Forecasts & Strategies financial newsletter since 1980, and Presidential Fellow at Chapman University, where he recently received the “Most Favorite Professor” Award.  He is also the producer of FreedomFest, “the world’s largest gathering of free minds.”  He is the author of several books, including The Maxims of Wall Street, now in its 10th edition.

We cover a lot in this interview, including:

  • The Future of the Stock Market
  • Bear Markets
  • Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, & Blockchain
  • GameStop
  • Young Traders
  • Gold Bullion vs. Gold Stocks
  • Silver
  • Inflation
  • Interest Rates
  • The Technology Sector
  • And much, much more

He even gives the name of a gold mining stock that he likes, which trades for less than $5 a share and pays a yield of over 3%! 

The Dr. Mark Skousen Interview
Enjoy listening to the great insights and information that Dr. Skousen provides:

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Books by Dr. Mark Skousen

Please note that all of Dr. Skousen’s books can be ordered directly from SkousenBooks.com, and they will be autographed and delivered with free shipping.

The Maxims of Wall Street – New 10th Anniversary Edition

A Viennese Waltz Down Wall Street

The Making of Modern Economics

EconoPower: How a New Generation of Economists is Transforming the World

His other books can be found at SkousenBooks.com.

Forecasts and Strategies

Information about the Forecasts and Strategies Newsletter and the trading services can be found at MarkSkousen.com.

Enjoy the interview and Happy Investing!

 

All opinions are those of Dr. Mark Skousen, and do not represent the opinions of this site or the interviewer. Neither this site, nor the interviewer, nor the interviewee are rendering tax, legal, or investment advice in this interview.

 

 

 

 

Amazon Partners with Ownera on Hackathon to Launch the Revolutionary Ownera Digital Securities API

Los Angeles – Ownera, the institutional-grade blockchain network for digital securities (AKA Security Tokens), has announced it will be releasing its Digital Securities API utilizing the Amazon (AMZN) Managed Blockchain service running HyperLedger Fabric. Ownera is a network where all nodes will be regulated financial entities (such as banks, asset managers and exchanges), who underwrite and distribute the assets on the network.

The Ownera API to be released is so simple and powerful, that the Hackathon will challenge digital securities platform developers to fully adapt their applications to support Ownera within the 3 days of The Global Hackathon, between October 13-15 at the CIS conference (as part of the Los Angeles blockchain week).

 

A Blockchain for Asset Ownership

Ownera will be demoing the API and also leading a technical session for developers on October 15-16 at the Los Angeles Convention Center during CIS.  The API will also be made available early to participants in The Global Hackathon that begins on October 13 and ends on stage at CIS, where Ownera and AWS will give an award for the most innovative use of their API.

 

The Ownera Digital Securities API connects ownership apps to Ownera, while unlocking the core features necessary for launching compliant digital security platforms and apps:

  • Connects to the Ownera institutional-grade test net, built with HyperLedger Fabric utilizing the Amazon Managed Blockchain Service.
  • Runs on a version of HyperLedger Fabric, converted by Ownera from a private to a public network, which will initially be permissioned, and eventually become permissionless.
  • Connect digital securities platforms and developers to a network of verified assets managed by nodes which are all regulated financial institutions.
  • Enables the simple development of institutional-grade digital securities issuance, trading and management platforms.
  • Includes profile management, including KYC, investor accreditation, etc.
  • Includes asset management, including Know your Asset (KYA), an innovation Ownera pioneered to include verified asset information and investor rights in an immutable and legally-binding way in the blockchain as an integral part of every digital security – so investors know exactly what they are getting.
  • Has built-in Atomic Swap transaction capabilities to enable the instant sale of digital securities for any currency credit, fiat or digital, minimizing counterparty risk.
  • Connects to the innovative Ownera Regulation App Store, turning regulation compliance into AI-powered blockchain apps that asset-issuers can simply choose from a list!.

 

Fireside Chat with Ami Ben-David

Additionally, Security Token Pioneer Ami Ben-David, the Founder and CEO of Ownera, will be doing a presentation, followed by a fireside chat at CIS to discuss the next evolution of digital securities into the instituitional market, and how Amazon is providing the infrastructure for this paradigm shift on which Ownera will be running.

 

About Ownera

Ownera is an institutional-grade digital securities network, where all nodes are regulated financial entities (such as banks, asset managers and exchanges), who underwrite, verify transactions for regulation-compliance, and then distribute the assets to their institutional clients across the network. Ownera is built on a version of HyperLedger Fabric, upgraded from a private blockchain configuration, to a public permissionless model.

Exclusive Interview with Jonathan Nelson – Managing Director at HACK Fund – Speaking About Startups, Raising Money, Cryptocurrency, & Blockchain

by Fred Fuld III

The following informative and fascinating interview was provided by Jonathan Nelson, the founder and CEO of Hackers/Founders, the largest network of tech founders in Silicon Valley and around the world. He is also the managing director at the Hack Fund, and has served on the Board of Advisors for the SEC’s Capital Formation for Small and Emerging Businesses, and has lectured at UC Berkeley and Stanford.

The discussion includes the following:

  • Why so much money is invested in Silicon Valley
  • The half dozen ways for a startup to raise money
  • How a crowdfunding venture capital fund works
  • Blockchain stock certificates
  • The future of cryptocurrencies
  • The cryptocurrency selloff
  • The startup landscape in the next five years
  • The regulation of social media companies
  • Advice for someone who is creating a startup for the first time
  • And much, much more!

To stream the interview, click:

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You can download as an mp3 by right-clicking HERE and choosing “save as.”

More information about Hackers/Founders can be found here:

Hackers/Founders

More information about the Hack Fund can be found here:

The HACK Fund

 

All opinions are those of the interviewee, and do not represent the opinions of this website or the interviewer. Neither this website, nor the interviewer, nor the interviewee are rendering tax, legal, or investment advice in this interview. No investment advice is expressed or implied. All information is provided for education and general information only.