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TEEKA’S TOP SIX SUPER HALVING PLAYS

By Teeka Tiwari

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TEEKA’S TOP SIX SUPER HALVING PLAYS
By Teeka Tiwari

It’s one of the basic laws of economics. Yet, it’s But those gains are nothing compared to the
also one of the most profitable… supply crunches we’ve seen in the crypto space.
The most well-known example is the bitcoin
I’m talking about the law of supply and demand. halving.

Put simply, if supply decreases while demand If you’re not familiar with the halving, it’s when
simultaneously increases… prices have nowhere the supply of new bitcoin is cut in half every four
to go but up. It’s Economics 101. years. It’s preprogrammed in bitcoin’s code.

Think about the big supply shocks we’ve seen But here’s the important thing you need to know
over the years: about bitcoin halvings: You have to position
yourself before they start. That’s how you profit
• In 1979, people thought we were going to
from the explosive surge in price, fueled by
run out of silver due to higher inflation.
reduced supply and increased demand.
Silver prices ran from as low as $4 per
ounce to as high as $49. You could have My subscribers who positioned themselves before
made as much as 13,025% on certain silver the 2016 bitcoin halving saw the chance to make
mining stocks from the surge in demand. gains as high as 14,619% and 26,977%. And those
who got in before the 2020 halving saw some of
• In 2008, we saw a mild oil shock.
my picks soar as high as 2,950% and 5,121%.
Geopolitical instability in the Middle East
and the aftereffects of Hurricane Katrina Even after bitcoin’s 2020 halving, my team found
led to worries over shrinking petroleum six altcoins (coins other than bitcoin) with similar
reserves. Had you invested in oil drillers halvings embedded in their codes. They’re up
during this time, you could have made as over an average of 1,000% since we added them
much as 1,272%. to our portfolio in November 2020.

• In 2011, China decreased its rare earths If you didn’t position yourself before those
exports. These are small minerals that go in halvings… I have some bad news for you. It’s too
electronic devices. China has a stranglehold late to make life-changing gains from them.
on this market… and it did some mild
hoarding, cutting just 19% of its supply. In a But the good news is I’ve found a once-in-a-
year, you could have made gains like 979% lifetime event happening in the crypto market
on gadolinium and 1,209% on holmium. that’ll be bigger than all the other halvings
combined.
In each of these cases, we saw unprecedented cuts
in supply meeting unprecedented demand. I call this event the “Super Halving.”

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Let me explain what I mean by that… themed investments I believe will skyrocket as
the Super Halving kicks in this year.
There can never be more than 21 million bitcoins
in existence. Their issuance is strictly regulated I’ve never published a word about these special
by computer code. However, the rate of issuance recommendations before. I haven’t mentioned
is cut in half every four years until the last bitcoin them in any of my research services… video
is mined in 2140. updates… or articles.

The first halving in 2012 reduced the amount of This is the first – and only time – I’m making
bitcoin produced every day from 7,200 to 3,600. them available.
The second in 2016 dropped it from 3,600 to
1,800. And the most recent halving in 2020 cut it Friends, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
from 1,800 down to 900. in front of you. And as a Palm Beach Infinity
member, you have exclusive access to these ideas.
That’s where we are today.
Before I get to them, let me explain what a Super
But this Super Halving I’ve discovered – and Halving is. Because when it’s over, it’ll be gone
that I believe will go into effect in 2021 – will be for good.
different.
Secret Halvings
It’s not tied to bitcoin’s code. And it’s not going to
reduce supply to 450. In fact, I believe it’ll knock For five years now, I’ve probably talked about
supply all the way down to zero. crypto halvings more than anyone in the
newsletter business. And thanks to those halvings,
The implications of this are critical. It means very I’ve arguably helped more people become
soon, there will be zero new bitcoins available millionaires than anyone else in this industry.
for purchase.
So you can see, halvings are important events
And once that happens, you can imagine what with the potential to change your financial life.
will happen to the price of bitcoin. Already, But not every halving is known.
institutions have started buying up as much
bitcoin as they can get their hands on. Once no There are what I call “secret” halvings.
new coins are coming to market, where do you
If you watch the news, you haven’t heard a word
think that’ll send prices?
about these secret halvings. The mainstream
That’s the opportunity in front of us today. financial media has not picked up on them.

But just like previous halvings, the best gains to That’s because they’re not in the room with
be made aren’t in bitcoin itself… It’s already at a crypto founders like I am. They don’t have
$1 trillion-plus market cap. It just can’t make the phone numbers of dozens of the top crypto and
same extreme moves it did in its early days. blockchain venture capitalists on speed dial like I
do.
The best potential gains from here are in the
small projects tied to bitcoin that still have a They’re not meeting with developers… They’re
massive runway ahead. not getting pitched to join the boards of
blockchain startups. They have no idea what’s
In this special report, I’ll reveal six small crypto- truly going on in this space.

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What they’re missing is this: The biggest “halving” players like Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and
of all is about to happen. And it all has to do with MassMutual are taking notice.
some shocking evidence I’ve uncovered.
One after another, these big institutions are now
I predict bitcoin will reach $500,000 within the coming into crypto. And that means now, for the
next five years. And when it does, we’ll trace it first time ever, miners can raise money through
back to this Super Halving. the capital markets – through issuing shares
(equity) or bonds (debt).
Let me be clear… The Super Halving is not a
pre-programmed, one-day supply drop like we’ve We’re moving to a world where bitcoin miners
seen in the past. It’s unlike anything we’ve seen will no longer have to sell their bitcoin to fund
before. It has nothing to do with bitcoin’s code. their operations. And that’s going to change
everything.
Instead, it all has to do with bitcoin miners.
This is a fundamental shift the
Miners are the people providing the computing mainstream press is missing…
power necessary to run the bitcoin blockchain.
They solve complex equations to verify Let me give you an example of this trend…
transactions and keep the network humming
along. To incentivize them to do this, the network Cipher Mining Technologies is a little-known
rewards them with new bitcoin each day. company that’s been mining bitcoin for years. But
it had to sell its bitcoin because nobody would
Since May of last year, the bitcoin code issues give it funding.
900 new bitcoins per day. This goes directly to
miners. At current prices, that’s the chance to Recently, Fidelity and Morgan Stanley plowed
earn around $50 million worth of new bitcoin $425 million into this project.
every day.
Do you think they’ll ever have to sell their bitcoin
Not bad for a day’s work. But there’s one again just to keep the processors running… now
problem… that they’re sitting on $425 million in cash?

Historically, bitcoin miners haven’t been able to The value of that cash isn’t going to budge. If
hold the bitcoin they mine. They’ve had no choice anything, it’ll go down. But the value of the
but to sell it to fund their operations. bitcoin they’re mining… over time it’ll only
continue to rise. So you can see which one they’re
Think about it. Ever since bitcoin’s been around, more likely to part with now that they have the
it’s been plagued with negative connotations option.
to the drug market, pornography, and money
laundering. That made it taboo for the When I saw this, I realized we’d entered a new
gatekeepers of traditional finance to touch. phase in the crypto market. Going forward, the
game will completely change. Miners will start
So bitcoin miners haven’t had access to tapping public markets for capital. And they’re
traditional sources of capital. never going to sell their bitcoin again.

But we’ve seen major adoption take off in the 2021 may be the last year anyone is able to ever
crypto market over the past few years. And huge buy a newly mined bitcoin again.

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This year, crypto companies Net Change in Miner’s Bitcoin Holdings
have already raised 10 times 8
more capital than all of last Over the past month, bitcoin miners

Daily Change in Miner Holdings (in Thousands)


year. So miners don’t have to have begun holding their mined 6
sell all their bitcoin anymore. bitcoins, rather than selling them
They can hoard it. 4

And they’ve already started 2


doing just that…
0
• One miner recently
launched what it’s -2
calling a bitcoin
“retention program.” -4
Under this program,
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for the first time, it’s
Feb 8 Feb 22 Mar 8 Mar 22 Apr 5 Apr 19 May 3
no longer selling all the
Source: Glassnode
bitcoin it earns.
are reviewing at least nine proposed ETFs in the
• Another miner launched a program of its United States as early as June.
own. It plans to add millions of dollars’
worth of bitcoin every week. BlackRock just approved bitcoin trading. And
Fidelity’s rolling out bitcoin for its institutional
• A third just increased its hoard by 76%. clients.
Take a look at the chart on the right. You can And on top of that, an entirely new source of
see over the past month, the net position change demand is coming from credit card companies.
among all bitcoin miners has firmly swung into Both Visa and Mastercard plan to launch bitcoin
an accumulation stage (the green bars). They’re rewards cards this year.
holding thousands more coins daily.
By 2025, credit cards will process $45 trillion
This is opposed to the red lines earlier in the year, in transactions per year. Now, imagine even
which signal the net selling of coins miners were 10% of those transactions involve a bitcoin
doing. reward system. That would mean those credit
card companies would have to give 2% of every
We’re seeing this trend pick up across the board.
purchase in bitcoin to give people as a reward. 2%
And it’s not just bitcoin miners who are hoarding.
of $45 trillion is $900 billion per year.
According to a November 2020 report by Pantera
Can you see where this is going?
Capital, payment platforms Square and PayPal
alone are buying up 100% of all newly created All of this demand doesn’t even account for lost
bitcoin. bitcoin. According to one study, nearly 20% of
bitcoin is unrecoverable because owners have lost
But the demand is just continuing to grow.
their private keys or access to their hard wallets.
Multiple bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) These bitcoins will never go back into circulation.
have launched in Canada. And federal regulators

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Tell me… These are projects that won’t have to sell their
bitcoin. So we’ll see their balance sheets balloon
What happens to bitcoin’s price when miners are as the price of bitcoin soars.
hoarding it… companies are adding bucketloads
of it to their treasuries… payment companies are It could take six months… three months… two
buying nearly 100% of newly minted coins… and months… or even less for this Super Halving to
credit card companies are paying out $900 billion kick in. So the time to act is now.
a year in bitcoin rewards?
Friends, you need to get ahead of this event. The
It shoots through the roof. difference between getting in before a phenome-
non like this versus after is night and day.
And more importantly, what does that do to the
price of the small plays attached to bitcoin and When this happens, it’s going to hit the crypto
bitcoin mining, in particular? They could go up market like a lightning strike. You must take
50x or more. action now or run the risk of getting left behind.

Here’s What I See Ahead If you miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime event,
you could end up regretting it for the rest of your
I predict very soon, we won’t see any new life.
bitcoin come to the market. All 900 coins will
be hoarded... never to be brought to the public So let’s get to them…
markets.

And based on my research, it’ll send bitcoin to at Note: We’ve listed the investments in this
least $500,000 within the next five years. report in alphabetical order, not necessarily
the order we suggest you purchase them. As
Meanwhile, the companies that are responsible always, use small, uniform position sizes to
for mining this new bitcoin will become extremely create a basket of these miners in your crypto
hot commodities. portfolio. Using this asymmetric betting
style, you can set yourself up for outsized
My team and I have spent months diving into the gains without taking outsized risks.
financials of public and private miners to uncover
those that have raised enough money to cover
their mining costs. MY TOP SIX SUPER HALVING PLAYS
Super Halving Play No. 1
And in this special report, we’ve found the top
five miners we believe will skyrocket due to the The first pick in our Super Halving portfolio is
Super Halving... plus one company that will act as Bit Digital (BTBT).
an onramp to anyone looking to buy crypto in this
high-demand environment. Bit Digital is relatively new to the mining
industry. The company started setting up its
We selected them for very specific reasons. mining operation in New York in February 2020.
They’re directly connected to this Super Halving. Before that, it began as a Chinese company. In
They’re almost completely unknown. And they recent years, however, Chinese authorities have
have the potential to see altcoin crypto-like used their regulatory powers to drive out bitcoin
moves of 25x, 50x, maybe more. miners.

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For example, in 2019, China ordered local percentage of the total hash rate, but that’s the
authorities to shut down mining operations, highest current rate out of any publicly traded
although it didn’t set a deadline to do so. And in miner.
2021, regulators banned all crypto miners within
the Inner Mongolia region of the country. We believe Bit Digital’s business should flourish
in the U.S. And the company has already taken
Miners are still operating in China, but they’re in many steps to acclimate to its new environment.
a precarious position.
Last year, it replaced the CEO and chief strategy
So Bit Digital smartly moved its operations to the officer with two U.S.-based executives. Each has
United States where the regulatory environment 20 years of experience in the fintech and financial
is friendlier than China. services industries.

Since then, it’s focused aggressively on growth Since relocating headquarters to New York, it’s
and rapidly expanding its operations. It’s set itself also opened facilities in Texas and Nebraska.
on a path to become one of the most efficient
miners in the world. And it’s ramping up capacity Even though it was expensive for Bit Digital to
as quickly as possible to get there by increasing move its mining rigs to the U.S., it’s still growing
its hash rate. in size. In the first quarter of 2021, it added over
4,700 mining rigs to its capacity, which boosted
Let me explain what that is… its hash rate by 0.3 EH/s.

Miners need to solve complex math problems to This allows the company to mine more bitcoins,
win the right to mine the next block. That’s how and that’s exactly what we’re looking for.
they earn their bitcoin reward.
Hoarding Bitcoin
To solve these problems, each mining machine
makes millions of guesses per second. This Bit Digital is also prioritizing holding its mined
requires a lot of power. That power is called the bitcoin on its balance sheet.
“hash rate.”
In 2020, it mined 1,510 BTC. It sold 1,242 to fund
It’s simply the measuring unit of the processing operations, which left 268 BTC on its books – or
power of the bitcoin network. And it refers to the about 17% of its bitcoin reward.
number of calculations per second bitcoin miners
Since then, bitcoin has exploded by as much as
are making to solve those complex math problems.
500% in price. And the company changed its
A higher hash rate means higher processing strategy to hold more of it.
power for the network, which creates greater
Bit Digital has provided January and February
security. Right now, the entire bitcoin network
data for its operations. And from just those two
is near an all-time high total hash rate of 189
months, we can see a dramatic shift in its bitcoin
exahashes per second, or EH/s. (An exahash is
hoarding.
1 quintillion hashes.) That means the network is
more secure now than ever. The company mined 757 BTC – and sold just 357
of them – in the first two months of 2021. So Bit
As of this publication, Bit Digital operates 45,736
Digital held 53% of its mined bitcoin – 3x more
mining rigs, which amounts to a total production
than last year.
capacity of 2.5 EH/s. It may seem like a small

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New York’s Proposed Bill to Halt Mining

We’ve heard a lot of chatter about crypto’s energy consumption lately. Specifically, how much
energy it takes to mine bitcoin and how much carbon mining machines emit.

A new bill was recently proposed to New York’s Environmental Conservation committee in early
May to address this. If passed, it would place a three-year moratorium on mining, pending an
environmental review by the state.

The good news is this bill is still in its infancy. It will likely be a while before it’s debated in the
legislature. Another point to note is this bill specifically targets gas-powered mining operations.

So, will this impact our Super Halving plays based in New York?

Well, Bit Digital, while headquartered in New York, doesn’t actively mine in the state... Making it
immune from such legislation.

As for the other two miners in this report that operate out of New York, we believe they’ll be able
to withstand and overcome the bill if it does pass – which again, is no guarantee at this point.

One of the selection criteria during our research for these mining companies was a focus on
renewable energy. Not only does that make them more profitable by reducing energy costs, it also
makes them much less likely to be negatively impacted by such legislation.

In the writeups below, we’ll explain exactly how these two are emphasizing renewable energy.

Thanks to their foresight, we believe they’ll pass any environmental reviews and remain strong
investments despite any future proposals.

Plus, Bit Digital entered into an $80 million As bitcoin’s price continues to rise, and Bit Digital
private equity line facility from an institutional begins drawing on its credit line, we expect the
investor. It has yet to fully draw on this funding. miner to hoard even more of its bitcoin.
So it has plenty of breathing room to fund
operations without spending any of its mined What’s It Worth?
bitcoin.
Bit Digital has yet to provide an outlook on its
In 2020, Bit Digital spent $4.5 million on potential future hash rate.
capital expenditures... including building out
However, at its current 2.6 EH/s hash rate... we
its production capacity, maintaining equipment
believe it has tremendous growth potential.
health, and moving miners to the U.S.
Based on our research, Bit Digital should mine at
With the $80 million equity line of credit, the
least 4,024 BTC in 2022. (This is a conservative
company now has six-plus years of spending
projection, as the company mined 1,013 BTC
runway... even if it doubles or triples its capital
in just the first quarter of 2021, and it’s already
expenditures as it grows.
ramping up its hash rate.)

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If Bit Digital keeps the same 53% of its mined • At $500,000 per bitcoin, BTBT would be
bitcoin next year as it did in Q1 this year, it would $544.40 – a 5,110% increase from today’s
have more than 2,132 bitcoin on its books. At prices.
$60,000 apiece, this bitcoin alone would be
worth nearly $128 million. Under the blue-sky $500,000 scenario, you’d see
every $1,000 turn into $52,100.
Please note: We calculated the numbers below
and in the rest of this report based on a BTC price Bit Digital boasts the highest hash rate of any
of $60,000. Since our initial research, BTC has publicly traded miner. And it’s already been
dipped slightly. But we believe it’ll be back up expanding to boost it further in the first few
to – and surpassing – its recent highs soon. In months of this year.
the meantime, that means the potential gains are
Now that it can draw on funds from traditional
even higher than we anticipate. So these plays are
sources, Bit Digital will have even more incentive
especially compelling at current crypto prices.
to hold as much of its mined bitcoin as it can –
To find Bit Digital’s valuation, my analyst team without having to sacrifice on growth.
ran a variety of scenarios involving different
This will boost the value of the company’s
bitcoin price projections ($100,000; $200,000;
balance sheet as bitcoin rises in price. And as the
and $500,000) and company strategies. (We’ll
amount of bitcoin in the market dwindles and the
use the same model for all five mining plays.)
Super Halving kicks in, we expect to see shares
My team also calculated how much Bit Digital skyrocket.
would profit if it sold some of its bitcoin to cover
Opportunities like this show how it’s possible to
its operating expenses.
make crypto-like gains from small, crypto-related
This profit represents the value of the bitcoin Bit stocks. And the time to get in is now.
Digital is holding on its books. When added to
Action to Take: Buy Bit Digital (BTBT).
existing equity… we can forecast the future book
Buy-up-to Price: $22
value of the company.
Stop Loss: None
[The book value of a company is the assets on its Position Size: $200–500 for smaller investors,
books minus liabilities.] $500–1,000 for larger investors

For this valuation, we’ll assume Bit Digital Super Halving Play No. 2
maintains its current price-to-book (P/B)
The next pick in our Super Halving portfolio is
multiple of 13.1. Currently, it trades at $10.45.
Bitfarms (BFARF).
Here’s what its price would be under our three
Bitfarms runs a vertically integrated mining
scenarios:
operation in Canada. That means it houses and
• At $100,000 per bitcoin, BTBT would be maintains every aspect of a successful operation
$108.97 – a 943% increase from today’s under one roof.
prices.
Bitfarms owns computing infrastructure and
• At $200,000 per bitcoin, BTBT would be monitors machine performance at its facilities. It
$217.83 – a 1,984% increase from today’s also has on-staff electricians to repair equipment.
prices.

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By operating its business without relying It’s working on final requirements and
on third-party contractors, production is confirmations. It hasn’t announced its first
more effective and cost-efficient than many day yet, but Bitfarms should start trading on
competitors. the world’s second largest stock exchange by
market cap soon. At that point, its ticker symbol
Bitfarms operates five industrial-scale facilities in will change to BITF. This is the symbol we’ll be
Quebec. It’s prime real estate to take advantage of tracking in our model portfolio.
the natural resources in the area.
Bitfarms joins Marathon Digital and Riot
Quebec is famous for its lakes and rivers. More Blockchain, the only two other bitcoin miners on
than 40% of Canada’s water resources are located the exchange (and two of our six Super Halving
in the province. And that means easy access to plays). Both have seen their popularity skyrocket.
hydropower.
A Nasdaq uplisting is a huge milestone for
Hydro-Quebec is a public utility in the area Bitfarms…
that operates 63 hydroelectric power stations.
Bitfarms has secured long-term partnerships with First, it gives the company increased exposure
the utility to provide cheap, renewable energy for to institutions and retail investors. And second,
its mining facilities. it attracts the Big Money, including capital from
mutual funds, ETFs, pensions, endowment, and
This partnership has helped Bitfarms reduce its insurance companies.
cost of mining from $7,500 per token at the start
of last year to its current cost of $5,600. Institutions typically have limits excluding them
from investing in smaller companies or over-the-
Bitfarms has a current production capacity of 1.4 counter exchanges. The Nasdaq is a much bigger
EH/s. That’s third-best among all publicly traded stage. And we expect the uplifting to light a fire
bitcoin miners. And it’s determined to increase under Bitfarms’ stock.
that rate.
Hoarding Bitcoin
The company recently struck a deal with MicroBT
for 48,000 mining rigs delivered through the end Bitfarms has been a trailblazer among miners
of next year. when it comes to retaining its mined bitcoin.

It also recently started renovating its Cowansville It was one of the first miners to launch a formal
mining facility, the smallest among its five. bitcoin retention program. Under the program,
Expanding that facility will support an additional the company will always hold a portion of its
20,000 mining rigs. bitcoins mined within its reserves.

All this growth leads Bitfarms to project an Currently, Bitfarms mines around 9.5 bitcoins per
estimated capacity of 3 EH/s by the end of this day (about $532,000 at current prices). And it
year. And by the end of next year, its capacity stores 7.5 of them, or 79%. However, that number
should reach over 8 EH/s. That’ll equal about 5% will continue to grow as it ramps up its mining rig
of global production by that time. count. As that number rises, the company plans
to hoard more bitcoin in proportion to that.
On May 7, the Nasdaq approved its application to
uplist from the smaller over-the-counter (OTC) At the moment, Bitfarms has over 650 bitcoins
market to the Nasdaq Stock Exchange. ($39 million worth) in reserves.

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The company expects this to grow to 1,000 So let’s not wait another minute. Bitfarms has
bitcoins by the middle of June – or about $60 already proved it knows the value of keeping its
million at current prices. mined bitcoin on its balance sheets. And once its
hash rate increases and the Super Halving cuts
At this pace, over the next three years, Bitfarms supply, this stock may never be this cheap again.
will accumulate over 5,400 BTC in its reserves.
And once bitcoin reaches our target price of Action to Take: Buy Bitfarms (BFARF).
$500,000, Bitfarms’ reserves would be worth Buy-up-to Price: $10
$2.7 billion. Stop Loss: None
Position Size: $200–500 for smaller investors,
What’s It Worth? $500–1,000 for larger investors

To value Bitfarms, we used the same valuation Super Halving Play No. 3
method we used for Bit Digital.
Our third pick to play the Super Halving is
If Bitfarms can raise its capacity of 3 EH/s (and Digihost Technologies (HSSHF).
global hash rates increase at their current clip), it
can mine 4,697 bitcoins annually. Digihost is a small, up-and-coming bitcoin miner
that has tremendous potential to grow quickly.
Let’s say bitcoin remains static at $60,000. The company operates out of a data center in
In this scenario, $93 would be a fair value for Buffalo, New York. Currently, it houses 11,500
Bitfarms shares. That’s a 1,594% jump from mining rigs that produce a hash rate of 0.2 EH/s.
today’s prices.
As a new miner, its production capacity isn’t
• At $100,000 per bitcoin, BFARF would be as high as the more seasoned players in this
$159.68 – a 2,809% increase from today’s space (and in this report). However, Digihost
prices. is aggressively expanding capacity. And our
opportunity today is to get into this smaller
• At $200,000 per bitcoin, BFARF would be player on the ground floor – before growth and
$326.38 – a 5,845% increase from today’s demand put it on the mainstream’s radar.
prices.
In March, Digihost purchased a 60-megawatt
• And at $500,000 per bitcoin, BFARF power plant in New York. The company can now
would be $826.48, a 14,954% increase generate its own power, which will significantly
from today’s prices. reduce electricity costs.

Under the blue-sky $500,000 scenario, you’d see In fact, it estimates it’ll be able to generate power
every $1,000 turn into $150,540. at a cost of $0.03 kilowatts per hour (kW/h). For
perspective, the average industrial customer in
This is an exciting time for Bitfarms. After getting
the U.S. pays $0.06 kW/h – double what Digihost
approval from the Nasdaq, it’s quickly on its way
is paying.
to start trading on the exchange.
Plus, it’s also actively engaged in acquiring
The increased visibility and access to institutional
renewable energy certificates. Not only does
investments should take shares much higher from
this cut costs, but it helps Digihost avoid getting
here. We have the rare chance to get in before its
targeted by a potential ban on miners in New York
first day of trading.
on the grounds of extreme energy consumption.

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In addition, Digihost recently purchased 700 That’s enough to add $285 million to its books at
new Bitmain mining rigs. (Bitmain is the world’s current prices.
largest designer of mining-specific ASIC chips.)
It’s all part of the company’s near-term goal to fill Not bad for a small miner that’s just lifting off.
its New York data center to full capacity.
What’s It Worth?
At full capacity, its data center can hold over
Because it’s still a relatively young miner, Digihost
29,000 mining machines. The company estimates
has yet to provide a time frame to reach its goal of
that would be enough to bring total production
3 EH/s. So for the purposes of our valuation, we’ll
capacity to 3 EH/s. That would instantly propel
rely on a forecasted mined bitcoin amount.
Digihost into the top tier of bitcoin miners.
Based on our calculations, if Digihost maintains
Thanks to Wall Street finally embracing bitcoin
its pace of 37.5 BTC per month, the company will
as an asset, Digihost has taken advantage of
end 2021 with 447 mined BTC. At current bitcoin
the capital flowing into bitcoin miners. So far
prices, that’s about $26.8 million in revenue.
in 2021 alone, the company has raised $44
million through private placement deals with We’ll use the same P/B valuation method we’ve
institutional investors. used for our other miners.
This gives Digihost a long runway to pay for Should bitcoin stay at $60,000, Digihost’s fair
growth and improve its business. In fact, it value would be $5.09, a 394% increase from
recently paid down all $3.9 million of debt held today’s trading price.
on its balance sheet. It’s now a lean machine,
ready for its next stages with plenty of cash on • At $100,000 per bitcoin, HSSHF would be
hand. $8.01 – a 678% increase from today’s price.

Hoarding Bitcoin • At $200,000 per bitcoin, HSSHF would be


$15.33 – a 1,388% increase from today’s
With its recent capital raise, Digihost can now price.
comfortably operate its business without selling
any of its mined bitcoin. • And at $500,000 per bitcoin, HSSHF
would be $37.26 – a 3,518% increase from
From the start of this year through the end of today’s price.
April, the company has mined 142.8 BTC. And it’s
been able to store its BTC without any pressure to Under the blue-sky $500,000 scenario, you’d see
sell them to raise cash. every $1,000 turn into $36,180.

As of now, it holds a total of 309 BTC in its These are great forecasts, but they mostly rely on
reserves at a current value of $17 million. bitcoin’s price soaring due to the Super Halving.
Digihost is on pace to mine an additional 300
BTC by the end of 2021, which would bring its Ultimately, we believe these numbers could
total holdings to 609 BTC, or $33.5 million. potentially undershoot Digihost’s near-term
potential. Given how quickly the company is
As Digihost continues to expand, and successfully building itself into a serious player in the mining
reaches its short-term hash rate goal of 3 EH/s, space, that means a huge boost from its current
we project it can mine 4,700 BTC annually. humble beginnings.

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Digihost is a less-established and little-known Marathon’s planning was key. It placed larger
miner right now. But we believe it has what it orders for future delivery just as bitcoin’s price
takes to become one of the biggest producers out was rising.
there. Getting in this company now will allow us
to be in the perfect position to ride its exponential Orders for these machines have flooded in as
growth higher. bitcoin’s price rises. The increased demand has
pushed manufacturers to the brink. They can’t
Action to Take: Buy Digihost Technologies keep up.
(HSSHF).
Buy-up-to Price: $3 Marathon’s management strategically spaced out
Stop Loss: None its deliveries, so it’d receive a portion of its overall
Position Size: $200–500 for smaller investors, order each month throughout 2021.
$500–1,000 for larger investors
This virtually guarantees Marathon stays ahead
Super Halving Play No. 4 of the crowd clamoring to get their orders
processed. And it minimizes the chance it’ll fall
Next up is Las Vegas-based Marathon Digital behind due to supply crunches.
Holdings (MARA).
Marathon is targeting full deployment of its
Marathon is the largest publicly traded bitcoin 100,500 machines by the end of 2021.
miner on U.S. exchanges. It’s also one of the
newer miners on the scene… It just started At full capacity, its total fleet will operate at a
ramping up its mining capacity in 2019. 10.3 EH/s hash rate. That would be the highest
production capacity of any publicly traded bitcoin
The company has since prioritized growth and miner today.
rapidly expanded operations. And it’s set itself
on a path to becoming one of the most efficient And it would be enough to generate 55–60 BTC
miners in the world. per day – or over 20,000 BTC per year.

Remember, hash rate measures the processing At current bitcoin prices, that’s over $1.2 billion
power of the bitcoin network. Currently, in revenue. And it’s over 200x higher than its
Marathon’s hash rate is 0.7 EH/s. annual revenue recorded last year.

That’s small potatoes compared to most other On top of that, it would allow Marathon to mine
North American miners. That’s because Marathon bitcoin at a cost of $4,541 per coin. At that level,
only has around 6,800 mining rigs running. it’d be one of the most efficient bitcoin miners in
the industry.
But as I mentioned above, Marathon is ramping
up its capacity… big time. By almost 1,400%, in Currently, no other publicly traded miner can
fact. match that potential.

Over the second half of 2020, Marathon One reason Marathon can mine bitcoin at this
purchased 100,500 Next Generation Antminer low cost is a joint venture with Beowulf Energy.
S19 mining machines from mining equipment Beowulf owns and operates power generation
maker Bitmain. These are the most efficient and facilities that create over $5 billion worth of
profitable mining rigs on the market today. power worldwide.

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Beowulf provides Marathon with a stable supply should really think about holding that
of cheap electricity, at a near-industry low of coin. It’s not certain we’ll never sell our
$0.028 per kW/h. (Remember, the average bitcoin. But it’s pretty certain it would be a
industry price is $0.06 per kW/h. So that’s 53% last resort.
lower than most other industrial customers pay.)
This is further validation the Super Halving is
The partnership also offers opportunities for playing out before our eyes. Mining executives
future growth. It includes 500-plus megawatts are savvy to the benefit of holding their bitcoin.
of power earmarked for future data center And its effects will soon hit the crypto markets…
expansion. (1 megawatt = 1,000 kW.)
Once it does, and bitcoin hits our target price
As part of the deal, Beowulf owns over 6 million of $500,000… they’ll be even less likely to sell.
shares of Marathon’s stock. That means Beowulf That will make outfits that are small today, like
has skin in the game. So it’ll do everything it Marathon, extremely valuable.
can to make sure Marathon can mine bitcoin as
cheaply as possible. A win-win for both parties… With Marathon holding all its bitcoin mined, we
and shareholders. believe there’s a tremendous amount of upside in
its share price.
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What’s It Worth?
Over the past year, Marathon has put itself in
a great position to hold its bitcoin, rather than To find Marathon’s fair value, my analyst team
selling it to generate cash. ran it through the same scenarios featured above.
We took into account the value of the bitcoin
At the start of 2021, Marathon raised $200 Marathon mines and how much it would need to
million in a share offering. It used a portion of sell to keep up expenses.
the funds to purchase more mining machines to
further grow its business. As of its most recent For this valuation, we assume Marathon
filing, Marathon is now sitting on a $140 million maintains its current P/B multiple of 7.3.
cash war chest. Currently, it trades at $27.82.

Based on current daily operating costs, Marathon To start, we also assume bitcoin’s price stays at
has enough cash to last 17 years. So it no longer $60,000. In this scenario, Marathon’s fair value
needs to sell mined bitcoins to raise cash... And comes out to $107.74 – a 287% increase from
probably won’t ever need to again. today’s price.

One of my analysts joined a recent webcast on • At $100,000 per bitcoin, MARA would be
crypto assets, in which Marathon executive $168.79 – a 507% increase from today’s
chairman Merrick Okamoto was a panelist. prices.

Among ambitious growth plans, Okamoto stated • At $200,000 per bitcoin, MARA would be
of the company’s future outlook: $321.41 – a 1,055% increase from today’s
prices.
Our board would like to never sell bitcoin.
If you have machines that can produce a • And at $500,000 per bitcoin, MARA
coin worth $53,000, $55,000, $60,000, would be $779.28 – a 2,701% increase
and it costs you $4,000 to make it, you from today’s prices.

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Under the blue-sky $500,000 scenario, you’d see The benefit here isn’t just the lower cost. In
every $1,000 turn into $28,010. our search for the best Super Halving plays,
we wanted to find miners that could scale and
We believe given Marathon’s aggressive wouldn’t be tied down by traditional energy
expansion plans, effective operations, and bitcoin consumption limits.
retention plans alone make it a great buy.
By using a facility that prioritizes renewable
But when the Super Halving kicks in, it’ll really energy, Riot fits that bill. And despite being in
take off. That’s why you absolutely want to have New York, where the moratorium on bitcoin
this miner in your portfolio before the market miners has been proposed… Riot has prioritized
catches on and this event hits. using electricity from renewable energy sources,
and that makes us confident in its viability.
Action to Take: Buy Marathon Digital Holdings
(MARA). These moves have helped Riot grow into one of the
Buy-up-to Price: $50 largest bitcoin miners in the world. Its 1.6 EH/s
Stop Loss: None mining capacity is currently the second highest
Position Size: $200–500 for smaller investors, among all of the publicly traded bitcoin miners.
$500–1,000 for larger investors
But Riot isn’t stopping there. When it comes to
Super Halving Play No. 5 details that stand out in the miners we look for,
plans to grow aggressively are a high priority.
Unlike new-kid-on-the-block Marathon, our next
Super Halving play, Riot Blockchain (RIOT), Riot Blockchain is no exception. In early April of
is one of the oldest bitcoin miners in the industry. this year, it announced the purchase of 42,000
Antminer mining machines from Bitmain.
It began building its mining capabilities in 2017.
Over the following three years, it operated a These machines will boost total mining capacity
mining facility out of Oklahoma City. And in to 7.7 EH/s. That would be the second largest
2020, it decided to move its entire mining fleet to among the public bitcoin miners. It would also
Massena, New York. cause Riot to outgrow its Massena facility.

This move led to a seismic shift in the company’s But Riot is ahead of this eventual outgrowth. It
operations and kicked off an aggressive growth just made one of the most exciting acquisitions
path. In Massena, it partnered with Coinmint, we’ve ever seen within the mining industry. Just
which operates the largest digital currency data a few days after announcing its new mining rigs,
center in the world. Riot revealed it acquired Whinstone.

Coinmint’s compound is a former aluminum Whinstone is the owner and operator of North
smelter. It’s over three times larger than any America’s largest bitcoin mining facility in
other digital currency data center. There, it hosts Rockdale, Texas. It has 300 megawatts of
bitcoin mining companies and leases its facility. developed capacity, with room to expand to 750
Riot Blockchain is its largest customer. megawatts. That’s nearly 75% larger than Riot’s
Massena facility.
This data center offers Riot an abundance of
hydroelectric and wind-generated electricity… The benefits of this acquisition go beyond Riot
Which has dropped Riot’s mining costs to one of simply gaining more room to grow.
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Whinstone’s facility offers multiple ways to Again, this means the incoming supply of new
earn passive income outside of mining the coins bitcoin to the crypto market from one of the
themselves. oldest and biggest players in the space… has gone
down to nearly zero. It’s another sign that gives
That’s because it also hosts mining operations us confidence in the Super Halving catalyst.
for three institutional clients, which generates
recurring revenue for the owner. If Riot simply maintains the level it’s currently
mining and holding – without accounting for its
Another benefit is Whinstone’s experience new mining rigs or expanded operations in Texas
deploying cooling technology for its mining – it should add 1,473 bitcoins onto its balance
clients. Cooling increases the lifespan of mining sheet by year-end.
equipment. It’s been a big focus of Riot’s research
and development (R&D). That would leave it with 3,038 bitcoins, a value of
$173 million.
It initially planned to run preliminary tests on its
own cooling technology by the end of Q1. Those What’s It Worth?
efforts seemed to have stalled. But by acquiring
a facility with existing cooling infrastructure, We ran Riot through the same valuation model as
Riot can immediately achieve its goal of running our other Super Halving plays.
immersion cooling technology on its existing
We forecasted the amount of bitcoin it would
mining rigs.
mine annually, based on total capacity. Then
With the addition of new miners and the benefits we determined what Riot’s future revenue and
from its recent acquisition, Riot can potentially expenses would be, assuming it would sell only
run at a full mining capacity of 7.7 EH/s. That enough bitcoin to cover expenses.
puts it right behind Marathon as the second-
Riot’s profit represents its remaining bitcoins
highest forecast for any publicly traded bitcoin
mined. We add that onto its balance sheet to
miner.
calculate future book value.
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We can then determine what Riot’s fair value
Riot has also begun to recognize its own would be based on its current P/B multiple and
opportunity to hoard a lot more of its mined various bitcoin pricing scenarios.
bitcoin.
Based on our research, Riot will be able to
Over 2020, Riot mined 1,033 bitcoins. Across mine 12,058 bitcoins annually. This is based
that same period, it increased the number of on a future capacity of 7.7 EH/s and a higher
bitcoins held on its balance sheet by 564. forecasted global hash rate.

That implies Riot was selling about 45% of its Let’s say bitcoin remains static at $60,000. In
mined bitcoin and keeping 55% for reserves. this scenario, $92.55 would be a fair value for
Riot’s shares. That’s a 209% jump from today’s
That was already a fair percentage, but it’s kicked prices.
that into overdrive in 2021. Over the first quarter
of this year, Riot has mined 491 bitcoins. So far, • At $100,000 per bitcoin, RIOT would be
it’s kept 487 of them for reserves. That means the $141.23 – a 372% increase from today’s
company has kept over 99% of its mined bitcoin. prices.

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• At $200,000 per bitcoin, RIOT would be Voyager as their preferred exchange.
$262.92 – a 778% increase from today’s
prices. This is due to its superior benefits and features
compared to competitors. (I’ll cover more details
• And at $500,000 per bitcoin, RIOT would on them below.)
be $628.01 – a 1,997% increase from
today’s prices. As the incoming supply of bitcoin drops thanks
to the Super Halving and its price inevitably
Under the blue-sky $500,000 scenario, you’d see rises, we’re confident Voyager’s popularity will
every $1,000 turn into $20,970. continue to skyrocket.

These price projections don’t factor in the It has soon-to-be released features like credit
potential revenue generated from the income cards, crypto-backed loans, and more coin and
earned at Whinstone’s Rockdale facility. We staking options in the pipeline. These will drive
believe this could very well lead to an even higher more investment dollars from existing users –
repricing as those numbers become clearer. and more new users to the platform.

Riot is in a great position and gearing up for even Voyager is the ideal on-ramp to crypto. Its goal
more growth. 2021 will prove to be a big year for is to provide ordinary investors an easy way to
the miner. Thanks to the Super Halving, we believe begin investing in cryptocurrency. And it features
this seasoned business in the mining industry more options than its peers.
could reach new levels in the coming months.
Voyager offers 58 investable coins on its
Action to Take: Buy Riot Blockchain (RIOT). platform, including bitcoin, Ethereum, and even
Buy-up-to Price: $50 Dogecoin. That’s more than its well-known rivals
Stop Loss: None Coinbase, Gemini, Kraken, and Binance.US.
Position Size: $200–500 for smaller investors,
$500–1,000 for larger investors Users can also learn about the history and
usage of smaller coins with Voyager’s detailed
Super Halving Play No. 6 descriptions. You won’t find this feature on most
other exchanges.
Our sixth and final Super Halving pick is
Voyager Digital (VYGVF). Voyager plans to increase its unparalleled
offerings by rolling out an additional 20 coins
Unlike our other plays, Voyager Digital is not a soon.
bitcoin miner. But it will get a significant boost
from the Super Halving. Users can buy and sell these coins on Voyager
without paying a commission. In contrast, its
Voyager is a cryptocurrency broker. It offers closest competitor Coinbase charges 1.5–3% fees
commission-free trading, interest on digital depending on the transaction size. Even Kraken
assets, and has a host of other innovative and Gemini charge up to a 1.5% transaction fee.
products in its near-term pipeline.
Much of the company’s growth over the last year
The company has experienced a dramatic rise in is thanks to its expanded coin offerings and lower
popularity over the past year. As bitcoin’s price fees. However, it’s Voyager’s other offerings that
has risen over 7x, new investors have flooded into set it apart and give it a 99% customer retention
the crypto universe. And they’ve gravitated to rate.

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Voyager also makes it easy for users to earn finance (DeFi) trend… And its users can take
interest on their coins. They can earn up to advantage right through the easy-to-use platform.
6.25% on their bitcoin holdings and up to 9% on
stablecoins. It’s already drawn up plans to expand this
offering to include more of the 30-plus digital
In a yield-starved world, Voyager stands out as assets Blockdaemon currently supports.
an attractive option for those looking to earn
more on their money. Remember, traditional This partnership will allow Voyager users to
savings vehicles like savings accounts and money earn interest using a wide scope of blockchain
markets yield 0.06%. So Voyager’s rates are up to networks. In addition, integrating Blockdaemon’s
14,900% higher. infrastructure onto its platform will reduce
counterparty risk when Voyager begins rolling
Its rates for BTC and ETH are also better than top out crypto-backed loans.
crypto interest-paying platforms, like BlockFi and
Gemini. Because of its attractive offerings and the surge
in demand for crypto, Voyager’s user base has
Plus, Voyager has up to 24 coins users can earn skyrocketed.
interest on. BlockFi only offers eight coins, and
Gemini offers 18. So not only is Voyager able to At the start of 2020, Voyager had a total of
offer higher rates than competitors, it also has 18,000 funded accounts on its platform. By
more variety. March of this year, it had grown to over 270,000
funded accounts.
Voyager has big plans to roll out a suite of
products designed to make it a one-stop shop for The company’s assets under management (AUM)
crypto users. This includes features like: have grown even faster. At the start of 2020,
Voyager had around $5 million in deposited
• Credit and debit cards. With credit cards, assets. By March 2021, that had grown by 480x to
users can earn rewards and cash back in $2.4 billion. This implies that Voyager’s average
Voyager’s own native token, VGX. Similar account size per user is growing.
to a rewards program, the more you spend,
the more points in VGX you can get. These It’s also dramatically increased the number of
points will translate into higher deposit trades it processes. In February 2021 alone, it
rates and reduced loan rates. processed over 2 million trades. That’s 235x
higher than the 8,500 trades processed in all of
• And expansion of its trading options. December 2019.
This includes margin trading and crypto-
backed loans. This rapid growth has led to eye-popping
financial results. In January of this year, Voyager
These additions will go a long way in building reported revenue of $8.5 million. In February,
brand loyalty and diversifying the company’s that jumped 135% to $20 million.
revenue streams.
If Voyager can maintain the same level of revenue
Voyager also recently launched a partnership for March, its Q1 revenue should equal around
with Blockdaemon to integrate validator nodes on $48.5 million. Compare that to the $282,078 the
Ethereum, Polkadot, and Tezos onto its platform. company earned in Q1 2020.
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That would be a year-over-year growth of Then, we can apply a conservative price-to-sales
17,094%. In 2021 so far, Voyager has raised (P/S) multiple of 8.8 to those revenue forecasts.
over $145 million through private placements We determined that multiple by averaging the
with institutional investors. CEO Steve implied P/S multiples of BlockFi, with the P/S
Ehrlich stated over half of that will go toward multiples for Coinbase, Interactive Brokers, and
marketing its brand through direct-to-consumer Charles Schwab based on their expected sales for
advertisements. next year.

Ultimately, Voyager’s goal is to reach 1 million Using that 8.8 P/S multiple and assuming it stays
accounts by the end of 2021. Looking out further, on track to reach its growth goals, we can forecast
its goal is to break 3 million funded accounts by the future price per share of Voyager:
2023. At an average account size of over $17,000,
that would give it an AUM of $50 billion. • In 2022, Voyager’s fair value price would
be $89.55 – a 348% increase from today’s
A potential catalyst in Voyager’s future is an prices.
uplisting to the Nasdaq. As we mentioned with
Bitfarms, this can open up the floodgates to • In 2023, Voyager’s fair value price would
investor attention and ease of raising institutional be $363.10 – a 1,717% increase from
capital. today’s prices.

Voyager has announced its intent on beginning We believe Voyager has proven it can reach
the application process. The company anticipates those goals. As the friendliest exchange to new
approval as early as the end of this year. As early users, and with more attractive features than its
investors, we could see an immediate boost from competitors, it’ll be a great option for new users
an uplisting. coming into crypto.

What’s It Worth? Although not a miner, Voyager will be positioned


to absorb the demand from crypto buyers flocking
Historically, Voyager’s revenue has equaled about in on the heels of the Super Halving. And this
10% of its AUM. should send shares soaring higher.

To be on pace to reach its $50 billion goal by Action to Take: Buy Voyager Digital (VYGVF).
2023, it would have to reach $12 billion in AUM Buy-up-to Price: $32
by 2022. Stop Loss: None
Position Size: $200–500 for smaller investors,
By taking 10% of these goals, we can forecast $500–1,000 for larger investors
2022 and 2023 revenues.

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