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5 Bitcoin Stocks to Buy for Low-Risk Cryptocurrency Profits

There are more ways to profit from bitcoin than just buying it

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

If you want to make money on bitcoin, the easiest way is to go to a local bitcoin dealer and open your wallet. Some dealers take credit cards. You may even be able to invest in cryptocurrency through your retirement account.

Is this legal? For now, yes, although the law is evolving.

You can also “mine” bitcoin, creating valid decryption keys by either using a service or using your own computer. When you find a new answer to the bitcoin puzzle, you own it. The keys portrayed in the media as metal are just magnetic ink.

Each cryptocurrency coin is one answer to a puzzle set out by a currency blockchain. The value of those answers will rise, or fall, in an open market process, sometimes with dizzying speed.

Bitcoin Cash, which forked from the main bitcoin blockchain in August, is now worth a fraction of what it was when the fork was initiated. There are also transaction costs in buying, or selling the cryptocurrency through an exchange. Getting the best price can take time. So can processing any transaction. Increasing the speed of processing transactions through the blockchain is the usual reason given for a cryptocurrency fork.

There are other ways to play, of course, which are the subject of this gallery. Here are five low-risk stocks to buy to profit from the bitcoin craze if bitcoin once again breaks out of its slump.

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Dec. 7, 2017. It has since been updated and republished with new information.

Bitcoin Stocks to Buy: Nvidia Corporation (NVDA)

Even if you’re not interested in cryptocurrency, Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA ) is a stock worth owning. The shares are up nearly 70% just in 2017, revenue is growing almost 40% during fiscal 2017 and the company is on track for over $8 billion in revenue this year, while taking 25% of that revenue to the net income line.

Nvidia is also a very expensive stock, with a market cap of $111 billion. That’s almost 14 times this year’s estimated revenue, and a whopping 53 times earnings.

High-performance graphics processors, first designed for video games, turn out to be great for the intense work of finding those decryption keys that represent crypto-coins. InvestorPlace contributor Joseph Hargett is concerned that the crypto-coin boom is already fully priced into the stock, but that is not the only reason to own it. [Editor’s Note: Nvidia stock has grown nearly 20% since this article was originally published.]

The best reason to ride the Nvidia bull, is the cloud. Data centers are now going through their first upgrade cycle, to support Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications like voice interfaces, self-driving cars and the Internet of Things (IoT). Instant response is the key here. The low-end processor clouds like those of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN ) and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG , NASDAQ: GOOGL ), which were built during this decade, just don’t have the processing power needed for the next decade’s growth markets.

Nvidia graphics chips have it, and the company is benefiting, as seen in its most recent quarterly revenue breakdown. Revenue from data centers grew 175% between the second quarter of 2016 and the second quarter of 2017. They now represent the company’s fastest-growing segment.

Clearly, the fastest-growing niches in the chip market are led by Nvidia. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC ) is working hard to get into them, but Nvidia has the lead, and leads are difficult to overcome. Whether you’re looking at gaming, cloud, self-driving cars or IoT, you’re looking at NVDA chips.

The stock is very pricey, but if you are looking three to five years ahead, as most true investors should, then this is one of the best growth bets in technology. History says you buy the leaders in technology and don’t worry much about the price — the artists formerly known as Google and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB ) were never considered cheap.

Bitcoin Stocks to Buy: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

For a company that doesn’t make much profit, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD ) has been making a lot of money for investors lately.

Over the last year, AMD shares have doubled in value, opening for trade on Oct. 9 at about $13.50 each. They cost less than $2 each early in 2016.

AMD is very old by Silicon Valley standards, having been launched just one year after Intel, in 1969. For years, it sought to follow Intel with compatible PC chips. Its biggest moves during the last decade were to get into graphics, through a company called ATI, and to get out of manufacturing by spinning its chip foundry into a company formed by the government of Abu Dhabi.

Earlier this decade, former CEO Rory Read led a major restructuring, and layoffs, focusing on a new chip design now called Ryzen and Radeon graphics chips. His chief operating officer, Lisa Su, took over in 2014 and is now given credit for the company’s rise.

AMD is, as it has always been, a value chip maker. Its Ryzen chips compete with Intel based on value, delivering similar performance for less money. Its Radeon graphics processors also compete with NVDA based on value, delivering similar performance for less money.

This is just what clouds are looking for. The decision by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA ) to use AMD chips in its clouds a year ago proved a turning point for the company. A month later, Advanced Micro announced a deal for its Radeon graphics chips with Alphabet. Since then, the company has signed an agreement with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT ) to use features of its next-generation “Naples” processor in its next cloud implementation, dubbed Project Olympus.

The last two agreements illustrate a key risk factor for Advanced Micro Devices. To grow as cloud companies, both Google and Microsoft are getting heavily involved in chip design. Design is now AMD’s entire business, manufacturing having been spun-out. Will the clouds still need the company five years from now?

For now, Advanced Micro Devices shares are riding the waves of cryptocurrency, cloud and gaming, but some are rightfully worried that the stock may be getting ahead of itself. I share that concern and I have suggested the company needs to be sold, as it lacks the capital base to compete effectively in the long-term.

Advanced Micro Devices is a tortoise whose stock acts like a hare because numbers are easier to grow fast when you’re small. But hares are also vulnerable in traffic.

Bitcoin Stocks to Buy: Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC)

Barry Silbert has been behind many cryptocurrency trends over the last few years.

He was previously best known for Second Market — a way to trade stock in private companies, acquired by NASDAQ Inc (NASDAQ: NDAQ ) in 2015. His Digital Currency Group (DCG) was originally a unit of Second Market, combining a cryptocurrency trading firm called Genesis Global Trading with an asset management firm, Grayscale Investments.

The Bitcoin Investment Trust (OTCMKTS: GBTC ) is Silbert’s effort to bring digital currency investment to small investors. It is currently traded through what used to be called the “pink sheets,” its effort to get a listing through the NYSEARCA platform having failed in September.

Some investment professionals call GBTC a joke, but it has won the race to become the first publicly traded bitcoin fund, having been launched as a private investment fund in 2013.

When the fund was launched, bitcoin cost $100. It was trading Dec. 7 at over $16,000! [Editor’s Note: Bitcoin now trades around $9,250.] GBTC began trading in 2015 at a price under $32 per share. On Oct. 9, it was trading at over $700 per share, a market cap of roughly $1.2 billion. Income has exploded with the rising value of bitcoin.

The value of GBTC is 85% higher than the value of the bitcoin it holds. There are reasons for this. For one, you can buy GBTC in a tax-advantaged account like my retirement account. It’s publicly traded, meaning you can get out, and its coins are being hosted securely.

Why, then, isn’t GBTC traded on a regular exchange? Why did the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) say no to that?

Like many bitcoin entrepreneurs, Silbert has what the SEC considers a sketchy history. He has been accused by self-styled bitcoin Investing Ombudsman Charles Chancellor-Mackay of running Ethereum Classic — a fork he supported in mid-2016 as a pump-and-dump scheme. Ethereum Classic coins are currently worth less than $12 each, against $300 for Ethereum itself. The SEC issued a cease-and-desist order against the way GBTC was operating back in 2016. It has apparently neither ceased not desisted.

You may have trouble finding this information. One of the primary media for cryptocurrency news, Coindesk, is a subsidiary of DCG.

These sorts of charges are bound to come up in a new market, for a new kind of currency that claims to be beholden to no government or regulator, as the internet claimed it was when the Web was spun in the 1990’s. But today’s internet is heavily regulated by governments around the world. You can go to jail for what you write here.

Governments aren’t going to wait that long before pouncing on cryptocurrency. Some, like China, already have. Still, if you are a small investor, or investing for a retirement account, GBTC may be the best bet you have for profiting on the future of bitcoin.

Bitcoin Stocks to Buy: Overstock.com, Inc. (OSTK)

One of the most exciting Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) of the year, which is like an Initial Public Offering only it’s not for an exchange-listed security and is taking crypto-coins rather than cash, is tZero.

TZero bills itself as a general ledger system for capital markets, a true Alternative Trading System. Partners include the Argon Group — an ICO market maker — and RenGen, which will build the trading platform.

Put your coins in, buy real securities with them; get your coins back; profit! Because it’s using a blockchain, tZero is supposed to cost less to operate than other security trading platforms. The ICO hopes to raise up to $500 million.

Right now, tZero (or t0 if you prefer) is a subsidiary of Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK ), the little e-commerce merchant that couldn’t overtake Amazon. Overstock has been selling merchandise online for around 20 years. CEO Patrick Byrne’s father was the legendary John J. Byrne, who built GEICO, now part of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A , NYSE: BRK.B ).

Warren Buffett once called Byrne Sr. “the Babe Ruth of insurance.” Patrick Byrne is not yet even George Selkirk. But Overstock has been public since 2002, has a market cap of $750 million, and it was the first e-tailer to take bitcoin as payment, in 2014. Since Byrne announced tZero, the stock is up 25%.

There will be two types of tokens at tZero. There are security tokens representing ownership of the company, then there are application tokens, used to buy and sell companies previously funded through ICOs. In short, this is an ICO to create a market for all those other ICOs, one which, by complying with SEC rules, and those of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), hopes to create a more efficient market for all securities.

Can it work? Over $2 billion has been raised through ICOs since January 2016, and those assets need a trading platform as efficient as those that trade the currencies themselves. The New York Stock Exchange started under a buttonwood tree trading just government bonds.

What are the risks? Start with the cost of getting those SEC and FINRA approvals. Then there’s the fact that other firms can do the same thing, including those which, like Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS ), which is considering trading bitcoin itself, have a lot of experience dealing with government regulations, not to mention lots of customers and big trading floors.

OSTK is certainly on the ground floor here. There is a Wild West aspect to bitcoin, ICOs and blockchain that causes this to all make sense.

Will it work? Place your bets and find out.

Bitcoin Stocks to Buy: Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)

As I have written many times, blockchain is what matters. bitcoin — all crypto-currencies — are merely implementations of blockchain, a general ledger database in which each block of data is encrypted. It allows decentralization of trust, which is essential to commerce. It is an outgrowth of open source, giving all developers access to a high, rising platform on which to build.

Decentralizing trust — making agreements about money automatic and enforceable — threatens big banks and even governments, who gain their economic power by centralizing trust. Bitcoin advocates dismiss these concerns, saying open source faced the same arguments from proprietary developers like Microsoft in the last decade.

Now, MSFT, the 40-year-old enterprise software company, is a big booster of open source and it may be the best and most low-risk bitcoin play of all.

Microsoft is building Blockchain as a Service on its Azure cloud, the biggest rival to Amazon in hosting cloud applications. Since launching its first Ethereum Blockchain as a Service in November 2015, Microsoft has been moving as quickly as it can in the space.

Azure has a blockchain development framework, it supports multiple blockchain protocols and it can now implement “smart contracts” on Azure that are legally binding. MSFT also has a framework for enterprise blockchain networks, dubbed Coco.

I own Microsoft stock, and analogize all this to the California Gold Rush. A lot of people went into the hills to pan for gold, but the people who made the big money either outfitted the miners or, even better, handled the back-end bookkeeping. It’s not about the sizzle of bitcoin. It’s about the steak of blockchain, and what that can do to get business out of offices and into the cloud.

There are other enterprise players interested in blockchain. International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM ) has been putting enormous efforts into blockchain lately. You hear more IBM blockchain ads today than for Watson, its AI system.

The difference is that while IBM focuses on defining and marketing technology, Microsoft has always focused on developing and then selling it. While IBM is still led by marketers who hire technologists, Microsoft is led by technologists who hire marketers. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is a cloud native. He ran Microsoft’s cloud division before he became CEO. His vision for the company, the one that he sold to its board, was as a cloud-first company, and he has executed on that plan.

Blockchain, in the end, is a cloud application. Bitcoin is a derivative of the blockchain, just one of many. The conservative play in this market is to bet on the casino, not the gamblers.

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2 Bitcoin Stocks To Watch Closely

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"I'm a big fan of Bitcoin … Regulation of money supply needs to be depoliticized." -Al Gore, Former US Vice President and Winner of Nobel Peace Prize

Do you believe in the Bitcoin revolution and do you want to invest in Bitcoin related stocks, then you don't have a lot of investment choices on the US Capital Markets. There are just a few stocks that are Bitcoin related.

Before I talk about these two stocks, I would suggest reading the article Why Bitcoin Matters.

This article will give you more insight about the world of Bitcoin; it is written by Marc Andreessen. His venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, has invested around $50 million in Bitcoin-related start-ups.

Up until now I came across two companies that are Bitcoin orientated. Here we go.

Currently WPCS International (WPCS) operates in two business segments:

• providing communications infrastructure contracting services and;
• developing a Bitcoin trading platform, called www.btxtrader.com.

T he Windows-based trading platform could especially be a game changer. BTXtrader allows U.S. citizens easy access to the complex world of bitcoin trading. By operating one of the world's leading bitcoin trading platforms, WPCS International offers investors direct exposure to the rapidly growing bitcoin services market. BTXtrader looks and acts like a traditional stock trading platform. Users can see real-time, up-to-the-second price quotes of bitcoins around the world. BTXtrader allows users to route orders to buy and sell bitcoins (and fractional bitcoins) across six of the largest bitcoin exchanges, including industry leader Mt. Gox. BTXtrader users also receive real-time bids and offers from all five exchanges, providing the most comprehensive depth-of-market view for bitcoins in operation today.

The WPCS trading product is expected in the second quarter of 2014 and it should be generating revenue for the company by mid-year.

An interesting company to watch going forward.

One of the most common complaints about Bitcoin is that you can't use it to buy anything practical. The second company will offer you the chance to buy almost everything you need.

Bitcoin Shop Inc.

This newly listed company is called Bitcoin Shop Inc, formerly known as Touchit Technologies. The ticker code is still TUCND but will be changed to BTCS. Yesterday's price was $3.31.

After doing a little research I found out the following. Bitcoinshop.us is an e-commerce site which is an Amazon affiliate. It already exists since June last year, when entrepreneurs Michal Handerhan and Tim Sidie, two former NASA engineers, started their business.

As mentioned the website, bitcoinshop.us is an Amazon affiliate but you can order with bitcoins.

There are more than 120,000 items for sale across 400 categories - books, electronics, sporting goods, even toys.

Since it is not yet widely accepted, I guess BitcoinShop's strongest selling area is electronics, because of tech-oriented Bitcoin believers.

Online retailers that only accept dollars by way of credit cards have to pay transaction fees that are typically passed on to consumers. BitcoinShop is pricing all its items in dollars and then converting those prices into bitcoins on the fly. The calculations are reset every 10 minutes, fast enough to keep up with Bitcoin's occasional wild swings.

Bitcoinshop.us will directly compete with Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK). This big online retailer recently announced acceptance of bitcoins for payment. On the first day of sales with bitcoins, they reported $126,000 in bitcoin transactions.

Final Note

As the Bitcoin economy expands and is widely more accepted, investors have several opportunities to invest in this cryptocurrency.

The two stocks mentioned here are for high-risk investors that have a strong belief in the Bitcoin as a virtual currency.

Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.

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Bitcoin Related Penny Stocks

So what’s the deal between bitcoins and penny stocks? Well, originally the two were not connected in any way whatsoever. However, penny stocks soon became the obvious place for investors to gravitate. As it turns out, they did more or less stampede the world of penny stocks in much the same way prospectors flooded the Gold Rush in the late 1800’s in the Western States and Western Canada.

The penny stocks that are connected to bitcoin-related companies have seen massive growth and has provided many new players in the cryptocurrency ecosystem a chance to jump on board and expand their digital assets as a result. You can thank bitcoin penny stock activity in attracting investors that have added such digital assets as Bitcoin vending machines, cryptocurrency exchanges, Bitcoin mining services, digital wallets and all kinds of Blockchain technologies to the English language.

The increase in exposure to Bitcoin technology that has resulted from the cryptocurrency stock connection has proven to become an educational tool as well. For example, there is a huge difference between a Bitcoin business and a business that accepts Bitcoin transactions. The entire cryptocurrency concept has expanded the imaginations of millions of entrepreneurs as a result. Not only has it revolutionized online business, it has crept into making brick-and-mortar businesses reexamine their payment options. With more players in the field, consumers have a greater opportunity to purchase and pay with tools that are no longer dependant on paper money.

If you are only just beginning to grasp the scope of the Bitcoin concept, you may need to sit down and fasten your seatbelt. Nothing has been close to the cutting edge and unique aspects of the Bitcoin concept until investors started reaching out to the bitcoin penny stock forum. You could say that the mania created by investors wanting to become part of the action has pushed the Bitcoin concept to the next level.

That next level is the development of more secure blockchain technologies and additional digital assets that go far beyond the ‘digital coin’ of the very beginning of the Bitcoin craze. Whether or not this will be just another fad is hard to predict. With more and more blockchain technologies being developed that are further reducing the dependence on any other monetary system, the wave of the future could very well be underway as we speak.

Bitcoin mining and digital wallets are two things your parents had never experienced and with the rapid growth of the cryptocurrency ecosystem, chances are that both of those items will be ‘old school’ to your grandchildren. Remember when fax machines were cutting edge? Now they are considered old technology. There will be a point when Bitcoins will be viewed in much the same light but that probably won’t be until something newer in the form of a digital asset bursts on the scene to take its place. Regardless, you can bet that it’ll show up first in penny stocks so that the developers can finance the developmental process.

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We have put together a list of some of the most popular stocks related to cryptocurrency below.

Marathon Patent Group (MARA) – Market Value: $41,201,566 (a/o January 4, 2018)

This intellectual property (IP) company provides services to various patent owners. So, if you were a backyard inventor with the newest gadget on the planet, you may be the type of person this company would be interested in connecting with. They also represent Fortune 500 companies. The company has an IP service team that develops multiple strategies which give their clients the opportunity to better utilize the value of their IP assets. The Marathon Patent Group works with patent owners and inventors to use IP licensing campaigns as a means to monetize their specific patent portfolios. This is one of the many ways in which this company generates revenue. They also create cash flow through IP consulting opportunities with new and existing clients. Marathon Patent Group (www.marathonpg.com) is based in Los Angeles, California.

Riot Blockchain, Inc. (RIOT) – Market Value: 201,953,995 (a/o January 4, 2018)

Founded in July of 2000, this company was designed to provide investment services to the blockchain ecosystem. The company website (www.riotblockchain.com) actually references their activity as “a first mover on the NASDAQ focused on blockchain technology.” The goal of this group is to revolutionize transactions with a system that has not been seen before. To add to the unique ecosystem created by Riot, they have also launched their own Bitcoin mining operation. The company only says that the Bitcoin mining operation will be the focal point of the expansion plans in place to move the company forward in the cryptocurrency world. The main focus of Riot Blockchain Inc. is the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains which put this group in strong positioning in the cryptocurrency world. This company is based in Boulder, Colorado.

MGT Capital Investments, Inc. (MGTI) – Market Value: $259,996,263 (a/o January 4, 2018)

MGT Capital Investments, Inc. has three main parts in their operation. They include cryptocurrency mining, proactive anti-hacking development, and the private phone. They are without a doubt one of the largest US-based Bitcoin miners and continue to expand with the Sentinel product line of cybersecurity technologies. The company has also formed a solid partnership with industry pioneer John McAfee which has led to multiple mobiles and personal tech device security systems. The Privacy Phone, through a partnership with Nordic IT, is a mobile phone that carries maximum privacy and extensive anti-hacking features. MGT Capital Investments, Inc. (www.mgtci.com) is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina but has facilities based in Washington State.

DPW Holdings, Inc. (DPW) – Market Value: $48,559,397 (a/o January 4, 2018)

DPW Holdings, Inc. is a company that focuses on the development, design, manufacture, and sales of power system solutions that are customized and flexible. Their holdings include Coolisys Technologies, Inc., Digital Power Lending, MTIX International and Super Crypto Mining, Inc. The design elements that have been developed by DPW Holdings, Inc. include capacitor chargers, adaptors, front end and open frame infrastructure as well as compact peripheral component interfacing. The company has interests in both North America and Europe. The Digital Power Corporation handles North American sales which Digital Power Limited deals with the European business. Founded in 1969 DPW Holdings, Inc. (www.dpwholdings.com) is based in Fremont, California.

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) – Market Value: $11,693,359,068 (a/o January 4, 2018)

Founded in 1969, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is a multinational semiconductor company. They develop business and consumer brand computer processors and the technologies related to both. The company originally manufactured its own processors but outsourced that part of the operation in 2009. The primary products that fall under the AMD umbrella include microprocessors, embedded processors, graphics processors and motherboard chipsets. These are in turn manufactured for use in workstations, personal computers, servers and additional applications including embedded systems. The company operates the following segments: Computing and Graphics, Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (www.amd.com) is based in Santa Clara, California.

BTCS, Inc. (BTCS) – Market Value: $59,641,369 (a/o January 4, 2018)

BTCS, Inc. calls themselves “an early mover” in the ecosystems that include both blockchains and digital currencies. They are also known as the first US public “Pure Play” company that emphasizes their attention on blockchain technologies. As an early entrant in the cryptocurrency marketplace, BTCS, Inc. plans to build on their blockchain assets with the creation of a portfolio of various digital offerings. The company says this will include but will not be limited to Bitcoin and what they refer to as “other protocol tokens.” The goal is to have these available for investors seeking a diversified pure-play exposure to the ecosystems containing bitcoins and blockchains. Cryptocurrency mining is also part of the expansion plans of this company as it maps a growth pattern into the future. BTCS, Inc. (www.btcs.com) is based in Silver Spring. Maryland.

Bitcoin Services, Inc. (BTSC) – Market Value: $140,738,802 (a/o January 4, 2018)

Bitcoin Services, Inc. does digital business in a slightly different way. They focus on the mining of other cryptocurrencies. They also offer bitcoin escrow services. It is a neutral third party that works between buyers and sellers as a means of conducting online business. The Bitcoin mining services utilize a double round hash verification series of processes that ultimately validate and provide security for the bitcoin transactions. Bitcoin Services, Inc. in also a participant in the development and sale of blockchain software programming. At one point, the company was known as Tulip BioMed, Inc. but eventually changed its name to the currently recognized bitcoin handle. Bitcoin Services, Inc. (www.bitcoinservices.biz) is based in Kalamazoo, Michigan and was established in 1997.

Digatrade Financial Corp. (DIGAF) – Market Value: $20,210,018 (a/o January 4, 2018)

Digitrade Financial Corp. is a service that provides Digital Asset Exchange and blockchain development. The format devised by Digitrade offers a secure, simple and affordable buying and selling platform for Bitcoin and Ethereum. Other digital assets are also available. The system is up and operational 24-hours per day, 7 days a week and as such can provide instant, automated order matching for registered members in the system. The goal of the company is to offer a “healthy ecosystem by providing value-added digital exchange services to the public.” Digitrade has also allowed increased access for consumers to purchase digital assets by dropping existing barriers. Digitrade Financial Corp. (www.digitrade.com) is based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

First Bitcoin Capital Corp. (BITCF) – Market Value: $291,277,811 (a/o January 4, 2018)

First Bitcoin Capital Corp. is deeply involved in the development of digital currencies, proprietary Blockchain technologies as well as the digital currency exchange known as CoinQX. The company jumped into that ring citing it was a step taken as an opportunity to increase the value-added offerings to shareholders in the format of new types of digital assets including Blockchain and currencies. First Bitcoin Capital Corp. has another claim to fame – they were the first publicly-traded cryptocurrency and blockchain development company. Because of the worldwide currency exchange exposure, the company sees this as an attractant to foreign investors. First Bitcoin Capital Corp. (www.bitcoincapitalcorp.com) is based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Global Arena Holding, Inc. (GAHC) – Market Value: $17,959,249 (a/o January 4, 2018)

Global Arena Holding, Inc. is a company that has holdings and also develops digital assets. The main subsidiary is Global Election Services which is a service that provides technology-enabled election programming. The company has also invested in blockchain development as well. The holdings also include GAHI Acquisition Corp., the blockchain part of the company’s portfolio. Global Arena Holding. Inc. focuses on acquiring patents from inventors, technologies and other companies that give it the required leverage to enter and participate in the blockchain cryptocurrency ecosystem. The company has participated in at least one merger (with China Stationery and Office Supply). Global Arena Holding, Inc. (www.globalarenaholding.com) was first established in 2011 and is based in New York City.

Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC) – Market Value: $4,221,100,800 (a/o January 4, 2018)

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This Pick-and-Shovel Bitcoin Mining Stock Could Bring Decades of Profits

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Today, our tech expert is bringing Money Morning Members a pick-and-shovel Bitcoin mining stock that offers tremendous upside, with just a fraction of the risk of cryptocurrencies.

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This Pick-and-Shovel Bitcoin Mining Stock Could Bring Decades of Profits

By Money Morning Staff Reports , Money Morning - February 23, 2018

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Today, our tech expert is bringing Money Morning Members a pick-and-shovel Bitcoin mining stock that offers tremendous upside, with just a fraction of the risk of cryptocurrencies.

Even now, when the market seems crazy, there are still ways to profit without having to buy Bitcoin or any other crypto coin.

Investing in Bitcoin Penny Stocks: Beware of These Pitfalls

By David Zeiler , Associate Editor , Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - August 3, 2015

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Bitcoin penny stocks may not be an ideal way to invest in Bitcoin, but if you're looking for equities in this category, your options are limited.

For sure, there's no shortage of Bitcoin companies, but few are publicly traded. And those that are publicly traded are penny stocks.

Even so, the potential rewards of investing in Bitcoin penny stocks make it worth the risk for some.

VC Investing in Bitcoin Rises to the Fastest Pace Yet

By David Zeiler , Associate Editor , Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - April 17, 2015

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The amount of money venture capitalists are investing in Bitcoin continues to accelerate, demonstrating their faith in the potential of the digital currency.

In the first quarter of 2015, venture capitalists poured $229 million into Bitcoin startups. That was more than double the $144 million invested in Bitcoin in Q4 of 2014.

And now venture capitalists are concentrating on the most promising Bitcoin startups.

Big Wall Street Players Investing in Bitcoin Startup

By David Zeiler , Associate Editor , Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - January 22, 2015

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Not only has venture capital investing in Bitcoin failed to slow even as the price of the digital currency has slumped, but now some big Wall Street names have hopped on the bandwagon.

On Tuesday Bitcoin payments and wallet platform Coinbase announced it had raised $75 million in Series C funding. That's more than double the previous amount of venture capital invested in a Bitcoin company.

But this time it wasn't just the usual Bitcoin-friendly VC firms backing Coinbase.

Bitcoin Forecast 2015: Four Powerful Trends Will Deliver a Pivotal Year

By David Zeiler , Associate Editor , Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - December 18, 2014

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The Bitcoin forecast for 2015 is for major strides toward the promise we've been hearing about for more than a year.

The power of the idea - a decentralized, digital currency that includes ownership data and can move money around the world in an instant - just keeps gaining traction.

But the Bitcoin forecast 2015 isn't just for more of the same. For sure, mass adoption will continue. But next year we'll see a lot more activity on Wall Street as well as a lot more innovation from Bitcoin startups.

World's First Bitcoin IPO Sets Stage for More Bitcoin Stocks

By David Zeiler , Associate Editor , Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - October 22, 2014

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The world's first Bitcoin IPO is on track to launch on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in early December, paving the way for more Bitcoin stocks to go public in over the next few years.

The company is Melbourne-based Bitcoin Group. Right now Bitcoin Group runs a cryptocurrency arbitrage fund, but is planning to expand into Bitcoin mining if the IPO succeeds.

Expected Bitcoin Payment on eBay Is a Significant Step Toward Mass Adoption

By David Zeiler , Associate Editor , Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - August 18, 2014

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E-commerce giant eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) is very close to offering Bitcoin payment as an option via its Braintree subsidiary - a high-profile move that will mark another milestone on the road to mass adoption of the digital currency.

It's likely that the Braintree subsidiary is serving as eBay's guinea pig, testing Bitcoin payments on a smaller scale before rolling the feature out to PayPal and the eBay site itself.

Bitcoin IPO Countdown: One of These Five Companies Could Be the First

By David Zeiler , Associate Editor , Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - July 29, 2014

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While there are no imminent plans for a Bitcoin IPO - the first major public offering of a Bitcoin-based company - the steady growth of the Bitcoin economy means it's just a matter of time.

And with venture capital investing ramping up this year, some companies have moved to the head of the pack as the most likely IPO candidates.

How the Growing Bitcoin Market Will Cause a $3.4 Trillion Disruption

By David Zeiler , Associate Editor , Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - July 23, 2014

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A tsunami of disruption - courtesy of Bitcoin - is headed directly for several sectors of the financial services industry.

Some of these companies may adapt to a world in which the digital currency plays a major role, but most are likely to become Bitcoin market victims - companies that will struggle and possibly disappear altogether.

This could have a tremendous impact on the U.S. economy, as 20% of the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) derives from the financial sector - an eye-popping $3.4 trillion.

Investing in Bitcoin with $18 Million: Why Tim Draper Did It

By David Zeiler , Associate Editor , Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - July 9, 2014

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When a well-known venture capitalist like Tim Draper is investing in Bitcoin with some $18 million of his own money, there has to be a really good reason.

Draper was the sole winner of the 29,656 bitcoins auctioned off June 27 by the U.S. Marshals Service. Those bitcoins had been seized by the federal authorities that shut down the notorious Silk Road website last fall.

But Draper isn’t just going to squirrel all those Bitcoins away.

Two Charts That Show the Bitcoin Market Is About to Take Off

By David Zeiler , Associate Editor , Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - July 2, 2014

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While the Bitcoin market has had its ups and downs, what matters is that it is a major new technology that will disrupt the financial sector, and probably several others as well.

And that means Bitcoin should follow the same dramatic patterns as other disruptive technologies - which, so far, it has.

Race to Be First "Official" Bitcoin Exchange in United States Heats Up

By David Zeiler , Associate Editor , Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - June 27, 2014

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Within the next few months, we should see the first U.S. Bitcoin exchange. Some half dozen companies have just been waiting for a final set of rules from New York regulators - and those rules are due next week.

While it's not that hard to buy Bitcoin in the United States, the digital currency has lacked the polish of legitimacy that a U.S-based exchange would give it.

The First Bitcoin Stock Could Be This Mining Company

By David Zeiler , Associate Editor , Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - June 24, 2014

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Today you can't buy a Bitcoin stock on the Nasdaq or New York Stock Exchange, but that could change as soon as next year if Bitcoin mining hardware maker BitFury can make its aspirations come true.

The company develops and manufactures the hardware used to "mine" bitcoins, and in its short three-year history has built a powerful reputation.

Now, BitFury's audacious CEO has vowed that his company will be the first Bitcoin IPO.

Bitcoin Stock Losers That Will Get Crushed by the Digital Currency

By David Zeiler , Associate Editor , Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - June 19, 2014

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You'd think the Bitcoin stock losers -the credit card companies, big banks and international payment companies -- would be worried about the digital currency.

In fact, the companies most threatened by Bitcoin, the credit card industry, haven't even bothered to list the digital currency as a risk in its Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings.

Venture Capitalists Are Investing in Bitcoin at the Fastest Pace to Date

By David Zeiler , Associate Editor , Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - June 16, 2014

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Venture capitalists are stepping up the pace of investing in Bitcoin, a powerful sign that the digital currency is on track to fulfilling its promise of being the most innovative and disruptive force since the Internet.

According to a running tally on the CoinDesk website, venture capital Bitcoin investments in May alone was $56 million, which was nearly as much as the 2014 total through the first four months, $57.24 million.

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Bitcoin Related Penny Stocks

So what’s the deal between bitcoins and penny stocks? Well, originally the two were not connected in any way whatsoever. However, penny stocks soon became the obvious place for investors to gravitate. As it turns out, they did more or less stampede the world of penny stocks in much the same way prospectors flooded the Gold Rush in the late 1800’s in the Western States and Western Canada.

The penny stocks that are connected to bitcoin-related companies have seen massive growth and has provided many new players in the cryptocurrency ecosystem a chance to jump on board and expand their digital assets as a result. You can thank bitcoin penny stock activity in attracting investors that have added such digital assets as Bitcoin vending machines, cryptocurrency exchanges, Bitcoin mining services, digital wallets and all kinds of Blockchain technologies to the English language.

The increase in exposure to Bitcoin technology that has resulted from the cryptocurrency stock connection has proven to become an educational tool as well. For example, there is a huge difference between a Bitcoin business and a business that accepts Bitcoin transactions. The entire cryptocurrency concept has expanded the imaginations of millions of entrepreneurs as a result. Not only has it revolutionized online business, it has crept into making brick-and-mortar businesses reexamine their payment options. With more players in the field, consumers have a greater opportunity to purchase and pay with tools that are no longer dependant on paper money.

If you are only just beginning to grasp the scope of the Bitcoin concept, you may need to sit down and fasten your seatbelt. Nothing has been close to the cutting edge and unique aspects of the Bitcoin concept until investors started reaching out to the bitcoin penny stock forum. You could say that the mania created by investors wanting to become part of the action has pushed the Bitcoin concept to the next level.

That next level is the development of more secure blockchain technologies and additional digital assets that go far beyond the ‘digital coin’ of the very beginning of the Bitcoin craze. Whether or not this will be just another fad is hard to predict. With more and more blockchain technologies being developed that are further reducing the dependence on any other monetary system, the wave of the future could very well be underway as we speak.

Bitcoin mining and digital wallets are two things your parents had never experienced and with the rapid growth of the cryptocurrency ecosystem, chances are that both of those items will be ‘old school’ to your grandchildren. Remember when fax machines were cutting edge? Now they are considered old technology. There will be a point when Bitcoins will be viewed in much the same light but that probably won’t be until something newer in the form of a digital asset bursts on the scene to take its place. Regardless, you can bet that it’ll show up first in penny stocks so that the developers can finance the developmental process.

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We have put together a list of some of the most popular stocks related to cryptocurrency below.

Marathon Patent Group (MARA) – Market Value: $41,201,566 (a/o January 4, 2018)

This intellectual property (IP) company provides services to various patent owners. So, if you were a backyard inventor with the newest gadget on the planet, you may be the type of person this company would be interested in connecting with. They also represent Fortune 500 companies. The company has an IP service team that develops multiple strategies which give their clients the opportunity to better utilize the value of their IP assets. The Marathon Patent Group works with patent owners and inventors to use IP licensing campaigns as a means to monetize their specific patent portfolios. This is one of the many ways in which this company generates revenue. They also create cash flow through IP consulting opportunities with new and existing clients. Marathon Patent Group (www.marathonpg.com) is based in Los Angeles, California.

Riot Blockchain, Inc. (RIOT) – Market Value: 201,953,995 (a/o January 4, 2018)

Founded in July of 2000, this company was designed to provide investment services to the blockchain ecosystem. The company website (www.riotblockchain.com) actually references their activity as “a first mover on the NASDAQ focused on blockchain technology.” The goal of this group is to revolutionize transactions with a system that has not been seen before. To add to the unique ecosystem created by Riot, they have also launched their own Bitcoin mining operation. The company only says that the Bitcoin mining operation will be the focal point of the expansion plans in place to move the company forward in the cryptocurrency world. The main focus of Riot Blockchain Inc. is the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains which put this group in strong positioning in the cryptocurrency world. This company is based in Boulder, Colorado.

MGT Capital Investments, Inc. (MGTI) – Market Value: $259,996,263 (a/o January 4, 2018)

MGT Capital Investments, Inc. has three main parts in their operation. They include cryptocurrency mining, proactive anti-hacking development, and the private phone. They are without a doubt one of the largest US-based Bitcoin miners and continue to expand with the Sentinel product line of cybersecurity technologies. The company has also formed a solid partnership with industry pioneer John McAfee which has led to multiple mobiles and personal tech device security systems. The Privacy Phone, through a partnership with Nordic IT, is a mobile phone that carries maximum privacy and extensive anti-hacking features. MGT Capital Investments, Inc. (www.mgtci.com) is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina but has facilities based in Washington State.

DPW Holdings, Inc. (DPW) – Market Value: $48,559,397 (a/o January 4, 2018)

DPW Holdings, Inc. is a company that focuses on the development, design, manufacture, and sales of power system solutions that are customized and flexible. Their holdings include Coolisys Technologies, Inc., Digital Power Lending, MTIX International and Super Crypto Mining, Inc. The design elements that have been developed by DPW Holdings, Inc. include capacitor chargers, adaptors, front end and open frame infrastructure as well as compact peripheral component interfacing. The company has interests in both North America and Europe. The Digital Power Corporation handles North American sales which Digital Power Limited deals with the European business. Founded in 1969 DPW Holdings, Inc. (www.dpwholdings.com) is based in Fremont, California.

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) – Market Value: $11,693,359,068 (a/o January 4, 2018)

Founded in 1969, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is a multinational semiconductor company. They develop business and consumer brand computer processors and the technologies related to both. The company originally manufactured its own processors but outsourced that part of the operation in 2009. The primary products that fall under the AMD umbrella include microprocessors, embedded processors, graphics processors and motherboard chipsets. These are in turn manufactured for use in workstations, personal computers, servers and additional applications including embedded systems. The company operates the following segments: Computing and Graphics, Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (www.amd.com) is based in Santa Clara, California.

BTCS, Inc. (BTCS) – Market Value: $59,641,369 (a/o January 4, 2018)

BTCS, Inc. calls themselves “an early mover” in the ecosystems that include both blockchains and digital currencies. They are also known as the first US public “Pure Play” company that emphasizes their attention on blockchain technologies. As an early entrant in the cryptocurrency marketplace, BTCS, Inc. plans to build on their blockchain assets with the creation of a portfolio of various digital offerings. The company says this will include but will not be limited to Bitcoin and what they refer to as “other protocol tokens.” The goal is to have these available for investors seeking a diversified pure-play exposure to the ecosystems containing bitcoins and blockchains. Cryptocurrency mining is also part of the expansion plans of this company as it maps a growth pattern into the future. BTCS, Inc. (www.btcs.com) is based in Silver Spring. Maryland.

Bitcoin Services, Inc. (BTSC) – Market Value: $140,738,802 (a/o January 4, 2018)

Bitcoin Services, Inc. does digital business in a slightly different way. They focus on the mining of other cryptocurrencies. They also offer bitcoin escrow services. It is a neutral third party that works between buyers and sellers as a means of conducting online business. The Bitcoin mining services utilize a double round hash verification series of processes that ultimately validate and provide security for the bitcoin transactions. Bitcoin Services, Inc. in also a participant in the development and sale of blockchain software programming. At one point, the company was known as Tulip BioMed, Inc. but eventually changed its name to the currently recognized bitcoin handle. Bitcoin Services, Inc. (www.bitcoinservices.biz) is based in Kalamazoo, Michigan and was established in 1997.

Digatrade Financial Corp. (DIGAF) – Market Value: $20,210,018 (a/o January 4, 2018)

Digitrade Financial Corp. is a service that provides Digital Asset Exchange and blockchain development. The format devised by Digitrade offers a secure, simple and affordable buying and selling platform for Bitcoin and Ethereum. Other digital assets are also available. The system is up and operational 24-hours per day, 7 days a week and as such can provide instant, automated order matching for registered members in the system. The goal of the company is to offer a “healthy ecosystem by providing value-added digital exchange services to the public.” Digitrade has also allowed increased access for consumers to purchase digital assets by dropping existing barriers. Digitrade Financial Corp. (www.digitrade.com) is based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

First Bitcoin Capital Corp. (BITCF) – Market Value: $291,277,811 (a/o January 4, 2018)

First Bitcoin Capital Corp. is deeply involved in the development of digital currencies, proprietary Blockchain technologies as well as the digital currency exchange known as CoinQX. The company jumped into that ring citing it was a step taken as an opportunity to increase the value-added offerings to shareholders in the format of new types of digital assets including Blockchain and currencies. First Bitcoin Capital Corp. has another claim to fame – they were the first publicly-traded cryptocurrency and blockchain development company. Because of the worldwide currency exchange exposure, the company sees this as an attractant to foreign investors. First Bitcoin Capital Corp. (www.bitcoincapitalcorp.com) is based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Global Arena Holding, Inc. (GAHC) – Market Value: $17,959,249 (a/o January 4, 2018)

Global Arena Holding, Inc. is a company that has holdings and also develops digital assets. The main subsidiary is Global Election Services which is a service that provides technology-enabled election programming. The company has also invested in blockchain development as well. The holdings also include GAHI Acquisition Corp., the blockchain part of the company’s portfolio. Global Arena Holding. Inc. focuses on acquiring patents from inventors, technologies and other companies that give it the required leverage to enter and participate in the blockchain cryptocurrency ecosystem. The company has participated in at least one merger (with China Stationery and Office Supply). Global Arena Holding, Inc. (www.globalarenaholding.com) was first established in 2011 and is based in New York City.

Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC) – Market Value: $4,221,100,800 (a/o January 4, 2018)

3 Best Bitcoin-Related Stocks for 2018 You Shouldn’t Miss

Best Bitcoin-Related Stocks to Profit from Rising Bitcoin Prices

Holy smoke! Bitcoin prices have made an incredible new record this weekend. I hear some friends asking me, “I have some money. I want to buy bitcoins. I missed the boat earlier. What do I do?” Well, what if I told you that you still have a chance to get on the next one? Forget Bitcoin for a second and check out some of the best Bitcoin-related stocks that can offer Bitcoin exposure, albeit at lower risk.

I say lower risk because while they can benefit from the uptrend in Bitcoin prices, they can also weather a downtrend because of the diversified nature of their businesses.

Exactly six months ago, I shared my Bitcoin price prediction for 2018 when it had just hit $2,500. I set it at $5,000 for the year, which I must confess seemed, even to me, pretty outlandish at the time. In hindsight, however, I would rate my Bitcoin price forecast as conservative.

Bitcoin prices have just made history. For the first time, BTC prices have crossed the $8,000 mark. Yes, one bitcoin is now selling for more than eight thousand dollars!

If you were lucky enough to buy it at the beginning of this year, you just earned a solid three-digit return, roughly 700%. I’m impressed.

But if you bought it, say, four years ago and held on to it, then I’m bedazzled! Because I’m assuming you may have already become a millionaire.

Who could have thought that this cryptocurrency could garner so much investor interest in such a short span of time?

Regardless, we are here now and the real question to ask is: How far can prices go up from here?

Again, I’m remaining outlandishly conservative. Yes, there’s more upside to Bitcoin. It will continue to climb as its adoption grows. Yet, I cannot ignore the Bitcoin bubble in the making. From where I see it, prices have shot up too high, too fast. So if they tumble, chances are that they will drop in a free fall.

Best Bitcoin Stocks to Watch in 2018

I hate to say it, but the cryptocurrency mania has a feel of the 17th century Dutch Tulip Mania, which didn’t end too well for speculators.

This creates an air of uncertainty in the cryptocurrency world. To counter that, one seemingly promising investment strategy is to invest in Bitcoin stocks—that is, publicly traded companies betting on Bitcoin in some form.

Without further ado, here are my top picks for the best Bitcoin-related stocks for 2018.

1. Square (SQ) Stock

Mobile payments company Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) is on top of my list of best Bitcoin-based stocks right now. Jack Dorsey’s sideshow is making long strides in the digital payments arena. Yes, he’s the guy often recognized for keeping fancy beards but mostly for running Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR).

Dorsey’s efforts to turn the loss-making company around are finally beginning to pay off. Square is beating analyst estimates quarter after quarter and things are finally beginning to look up.

But that’s not what has me excited.

Square has just revealed that it is testing Bitcoin support on the “Square Cash” app. Square Cash, by the way, is Square’s mobile app that lets you digitally send and receive money using your phone without the need to carry a wallet or paper money.

What Square is planning to do now is make Bitcoin purchases easy for Bitcoin bugs. Buying and selling bitcoins may no longer be an arduous process of creating new accounts, downloading wallets, or learning and interpreting Bitcoin jargon. Square plans to allow its users to buy and sell on its platform in a couple of clicks.

In other words, Square is doing more than just having Bitcoin as a mode of payments on its platform. Instead, Square is making it a vehicle of investment by allowing users to trade (a metonym for buying and selling) it.

This is where Square will find an opportunity to act as a middleman and charge fees from Bitcoin investors for, well, simply making their lives easier. I’m assuming that Square may also eventually begin taking the opposite side in some of these trades to make money on arbitrage, just like banking institutions do.

Although it may take some time (read: months or even years) before we see solid money flowing into the company from this bet, rest assured that there’s great potential for Square to benefit off of this nascent industry.

This initiative creates a symbiotic environment for both Bitcoin and Square. On one side, Square profits from new Bitcoin bugs rushing to join its platform. On the other, Bitcoin receives an endorsement from one of the prominent players in the digital payments industry.

If that’s not enough, the fact that Dorsey is himself privately investing in cryptocurrencies should get the bugs excited.

Square’s Bitcoin-related initiative has already sparked a rally in SQ stock prices in the past one week. Overall, SQ stock has shot up more than 230% year-to-date. A comparison of the SQ and BTC price charts shows that the two have begun to move in tandem.

It’s obvious that the market has already picked up on the idea, so investors would certainly want to be keeping tabs on it before it’s too late.

2. HIVE Blockchain Technologies (HIVE) Stock

My next pick may catch you by surprise. That’s because this Bitcoin-related stock began publicly trading just two months ago, which is probably why you may not have heard of it just yet. The stock has already jumped more than 3,000% but considering its future prospects, still appears to be dirt cheap.

It is a relatively lesser known Canadian company that trades on the Canadian exchange—the TSX Venture Exchange. Should you decide to invest in it, you may have to reach out to your broker to discuss the purchase. Nonetheless, this investment idea could be worth it.

Let me explain why. If you want to gain exposure to an upswing in gold prices, you either buy gold or you buy stock in the biggest gold mining companies. Returns on the two move in tandem. The same may be true for Bitcoin.

Now, HIVE Blockchain Technologies Ltd (CVE: HIVE) is a Bitcoin mining company. If you have a fair idea of what Bitcoin mining is, this one-of-its-kind publicly traded company will certainly pique your interest. (You can learn more about mining and other Bitcoin basics here. )

Just a quick refresher: Bitcoin mining simply means solving the complex code that helps unlock bitcoins. As opposed to buying bitcoins off an exchange, you always have the option to mine them if you’re tech savvy and own a heavy-duty, super-fast PC. By the latter, I mean a PC that’s running a high-speed processor under its hood and won’t go up in smoke.

Bitcoin mining, like gold mining, is very capital intensive. The computer processor constantly running the code takes up a lot of power and thus heats up fast.

HIVE identifies that the biggest costs in Bitcoin mining are that of electricity and hardware. And t his is where HIVE takes the lead over mom-and-pop miners.

The company employs the economic concept of “economies of scale” to mine bitcoins. It has moved its mining operations to Iceland, where electricity costs are cheap and temperatures are cool. The hardware at its data centers has support from the world’s largest Bitcoin mining company, giving HIVE a clean edge over smaller competitors.

HIVE Blockchain Technologies is co-founded and majority owned by the world’s biggest Bitcoin miner, Genesis Mining Ltd.

The company sets itself apart from others in the mining business by having the first-mover advantage and by being a cash flow positive company that has already secured roughly $100.0 million in funding in recent months to finance its operations.

In fact, if you take a look at its price chart, you can see that its year-to-date performance (in blue) far surpasses that of Bitcoin’s.

Currently selling for a little under $4.00 apiece, HIVE stock is one Bitcoin-related penny stock that deserves to be on your radar.

3. Overstock (OSTK) Stock

On to my last pick for the best Bitcoin-related stocks for 2018 now. This one is yet another interesting company. Overstock.com Inc (NASDAQ: OSTK) is a renowned “e-tailer” that begs no introduction. However, it’s on this list for being the first major retail company to accept Bitcoin as a mode of payment.

Overstock allows buyers to make their online purchases, ranging from furniture to bedding to jewelry, using bitcoins. In fact, Bitcoin is not the only cryptocurrency it accepts. The retailer supports about 40 other altcoins on its e-commerce platform.

Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, who’s both a gold and Bitcoin bug, believes that BTC could eventually be more powerful than fiat currency. Byrne saw demand for the cryptocurrency growing and right away put his money where his mouth was.

According to Byrne, an average of $50,000 worth of transactions are already being conducted on the Overstock platform using bitcoins, which, although modest, validate that Bitcoin is gaining acceptance as an alternative to fiat currency.

But again, there’s more than just his exuberance for the cryptocurrency that makes me optimistic about this stock.

One good reason why I’m pitching OSTK stock is “tZERO”—a trading platform for ICO companies owned by Overstock.

In case you are unaware, ICO is an acronym for Initial Coin Offering, the cryptocurrency-based equivalent of Initial Public Offering (IPO). ICO companies bypass the capital markets to raise money through bitcoins or other cryptocurrencies.

Overstock’s tZERO has emerged as a secondary market for these companies, providing them with a platform where their securities can trade.

The trading platform, which complies with the SEC’s regulations, has been registered as an “Alternative Trading System,” where stocks of ICO companies backed by any cryptocurrency can trade.

What tZERO promises is a cheaper and more profitable alternative to the traditional stock market, where investors can build their wealth through cryptocurrencies. The trading platform is still in the works and goes live later this year.

Overstock’s Bitcoin-based initiatives have granted it a special place in the investing community. Bitcoin bugs seeking investments are seemingly pouring their money into it.

Overstock’s stock performance in the past three months, while Byrne was working on these initiatives, has been a near-perfect reflection of BTC price performance.

So, with Bitcoin prices continuing to trend upward, chances are that Overstock stock will be following suit.

Analyst Take:

Bitcoin prices have hit giddying heights and it’s natural for investors to feel nervous. At this point, a good way to achieve some peace of mind may be to invest in some of the best Bitcoin-related stocks for 2018, which could help diversify part of the risk that comes with these sky-high Bitcoin prices.

Square, HIVE, and Overstock all have recently undertaken new Bitcoin-based initiatives that spell good fortune for them in the coming year. Needless to say, my take on these three companies is nothing but bullish.

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I want all my lost access yahoo account 'delete'; Requesting supporter for these old account deletion; 'except' my Newest yahoo account this Account don't delete! Because I don't want it interfering my online 'gamble' /games/business/data/ Activity , because the computer/security program might 'scure' my Information and detect theres other account; then secure online activities/ business securing from my suspicion because of my other account existing will make the security program be 'Suspicious' until I'm 'secure'; and if I'm gambling online 'Depositing' then I need those account 'delete' because the insecurity 'Suspicioun' will program the casino game 'Programs' securities' to be… more

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Repair the Yahoo Search App.

Yahoo Search App from the Google Play Store on my Samsung Galaxy S8+ phone stopped working on May 18, 2018.

I went to the Yahoo Troubleshooting page but the article that said to do a certain 8 steps to fix the problem with Yahoo Services not working and how to fix the problem. Of course they didn't work.

I contacted Samsung thru their Samsung Tutor app on my phone. I gave their Technican access to my phone to see if there was a problem with my phone that stopped the Yahoo Search App from working. He went to Yahoo and I signed in so he could try to fix the Yahoo Search App not working. He also used another phone, installed the app from the Google Play Store to see if the app would do any kind of search thru the app. The Yahoo Search App just wasn't working.

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I let Google know that the Yahoo Search App installed from their Google Play Store had completely stopped working on May 18, 2018.

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I noticed that right after I accepted the agreement that said Oath had joined with Verizon I started having the problem with the Yahoo Search App.
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WEBPAGE NOT AVAILABLE
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I tried to search for things like www.homedepot.com. The same thing happened. It would say WEBPAGE NOT AVAILABLE. The only thing that changed were all the upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols.
Then it would again say
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net::ERR_CLEARTEXT_NOT_PERMITTED

This is the same thing that happened when Samsung and At&t tried to do any kind of searches thru the Yahoo Search App.

Yahoo needs to fix the problem with their app.

Yahoo Search App from the Google Play Store on my Samsung Galaxy S8+ phone stopped working on May 18, 2018.

I went to the Yahoo Troubleshooting page but the article that said to do a certain 8 steps to fix the problem with Yahoo Services not working and how to fix the problem. Of course they didn't work.

I contacted Samsung thru their Samsung Tutor app on my phone. I gave their Technican access to my phone to see if there was a problem with my phone that stopped the Yahoo Search App from working. He went to Yahoo and… more

Bitcoin or Stocks? Here’s the One to Buy in 2018

Worried that a bursting bitcoin bubble will sideswipe stocks in 2018?

Don’t be. Because as I’ll explain in a moment, the hysteria over the so-called “cryptocurrency” is actually good for stocks this year, no matter if bitcoin explodes for a 10,000% gain … or flames out and crashes back to earth.

I’ll also show you the one surprising group of stocks poised to benefit from bitcoin in 2018, no matter what happens.

First, if you’re like most people and find bitcoin a complete mystery, stick with me for a minute and I’ll show you how it works—and what’s pumping up the bulging bitcoin bubble.

I first heard about bitcoin in 2013. At the time, I thought it was interesting technology—but not an investment.

Bitcoin simply decentralizes a ledger. Instead of having a central authority, such as the accounting office at a bank, settle all accounts and make sure money goes to the people it’s supposed to, that’s all done on a decentralized ledger that’s distributed among every bitcoin in existence.

That’s where the term “blockchain” comes from: each transaction is a “block” that is “chained” together on that massive, decentralized leger.

The biggest benefit? Bitcoin provides an anonymous transfer of money. Theoretically, the ID of every bitcoin is not tied to a particular person, which makes it the perfect currency for transmitting money privately.

Or so you might think.

The truth is, bitcoin is actually the least private currency in existence! That’s because you can look up every transaction on that very public ledger. And since all the major cryptocurrency exchanges must get proof of identification from people before they buy a bitcoin, the currency’s anonymity is now a mirage.

Oh, and there are other problems, too—like the eternity (78 minutes!) it takes to transfer money with bitcoin, versus just a few milliseconds with PayPal. And bitcoin is getting slower as it gets more popular.

Other bitcoin glitches have shown up, too, but none have stopped bitcoin’s surge—it’s up 1,350% in the last year!

Meantime, the cryptocurrency mania gets more and more outrageous.

Longfin Corp. (LNFN) recently announced it was buying a lending platform that only transacts in cryptocurrencies—and LNFN soared 1,000% in a single day. Even more ridiculously, a company that sells bottled iced tea just announced it’s rebranding to “Long Blockchain Corporation” … and its stock surged 500% in minutes!

I’d be beating a dead horse if I said this is a bubble. But the truth is, the whole debate over whether there’s a bitcoin bubble or not is a total red herring.

The real point is that this bitcoin bubble is very good for stocks—and it’s one reason why I think buying US stocks—including through high-yield closed-end funds (CEFs) like the 5 I reveal here—is what you must do for 2018.

And that goes double for a sector that may surprise you: technology.

What Everyone Gets Wrong About Bitcoin and Tech Stocks

If you remember the dot-com bubble, you know how it played out. It started with a slow realization that we were looking at a new, earth-shattering technology. Then there were waves of new companies with new ideas—some good, most bad.

Then the “dumb” money flowed into the bad ideas, which encouraged people to bring even worse ideas to market in a bid to get rich quick. Then it all exploded in 2000–01.

The same story is playing out in bitcoin—but with a difference: it is not happening in tech.

Don’t believe me?

Consider this: while FAANG stocks—Facebook (FB), Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Netflix (NFLX) and Google (GOOGL)—have surged in 2017, as we enter 2018, they’re actually cheaper than they were a year ago.

I know that may sound crazy, but it’s a perfect example of why we need to look beyond price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios when valuing stocks and examine price-to-earnings-growth (P/EG), which, as the name implies, takes a company’s increased profits into account.

When we do that, we see that the FAANG stocks have gotten 34% cheaper, while the S&P 500 is slightly more expensive:

While tech stocks are admittedly pricier than S&P 500 stocks from an earnings-growth perspective, they’re a lot less expensive than they were a year ago—and Facebook and Netflix are actually cheaper than the S&P 500.

Which brings me to my favorite way to get tech stock exposure in 2018 and beyond: through a high-yielding CEF like the BlackRock Science and Technology Fund (BST), which I spotlighted in a December 28 article. BST gives you FAANG exposure with a happy twist: instead of the low—or no—dividends these stocks pay individually, you get a nice 5.9% payout with this fund.

Finally, even if you look at FAANG stocks from a P/E ratio perspective, we haven’t seen wild valuations in the last year—in fact, if you ignore Amazon, P/E ratios actually went down for FAANG in 2017:

Big-Name Techs: Cheaper Than You Think

So what does all this have to do with bitcoin?

Simple: instead of the “get rich quick” dumb money jumping into tech stocks and driving them skyward, we’re seeing that money stay in the obscure cryptocurrency market. Which means the pressure from overheated, panicky investors isn’t in tech stocks at all. When you look at the S&P 500’s modest 1.4 P/EG, it’s clear that the cryptocurrency mania isn’t affecting the broader market, either.

Even the companies that are supposed to benefit from bitcoin most directly aren’t getting a flood of greedy investors’ cash. Just compare Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and NVIDIA (NVDA) to the price of bitcoin in 2017:

Bitcoin Vs. the Stocks Drive It

It’s clear the bitcoin bubble isn’t bleeding into the companies that are best positioned to profit from its popularity (AMD and NVDA produce the chips necessary to mine bitcoin).

The bottom line? With the frothing-at-the-mouth money all staying in the bitcoin sandbox, us adults in the real investment world can relax. Because if the bitcoin bubble pops in 2018 or sometime later, we don’t need to fret that it’s going to hit our favorite stocks.

Forget Bitcoin: This 10.4% Dividend Is Your Best Buy for 2018

I don’t know why you’d mess around with a risky gamble like bitcoin when you can start 2018 off the right way—by grabbing a safe investment throwing off a sturdy 10.4% dividend yield today.

Think about that: on, say, a $100,000 buy, you’re getting $10,400 in cold, hard cash here, straight out of the gate! This is literally cash in hand we can count on in 2018 without the sickening ups and downs of a “Russian roulette” play like bitcoin!

It gets better, because this rock-solid CEF—one of my top 4 CEF picks for 2018—has 20% price upside all but baked in this year.

Why do I say that?

For one, it’s a screaming bargain at a 5.3% discount to net asset value (NAV, or what its underlying portfolio is worth). That means you’re buying every dollar of this fund for just $0.95! And your upside is even bigger when you realize that this one usually trades for 2% more than it’s actually worth.

That’s just the start, though.

Because this fund’s management has an eye for bargains unlike any I’ve ever seen: the stock portfolio they’ve painstakingly assembled boasts an average P/E ratio of 17.5 now—way lower than the S&P 500’s 25!

Add it all up, and we’re lined up for EASY 20% price gains here. And we’ll be collecting that blockbuster 10.4% income stream while we watch our initial investment grind higher!

But even that’s not all! Because I’ll also reveal the names of my 3 other top CEFs for 2018, too.

Add these 4 powerhouse funds together and you get an “instant” portfolio that keeps your nest egg safe by spreading it across just about every asset class you can think of: US stocks, foreign stocks, bonds, real estate and more.

PLUS, these 4 income powerhouses combine to hand you a sturdy—and GROWING—8.1% average dividend yield, along with easy 20%+ upside in 2018.

These are my 4 very best buys for 2018—bar none. And I’m ready to share all my research on them with you absolutely FREE. CLICK HERE to get the names, tickers and everything you need to know about these 4 amazing funds now.