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The Market Online
5 days ago
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- The Market Online
A new Bitcoin stock with high-conviction management
Since its founding in 2009, Bitcoin has surpassed a market capitalization of C$3.2 trillion, according to Coin Market Cap, attracting more than 400 million users worldwide thanks to its monumental returns – over 27,000 per cent since 2016 – as well as softening regulation and a growing role as a reserve asset and portfolio diversifier uncorrelated with both stocks and fiat currency. This content has been prepared as part of a partnership with Bitcoin Treasury Corp., and is intended for informational purposes only. That said, cryptocurrency remains a nascent asset class subject to wide swings, with numerous bull and bear markets having increased investors' heart rates over the past decade, and more likely to come as use-cases experience the normal cycle of creation and destruction every new technology must endure before becoming a permanent feature of human life. Crypto's risk of high volatility is why investors interested in the space are best served by gathering experts in their corner, allocating into management teams whose pedigrees speak for themselves when it comes to harnessing innovation into stakeholder value. A new stock worth evaluating under this thesis is Bitcoin Treasury (TSXV:BTCT), market capitalization C$89.7 million, a Canadian provider of institutional-grade Bitcoin services, including lending, liquidity and collateral, in conjunction with a treasury mandate that has accumulated 771.37 Bitcoins to date following a C$70 million purchase announced on June 27. The company's management team, composed of crypto industry veterans, brings a wealth of experience with strategic decision making aligned with value creation that goes a long way towards de-risking a retail investment. Let's meet them now: Elliot Johnson, Bitcoin Treasury's chief executive officer and chief compliance officer, previously served as chief investment officer and chief operating officer at Evolve, where he helped the asset manager launch some of Canada's first crypto investment vehicles, including a spot Bitcoin ETF (EBIT) and Ether ETF (ETHR), gaining a thorough understanding of how to build the infrastructure behind physically settled crypto products. Prior to Evolve, Johnson was senior vice president (VP) of retail markets at Fiera Capital, a top Canadian firm with more than C$100 billion under management, preceded by a technology management leader for numerous business lines at National Bank of Canada. Kaitlin Thompson, chief operating officer, currently serves as VP of product strategy at Evolve, which manages nearly C$300 million across six crypto ETFs. Her expertise spans product development and research for both traditional and digital assets. Thompson built her career over numerous years at Mackenzie Investments, where she progressed from the company's Business Management Rotational Program into a business development manager role overseeing advisors across the country. Heather Sim, chief financial officer (CFO), is a Chartered Professional Accountant with public company experience in Canada and the United States focused on crypto and traditional financial compliance. Sim has been president of Treewalk, an accounting solutions provider, since 2019, CFO of DMG Blockchain Solutions (TSXV:DMGI), an end-to-end blockchain technology developer, since 2021, and held the role of CFO at software company VSBLTY Groupe Technologies (CSE:VSBY) from 2020 to 2021. Finally, Keith Crone, chief marketing officer (CMO), has built a more than 25-year track record in investing sales and marketing, currently serving as CMO of Evolve. Career highlights include tenures as VP of retail markets at Fiera Capital, VP and partner of Propel Capital – which raised approximately C$1 billion in structured products within five years of operation – and senior VP of sales at JovFunds, the specialty investment arm under Jovian Capital, a financial holding company catering to the private wealth management market. Protected by a management team well-versed in monetizing crypto market demand, the Bitcoin stock offers a strong qualitative green flag towards a potential investment, earning considerable conviction in what the company is capable of delivering on in the quantitative category as service offerings hit the market and the growing treasury purifies its exposure to its target asset. To this end, Bitcoin Treasury has filed a preliminary short-form base-shelf prospectus in Canada that would allow it to distribute up to C$300 million in any combination of common shares, preferred shares, debt securities, subscription receipts and warrants over a 25-month period, granting it flexibility to respond to market volatility from a position of strength. See Johnson's interview with Stockhouse's Lyndsay Malchuk for further context. With the stock currently trading at a market capitalization well below the more than C$124 million its treasury would fetch on the open market, and Bitcoin's analyst consensus trending higher over the near-term and long-term – thanks to U.S. government enthusiasm, de-dollarization across the rest of the world, not to forget crypto's legitimate use-cases beyond the capabilities of traditional finance – it feels like a propitious time to open a risk-adjusted position in Bitcoin Treasury and build it as a greater allocation is earned through positive news flow, taking advantage of any dips along the way, allowing the company's highly-customized management team to deploy capital in line with shareholder value. Thanks for reading! I'll see you next week for a new edition of Weekly Market Movers, where I delve into companies that sat down with Stockhouse for an interview over the past week. Here's the most recent article, in case you missed it. 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Globe and Mail
16-07-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
2 Scenarios That Could Send Bitcoin to $150,000, or Crash It Back to $45,000
Key Points Bitcoin smashing past its all-time highs is likely, but not guaranteed. If a set of interlocking bearish catalysts occur, the coin's price will fall sharply. Trade policy and inflation are the two big things that could rain on the parade. 10 stocks we like better than Bitcoin › Trying to forecast Bitcoin 's (CRYPTO: BTC) next big move is often easier than it seems, as long as you're willing to entertain multiple possibilities. Today, as always, the coin's balance depends on forces far bigger than crypto itself. At one end is a flood of global liquidity and ravenous demand from institutional investors. On the other is an inflationary flare-up that could wreck risk appetite and expose a fragile new crop of highly leveraged "Bitcoin treasury" companies. Investors need to understand both possibilities before deciding whether to buy more, trim, or simply hang on. Global liquidity could fire a run to $150,000 Central banks have already started cutting the prime interest rate at which they lend to their national banks. In doing so, they reduce the cost of borrowing money, which has the effect of encouraging capital to chase riskier investments as safer yields from government bonds become lower. In this vein, the European Central Bank (ECB) delivered its second reduction of its interest rate in early June and signaled at least one more cut before year-end. The Federal Reserve in the U.S. has been flirting with rate cuts of its own and now faces pressure from the president to do so. Thus, further reductions to the interest rate are likely inevitable, though not necessarily happening this month or next. That incoming monetary swell is meeting a brand-new demand pipe in the form of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that hold Bitcoin. Those products soaked up another $1 billion of inflows in the week ending July 7, capping 12 straight weeks of inflows. Bitcoin used to rely on retail investor fervor to drive its price higher, but now it enjoys institutional autopilot bids every time brokers rebalance. Meanwhile, its supply growth is running on fumes, and it'll only get worse over time. Since the April 2024 halving, miners have been creating just 450 new coins per day, down from 900 before -- and more than they'll ever create in the future once the next halving kicks in sometime in early 2028. With 93% of all coins already mined, the float keeps shrinking even as ETF issuers, corporates, and long-term holders squirrel more away. Put liquidity, ETF flows, and hard-coded scarcity together, and the math gets euphoric for holders. From today's roughly $109,000 price, only a 37% climb is needed to clear $150,000. If interest rate cuts accelerate and fund inflows stay anywhere near current run rates, that threshold could arrive faster than most expect. Stagflation could knock this asset back to $45,000 or even lower There's a darker path here, and it behooves investors to understand how it could play out because it could be quite grim, at least temporarily. President Trump's July tariff schedule threatens levies as high as 25% to 70% on major trading partners, a move economists warn could reignite inflation just as headline prices were cooling. If inflation stays sticky as a result of these tariffs, the Federal Reserve may kill or put off its own rate-cut plans, bond yields could stretch back toward 5%, and the dollar would strengthen. Sharp moves in yields historically sap appetite for risk assets, including Bitcoin, and a stronger dollar has historically not been favorable for the asset either. There's another pair of risks here. In theory, the coin is an inflation hedge, yet it has stumbled during previous yield spikes when liquidity dried up and margin calls snowballed. A fresh stress point has emerged as dozens of newly listed Bitcoin treasury companies that borrow in dollars to buy coins. Their convertible bond capital structures work only if Bitcoin keeps climbing. A sharp drop could force emergency sales and hands upside to creditors. Many of the 50-plus Bitcoin treasury newcomers of 2025 could thus implode in the next downturn. If a leveraged unwind coincides with tighter monetary policy, Bitcoin's price could cascade to the mid-$40,000s, a roughly 59% drop from today. Which outcome is more likely? Thankfully for holders, the balance of evidence still tilts firmly toward a very bullish picture for Bitcoin here. Central banks outside the U.S. are already easing, global liquidity is edging higher, and ETF demand shows no sign of fatigue. Buy this coin, and hold it for the foreseeable future and beyond. When you do, just remember that volatility is the toll you pay for Bitcoin's long-run scarcity story. If you can stomach a potential detour to $45,000, the road to $150,000 or beyond will look surprisingly well-paved. Should you invest $1,000 in Bitcoin right now? Before you buy stock in Bitcoin, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Bitcoin wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $671,477!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $1,010,880!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor 's total average return is1,047% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to180%for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join Stock Advisor. 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Yahoo
14-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
MicroStrategy (MSTR) Stock Is Up, What You Need To Know
Shares of business analytics software company MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) jumped 3.5% in the morning session after the price of its key asset, Bitcoin, surged to a new all-time high, and after the company announced it had purchased more of the cryptocurrency. The enterprise software company, which has famously made holding Bitcoin a core part of its corporate strategy, saw its shares climb in tandem with the world's largest cryptocurrency. Bitcoin's price soared past the $122,000 mark, continuing a powerful rally. This upward momentum in the crypto market directly benefits MicroStrategy, as the value of its substantial Bitcoin treasury increases. Adding to the bullish sentiment, MicroStrategy disclosed in an SEC filing that it had purchased an additional 4,225 bitcoins for approximately $472.5 million between July 7 and July 13. This latest acquisition brings the company's total holdings to 601,550 bitcoins., The move reaffirms the company's aggressive strategy of using its balance sheet to accumulate the digital asset, a practice that has closely tied its stock performance to Bitcoin's price fluctuations. After the initial pop the shares cooled down to $442.76, up 1.9% from previous close. Is now the time to buy MicroStrategy? Access our full analysis report here, it's free. MicroStrategy's shares are extremely volatile and have had 80 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today's move indicates the market considers this news meaningful but not something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business. The previous big move we wrote about was 3 days ago when the stock gained 3% as the price of Bitcoin surged to a new record high, surpassing $118,000. As the world's largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, MicroStrategy's stock price is highly sensitive to the cryptocurrency's market movements. This significant unrealized gain on its digital asset holdings is providing a strong tailwind for the stock. The rally in Bitcoin is being attributed to strong institutional investor demand and a favorable outlook for the asset class. The broader crypto market also saw gains, with other related stocks like Coinbase and various bitcoin miners rising in pre-market trading. MicroStrategy is up 47.6% since the beginning of the year, and at $442.76 per share, it is trading close to its 52-week high of $473.83 from November 2024. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of MicroStrategy's shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $37,953. Today's young investors likely haven't read the timeless lessons in Gorilla Game: Picking Winners In High Technology because it was written more than 20 years ago when Microsoft and Apple were first establishing their supremacy. But if we apply the same principles, then enterprise software stocks leveraging their own generative AI capabilities may well be the Gorillas of the future. So, in that spirit, we are excited to present our Special Free Report on a profitable, fast-growing enterprise software stock that is already riding the automation wave and looking to catch the generative AI next. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Wire
14-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
DDC Enterprise Launches DDC Bitcoin Influence Collective to Accelerate Growth and Enhance Shareholder Value
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DDC Enterprise Limited (NYSE: DDC) ('DDC' or the 'Company'), a leading US-listed bitcoin treasury company, today announced the launch of the DDC Bitcoin Influence Collective ('BIC'), a transformative initiative designed to accelerate DDC's growth strategy, strengthen its leadership in the bitcoin sector, and drive long-term value for shareholders. The inaugural members of the DDC Bitcoin Influence Collective are Adrian Morris, Lemar Ashhar, Magdalena Gronowska, and Tim Kotzman —each recognized for their expertise and significant contributions within the bitcoin ecosystem. DDC Bitcoin Influence Collective: Vision and Purpose The DDC Bitcoin Influence Collective is a platform uniting top-tier thought leaders to: Advance DDC's Bitcoin Leadership: Champion DDC's strategy, positioning the Company at the forefront of corporate bitcoin treasury innovation, responsible adoption, and market intelligence. Drive Strategic Growth: Leverage collective expertise and networks to identify and capitalize on opportunities that accelerate DDC's expansion and broaden its influence across the digital asset landscape. Shape Industry Dialogue: Proactively influence key narratives, policies, and technological trends, reinforcing DDC's commitment to thoughtful, forward-looking bitcoin integration and sector development. Build a Dynamic Community: Cultivate a robust, engaged network of advocates and stakeholders, both online and offline, to amplify DDC's long-term vision and collective growth, ensuring broad awareness and support for the Company's initiatives. 'The launch of the DDC Bitcoin Influence Collective marks a pivotal step in our mission to lead global bitcoin innovation and significantly enhance shareholder value. By bringing together these industry leaders, each possessing unparalleled expertise and a shared commitment to excellence, we are profoundly strengthening our growth strategy,' said Norma Chu, Chairwoman, Founder and CEO of DDC. 'This initiative will not only accelerate DDC's trajectory in the rapidly evolving digital asset space but also solidify our leadership, ultimately delivering lasting benefits for our shareholders as we collaboratively shape the future of bitcoin adoption.' Inaugural Collective Members Adrian Morris Adrian Morris is a seasoned investor and technology consultant with a proven track record across both emerging and traditional asset classes. He has been a Bitcoin investor for over 12 years and is a recognized thought leader in the Bitcoin Community and as a member of True North, with specific experience analyzing Bitcoin Equities and corporate Bitcoin Treasury strategies. Adrian has also been a successful and active options trader with a diverse portfolio that also includes long-term holdings in the "Magnificent Seven", A.I. companies such as Palantir and Bitcoin equities. Lemar Ashhar Lemar Ashhar is better known as BitcoinMiningStockGuy, @theBTCMiningGuy on X, AKA 'BMSG,' or 'Mining Guy.' As part of Bitcoin Class of 2013, he is a distinguished investor in the bitcoin equity market, known for his success and track record investing in the leading bitcoin mining and bitcoin infrastructure companies. Lemar is also the founder and leader of Mining Mafia, the first major, bitcoin-equity focused X-Community with over 7,000 members, including many high-profile executives, investors, and industry leaders. Magdalena Gronowska Magdalena Gronowska is a senior Bitcoin consultant with over 17 years of experience in highly regulated financial, electricity, and carbon markets, including seven years at the forefront of Bitcoin. She helped launch Canada's first publicly traded Bitcoin fund, paving the way for Canadian Bitcoin ETFs. Magdalena currently advises PRTI, a waste to energy Bitcoin mining company, and Proof of Workforce, where she helped establish the Santa Monica Bitcoin Office. Previously, she sat on the Board of Advisors for the Digital Asset Securities Commission of El Salvador. Tim Kotzman Tim Kotzman is the Creator and Host of The Bitcoin Treasuries Podcast and Digital Conference, a prominent platform at the intersection of corporate finance and digital assets. Through in-depth interviews and curated content, the podcast has become a trusted resource for executives, institutional investors, and policymakers seeking to understand the evolving role of Bitcoin on corporate balance sheets. The recent Bitcoin Treasuries Digital Conference was live-streamed to over 168,000 viewers globally. Tim also has a background in private equity, bringing a strong foundation in capital markets and corporate strategy. About DDC Enterprise DDC Enterprise Limited (NYSE: DDC) is spearheading the corporate Bitcoin treasury revolution while maintaining its foundation as a leading global Asian food platform. The company has strategically positioned Bitcoin as a core reserve asset, executing an aggressive accumulation strategy. While continuing to grow its portfolio of culinary brands – including DayDayCook, Nona Lim, and Yai's Thai – DDC is now at the vanguard of public companies integrating Bitcoin into their financial architecture.
Yahoo
14-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
2 Scenarios That Could Send Bitcoin to $150,000, or Crash It Back to $45,000
Bitcoin smashing past its all-time highs is likely, but not guaranteed. If a set of interlocking bearish catalysts occur, the coin's price will fall sharply. Trade policy and inflation are the two big things that could rain on the parade. 10 stocks we like better than Bitcoin › Trying to forecast Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC) next big move is often easier than it seems, as long as you're willing to entertain multiple possibilities. Today, as always, the coin's balance depends on forces far bigger than crypto itself. At one end is a flood of global liquidity and ravenous demand from institutional investors. On the other is an inflationary flare-up that could wreck risk appetite and expose a fragile new crop of highly leveraged "Bitcoin treasury" companies. Investors need to understand both possibilities before deciding whether to buy more, trim, or simply hang on. Central banks have already started cutting the prime interest rate at which they lend to their national banks. In doing so, they reduce the cost of borrowing money, which has the effect of encouraging capital to chase riskier investments as safer yields from government bonds become lower. In this vein, the European Central Bank (ECB) delivered its second reduction of its interest rate in early June and signaled at least one more cut before year-end. The Federal Reserve in the U.S. has been flirting with rate cuts of its own and now faces pressure from the president to do so. Thus, further reductions to the interest rate are likely inevitable, though not necessarily happening this month or next. That incoming monetary swell is meeting a brand-new demand pipe in the form of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that hold Bitcoin. Those products soaked up another $1 billion of inflows in the week ending July 7, capping 12 straight weeks of inflows. Bitcoin used to rely on retail investor fervor to drive its price higher, but now it enjoys institutional autopilot bids every time brokers rebalance. Meanwhile, its supply growth is running on fumes, and it'll only get worse over time. Since the April 2024 halving, miners have been creating just 450 new coins per day, down from 900 before -- and more than they'll ever create in the future once the next halving kicks in sometime in early 2028. With 93% of all coins already mined, the float keeps shrinking even as ETF issuers, corporates, and long-term holders squirrel more away. Put liquidity, ETF flows, and hard-coded scarcity together, and the math gets euphoric for holders. From today's roughly $109,000 price, only a 37% climb is needed to clear $150,000. If interest rate cuts accelerate and fund inflows stay anywhere near current run rates, that threshold could arrive faster than most expect. There's a darker path here, and it behooves investors to understand how it could play out because it could be quite grim, at least temporarily. President Trump's July tariff schedule threatens levies as high as 25% to 70% on major trading partners, a move economists warn could reignite inflation just as headline prices were cooling. If inflation stays sticky as a result of these tariffs, the Federal Reserve may kill or put off its own rate-cut plans, bond yields could stretch back toward 5%, and the dollar would strengthen. Sharp moves in yields historically sap appetite for risk assets, including Bitcoin, and a stronger dollar has historically not been favorable for the asset either. There's another pair of risks here. In theory, the coin is an inflation hedge, yet it has stumbled during previous yield spikes when liquidity dried up and margin calls snowballed. A fresh stress point has emerged as dozens of newly listed Bitcoin treasury companies that borrow in dollars to buy coins. Their convertible bond capital structures work only if Bitcoin keeps climbing. A sharp drop could force emergency sales and hands upside to creditors. Many of the 50-plus Bitcoin treasury newcomers of 2025 could thus implode in the next downturn. If a leveraged unwind coincides with tighter monetary policy, Bitcoin's price could cascade to the mid-$40,000s, a roughly 59% drop from today. Thankfully for holders, the balance of evidence still tilts firmly toward a very bullish picture for Bitcoin here. Central banks outside the U.S. are already easing, global liquidity is edging higher, and ETF demand shows no sign of fatigue. Buy this coin, and hold it for the foreseeable future and beyond. When you do, just remember that volatility is the toll you pay for Bitcoin's long-run scarcity story. If you can stomach a potential detour to $45,000, the road to $150,000 or beyond will look surprisingly well-paved. Before you buy stock in Bitcoin, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the for investors to buy now… and Bitcoin wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $671,477!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $1,010,880!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 1,047% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 180% for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join . See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of July 7, 2025 Alex Carchidi has positions in Bitcoin. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Bitcoin. 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