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These companies jumped on the bitcoin train right before it derailed

Published: Mar 17, 2018

Bitcoin-adjacent companies have seen sharp losses in 2018

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It seemed like an unbeatable path to market gains: simply suggest your company was getting involved in cryptocurrencies, and investors would reward you to a startling extent.

Throughout 2017, as the digital currency bitcoin was undergoing an astonishing rise in price, a number of companies jumped on the cryptocurrency bandwagon. They announced initiatives into blockchain, the decentralized ledger technology bitcoin runs on, or simply plans to “mine” the cryptocurrency—that is, to solve complex computational problems that validate transactions on the network, with the chance of being rewarded with bitcoin. In many cases, the announcements were accompanied by few details about the new business plan.

Read: In one chart, here’s how much it costs to mine bitcoin in your state

To a degree that analysts said was stupefying even at the time, such stocks skyrocketed in the immediate wake of the announcements, often doubling or tripling in price as investors hoped to take advantage of what was being touted as one of the hottest investments and technologies in years.

Eric Ervin, the chief executive officer of Reality Shares, called such announcements “last-ditch efforts for people to buy their stocks,” calling the firms “terrible companies with no business plan and no technology.” Ervin, the sponsor of a blockchain-related exchange-traded fund, spoke with MarketWatch in January.

To a certain extent, the mania was understandable. Bitcoin’s rally took it from under $1,000 at the start of 2017 to over $19,000 by December, giving it a market capitalization that exceeded all but a handful of S&P 500 components at its peak. Ethereum and Ripple, two other digital currencies, saw even larger gains over the course of the year, while some advocates said the rally was only starting, predicting bitcoin prices at $1 million within a few years.

And then, things turned. Bitcoin tumbled from $19,300 to under $7,000 in less than two months, and it is currently down about 40% over the course of 2018.

Don’t miss: One economist says bitcoin could hit $0—or $1 million

Also: Bitcoin may not be done collapsing, but it has bounced back from worse

The new class of bitcoin-related stocks have followed suit. While some remain above where they were trading before they announced moves into the industry—sometimes from completely unrelated fields—losses have largely been sizable in 2018, underlining the parallel between dot-com-era euphoria and the current crypto craze, where bets often seem to be made on buzzwords rather than real business. Now that the initial excitement has passed, investors want to see concrete results about how blockchain can fit into the businesses and generate revenue before rewarding stocks on the announcement alone.

Take three of the most infamous cases: Long Blockchain Corp. LBCC, +0.00% Canada’s Hive Blockchain Technologies Ltd. HIVE, -8.62% and Riot Blockchain Inc. RIOT, -11.38%While the stocks have moved on company-specific news, the drop in bitcoin prices—and the calming of the frenzy that surrounded digital currencies—seems to have contributed to the selloffs.

Long Blockchain may epitomize this craze, as this time last year it traded as Long Island Iced Tea Corp., a microcap beverage company. In late December, just days after what would prove to be bitcoin’s recent peak, it abruptly announced a change in both name and focus, turning instead to ”the exploration of and investment in opportunities that leverage the benefits of blockchain technology.”

The early days of this new initiative didn’t suggest a clear business plan. On Jan. 5, it announced it was buying 1,000 bitcoin mining machines and that it was making an offering of common stock. Four days later, it is issued a press release saying it wasn’t proceeding with the offering, although the equipment purchase was still going forward. By Feb. 2, however, it had decided not to buy the equipment. The company, which alsoentered into a “letter-of-intent” to be acquired by Stater Blockchain, didn’t return a request for a comment.

Such uncertainty has been reflected in the share price, as seen in the following one-year chart from FactSet. It is down more than 40% thus far this year, and down more than 25% over the past 12 months, a period that includes its post-announcement pop.

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Riot, another new entrant in the sector—it was previously BiOptix Inc., a biotechnology company—saw similar price action. It rallied after announcing its move into the blockchain arena, but the stock saw a peak that coincided nearly perfectly with bitcoin’s, as seen in the following chart.

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Read: One prominent crypto critic just logged ‘one of the worst days’ on a Riot Blockchain bet

The company, which didn’t return a request for a comment, has also faced issues beyond the price of bitcoin. It has been rattled by news reports about insider sales and questions about the company’s operations. The stock has plummeted nearly 75% so far this year, although it remains up more than 110% over the past 12 months, a sign of just how big its initial rally was.

Hive Blockchain was quieter, releasing few news releases or corporate updates. However, it has shown a strong correlation with bitcoin; the stock hit a peak shortly before the digital currency did, and as bitcoin has tumbled, Hive has followed. It is down more than 64% in 2018, although had an investor bought shares 12 months ago, she would be sitting on gains of 753%.

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A fourth example of a new entrant into the crypto arena is Eastman Kodak Co.KODK, +11.15% the famous photography company. In January, after the bitcoin record, it announced a “major blockchain initiative” designed to help photographers license their work and get paid for usage. The stock, as has been the trend, spiked on the announcement.

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Kodak could be seen as something of an exception to the rule, as it was an established company—one far from its heyday, to be sure, but a former Dow component—announcing a program that had both a clear use case and more detail than other new blockchain companies. The stock remains up 60% for 2018, a spike due almost entirely to the announced program. However, it has significantly come off its highs of that spike, having retreated 63% from its 52-week high.

Many analysts remain optimistic about blockchain, even if the technology is still so new that the biggest players have yet to emerge. There are a number of traditional companies working with the technology, although the percentage of the revenue they currently derive from it is minimal. The firm with the most cryptocurrency-related patents is one of the most storied names on Wall Street: Bank of America BAC, +1.16%

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HIVE UPDATE

HIVE / Hive Blockchain Technologies Ltd. ... All-data: 5yr: 3yr: 2yr: 1yr: 6mo: 10d / Last: $0.115 + 0.005

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: 3yr: 2yr: 1yr: 6mo: 10d / Last: 0.115

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NEWS

HIVE BLOCKCHAIN ANNOUNCES >20% INCREASE IN ETHER COINS MINED DAILY (in 2020)

Hive Blockchain Technologies Ltd. has provided the following operational update. The company announces that it has experienced a more than 20-per-cent increase in newly minted Ether coins mined daily, compared with its exit run rate for the last 15 days in December, 2019.

The improvement has occurred since the company completed the recent Ethereum network upgrade dubbed the Muir Glacier earlier this month. Assuming no significant future decreases in the price of Ethereum or significant increases in the current Ethereum network hash rate, the increased generation of Ether coins is anticipated to have a positive impact on Hive's revenues from Ethereum mining, as well as gross mining profit as the upgrade did not result in an increase in electricity power consumption.

"As one of the world's largest miners on the Ethereum network, we are excited about recent developments on the network, including the beneficial impact of the recent network upgrade," said Frank Holmes, interim executive chairman of Hive. "The recent uptick in the number of unique addresses on the Ethereum network also illustrates increasing adoption of the network, which we hope will also result in an increase in the price of Ethereum as such activity has been correlated with the price of Ethereum coins in the past.

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About HIVE Blockchain Technologies Ltd.HIVE Blockchain Technologies Ltd. is a growth oriented, TSX.V-listed company building a bridge from the blockchain sector to traditional capital markets. HIVE owns state-of-the-art GPU-based digital currency mining facilities in Iceland and Sweden, which produce newly minted digital currencies like Ethereum continuously as well as cloud-basedASIC-based capacity which produces newly minted digital currencies like Bitcoin. Our deployments provide shareholders with exposure to the operating margins of digital currency mining as well as a growing portfolio of crypto-coins.

> HIVE website: presentation:

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HIVE -Q2F2020 Highlights

( compare with MktCap of: C$37.6 M; that's 6.8X $5.5M "gross mining margin". BV: $0.05)

Generated record income from digital currency mining of $12.0 million

Generated gross mining margin of $(0.6)million from mining of digital currencies, or approximately $5.5million, excluding certain non-recurring charges including a value added tax provision in Switzerland related to historical periods, upfront energy costs paid during the quarter in Sweden for which the Company anticipates receiving energy rebates in the future, as well as some overlapping service provider costs the Company paid related to its transition to its new service provider, Blockbase, from its original provider Genesis

Increased mining output of newly minted digital currencies:o586 Bitcoino20,649 Ethereumo32,692Ethereum Classic Incurred a net loss of $11.5million for the period, reflecting the non-recurring charges impacting gross mining margin as well as$6.1 million in non-cash expenses, $2.1 million in recorded foreign exchange loss, and $1.4 million recorded loss on sale of digital currencies and investmentsreflecting a decline in certain coin pricingGenerated $0.3 million in cash flow from operations

Increased net cash less loans payables to $5.3 million, with digital currencies assets at $7.2 million, as at September 30, 2019

Financial Review

For the quarter ended September 30, 2019, income was $12.0 million, an increase of approximately 84% from the same period in the prior year. Second quarter income from digital currency mining was produced from an average of 24.2 MW of GPU production capacity, and 300 PH of Cloud Mining capac...

> source: https://www.hiveblockchain.com/medias/uploads/HIVE_Q220_PR_results_vFINAL.pdf

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HIVE vs... RIOT, Victory Sq.

HIVE-etc.  ... : from Jun.2018 : 3yr: 2yr: 1yr: 6mo: 10d / Last: $0.115. RIOT: $1.40, Vsqtf: $0.07

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Ratio: 8.2% = C$0.115 / $1.40 and 0.115/ 1.30= 0.09/ 1.40= Ratio: 6.4%

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Updated Yahoo Finance statistics

Symbol/ Company------  : Price : BkVal.: Shs-OS: Mkt.Cap: / BTC: @$1200 : bx :
$NyxBT Bitcoin Price —  : $8816. $8816 x17.9 M: $157.5B
GBTC-/ Grayscale Bit.Tst : $9.99 : $0.00: 00.00M: $1.76 Bn : 199.6k :   ??? K
BTLLF / Interbit / BTL Gp : $0.13 : $0.40: 23.92M: $3.111M : 0,353. : 142.6 K : 404.x
HVBTF/ Hive Block. Tech : $0.09 : $0.05: 327.1M: $29.44M : 3,339. : 453.2 K : 136.x
RIOT - / Riot Blockchain- : $1.40 : $1.16 : 24.80M: $34.72M : 3,938. :  ???   K
VSQTF/ Victory Square-- : $0.07 : $0.27 : 73.05M: $5.050M : 0,573. : 124.8 K : 218.x
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Bitcoin Prices & GBTC Trust

"As of January 10, 2020, the Trust has more than $2.06 billion in assets under management (AUM) and each share of the Trust represents 0.00096884 Bitcoin." > source

So... GBTC should be priced at... $8,774 / about 1,000= $8.77 ... or more accurately: $8,774 / 1,032= $8.50

$NYxBT - Last 3 years

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Ratio: GBTC to $NYxBT : A premium over NAV, if above 1.000

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Bitcoin prices ( & GBTC) have skyrocked relative to (sliding) HIVE / HVBTF

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THIS Chart SUMS it Up !

(Another way to play a possible rise in Bitcoin prices)

The relationship between GBTC (Bitcoin prices) & RIOT, HVBTF (Hive.v)

Note: GBTC is 1/1000th of a Bitcoin - and usually trades at a premium to NAV

UPDATE /

GBTC vs. RIOT, HVBTF ... 5yr: 3yr: 2yr: 1year: 6mo: 10d / from 1.1.2019 / 1.15.20: $10.00, $1.40, $0.09 (C$0.115)

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- Looking at Highs & Ranges. HIVE peaked first !

/ from 1.1.2020 : $10.00, $1.40, $0.09 (C$0.115)

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===== 12 Months Range: Differ.:  Last: >Low %Range
HVBTF: 0.059 - 0.609 (1):  $0.55: 0.090: 0.031: 5.82%
RIOT.   : $1.11 - $6.14 (2):  $5.03: $1.40: 0.290: 5.77%
GBTC  : $3.66 - 17.40 (3):  13.74: $9.99: 6.330: 46.1%
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HIVE Mining $22,000 BTC, Price/Production Ratio
=====: :Mined: perYr: x 22k : /83.8M: USD: “PPR”
Q3’ 12/21: 697 : 2,788: $61.3m: 0.732: 2.64: 3.61x
Q3’  3/22: 789 : 3,156: $69.4m: 0.829: 2.13:  2.57x
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Q1’.  6/23: 821 : 3,284: $72.2m: 0.862: 2.99: 3.46x
Q2’  9/23: 858 : 3,432: $75.5m: 0.901 : 3.76: 4.17x
Q3’12/23:  787 : 3,148:  $69.3m: 0.826:  1.44: 2.36x
Jan.2023:  260 : 3,120: $68.6m:  0.819: 3.46: 4.22x
Feb.2023:  250 : 3,000: $66.0m: 0.788: 2.85: 3.62x
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SOLD, Feb. : 267.7: $5.89m: $6.6M
HOLD 2/23 : 2,365: $52.0m: 0.621
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As more people mine bitcoin (difficulty increases), the daily bitcoin block reward, which presently is fixed at 900 bitcoin per day, gets split amongst more miners -- thus each miner receives a smaller portion of the block reward. Conversely, as bitcoin prices fall, many miners may lose money and power down, thus taking their hashrate off the network, causing network difficulty to decrease.
Those miners with the lowest costs of production, by virtue of having more efficient machines and/or lower energy costs, are able to continue their production during these volatile cycles. Not all miners will continuously mine during the month, as a result some miners will produce less bitcoin than expected, relative to their advertised hashrate. For the foregoing reasons, Hive will self-curtail part of its operations if the unhedged spot energy prices are uneconomical, thereby leaving part of its total gross hashrate unutilized.
All bitcoin miners are striving to use the most efficient bitcoin ASIC chips, and Hive is happy that it has been able to upgrade its global fleet during this crypto market downturn.

The company notes that, while adjusted EBITDA this quarter was $1.5-million, because of mark-to-market accounting practice, net loss during the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2022, was $90-million, or a loss of $1.09 per share, compared with net income of $51.2-million, or 66 cents per share, the same period last year. The decline from the prior year was driven primarily by the merge, higher non-cash charges such as depreciation, unrealized valuation losses on digital currencies and investments, and impairment charges on equipment and equipment deposits, which in turn were all affected by lower bitcoin and ethereum prices seen in the current quarter. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-IFRS (international financial reporting standards) financial measurement and should be read in conjunction with and should not be viewed as an alternative to or replacement of measures of operating results and liquidity presented in accordance with IFRS.

Mr. Holmes noted, "At Hive we strive to maintain a high-performance culture, which means that we always adapt to unexpected headwinds, and do our best to maintain operational excellence in the process."

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> https://www.stockwatch.com/News/Item/Z-C!HIVE-3367221/C/HIVE

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Price to Book, USD, Leverage

Sym: 3.3.23:  EPS: BkVal: Pr/B: PER: D/Eq: Range : L-H :  h/L R
ARBK: 1.63:  -0.11 : 3.46 : 47.1%: N/A : 71.4:  0.36 to 10.75: 29.9x
BITF :  0.88: -0.96: 1.22 : 72.1%: N/A : 36.6: 0.376 to 4.38: 11.6x
CLSK: 2.55:  -1.63: 5.95: 42.9%: N/A : 6.01:  1.74 to 13.91: 7.99x
HIVE : 2.75:  -3.06: 1.68: 164.%: N/A : 26.3: 1.36 to 11.70 : 8.60x
HUT :  1.56:    N/A : 2.52 : 61.9%: N/A : 10.2: 0.78 to  6.70 : 8.59x
MARA  6.38:  -2.18: 5.35 : 119.%: N/A : 125.: 3.11 to  32.74: 10.5x
RIOT :  6.34: -2.89: 6.86: 92.4%: N/A : 1.93: 3.25 to 23.66: 7.28x
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Source, Pg.x, Presentation:

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HIVE : Last: $3.11 +0.24, +8.36%.                                            

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Compare: HIVE: 3.11 +8.36%, HUT: 1.87, +7.45%, RIOT: 11.08, +4.43%, BitF: 1.09, 11.2%

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