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Crypto ratings

14 March 2024

• A: Bitcoin
• A-: Chainlink
• B+: Avalanche
• B+: Celestia
• B+: Ethereum
• B+: Pendle
• B+: Solana
• B+: Uniswap
• B: Arbitrum
• B: Cardano
• B: Cronos
• B: Fetch AI
• B: Injective
• B: Maker
• B: Polkadot
• B: Polygon
• B: Render Token
• B-: Aave
• B-: Aragon
• B-: Basic Attention Token
• B-: Cosmos
• B-: Curve DAO
• B-: Decentraland
• B-: DigiByte
• B-: Dogecoin
• B-: Gnosis
• B-: Litecoin
• B-: Ocean Protocol
• B-: Ox
• B-: Ripple
• B-: Stellar
• B-: The Sandbox
• B-: Status
• B-: Storj
• B-: Sushi
• B-: Synthetix
• B-: THORChain
• B-: Toncoin
• B-: Yearn Finance

4 March 2024

• A: Bitcoin
• A-: Chainlink
• B+: Avalanche
• B+: Celestia
• B+: Pendle
• B: Arbitrum
• B: Ethereum
• B: Fetch AI
• B: Injective
• B: Maker
• B: Polygon
• B: Render Token
• B: Solana
• B: Cardano
• B: Uniswap
• B-: Aave
• B-: Aragon
• B-: Cronos
• B-: Decentraland
• B-: Dogecoin
• B-: Litecoin
• B-: Ox
• B-: Polkadot
• B-: Ripple
• B-: Stellar
• B-: Sushi
• B-: Synthetix
• B-: THORChain
• B-: Toncoin

Stock ratings

23 December 2023

B+

1. Novo Nordisk A/S
2. Shell

B

1. Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
2. BP PLC
3. Booking Holdings Inc.
4. Broadcom Inc.
5. ConocoPhillips
6. Deutsche Telekom AG
7. Exxon Mobil Corp.
8. Linde PLC
9. McDonald's Corp.
10. Microsoft Corp.
11. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
12. TotalEnergies SE
13. Toyota Motor Corp.
14. Visa Inc.
15. UnitedHealth Group Inc.

B-

1. Alphabet Inc.
2. Apple Inc.
3. Caterpillar Inc.
4. Commonwealth Bank of Australia
5. General Electric Company
6. HSBC Holdings PLC
7. International Business Machines Corp.
8. NVIDIA Corp.
9. Walmart Inc.

Weiss Ratings Crypto Investor Model Portfolio

As at 26 Jan 2024

• Bitcoin (BTC/USD) (since 26 Apr 2019) — + 364.97 %
• Pax Gold (PAXG) (26 Aug 2022) — + 15.58%
• Cardano (ADA) (27 Oct 2023) — +62.07%
• Solana (SOL) (27 Oct 2023) — + 178.03%
• Polygon (MATIC) (13 Nov 2023) — -20.43%
• Arbitrum (ARB) (16 Nov 2023) — + 61.11%

Crypto in 2023

9 December

Mahdis Marzooghian

Gavin Magor, Director of Research & Ratings, has two newly upgraded “A”-rated stocks. Hammond Power Solutions (HPSA.TO) based in Canada, makes transformers. nVent Electric (NVT), based in London, designs, makes, installs, and services electrical connection and protection products worldwide.

8 December

Juan M. Villaverde

Bitcoin Could See Another 4 Weeks of Fireworks

Last week, gold got to record highs, set off by money printing in China, and has pushed Bitcoin into an extended rally, contrary to the cycles, as gold and Bitcoin are correlated. Global liquidity is king, and the Nasdaq 100 is also near an all-time high. When central banks fire up the money supply, asset prices go up, and crypto takes any move in global liquidity and cranks it up to eleven. The Fed will keep at it in 2024, as it’s an election year, and for crypto, this is rocket fuel. But he does not see this push going past January. At most, sees another four weeks of fireworks. Once it ends, we’ll still be in a bull market, and a correction should be seen as a buying opportunity.

4 December

Martin D. Weiss

News Alert

BTC Near $42,000. What to Do…

Sunday afternoon, Bitcoin broke through the $40,000 barrier. Thid morning it traded momentarily above $42,000. It could blast off again at any time.

Does this mean the current bull market cycle could be as strong as the last one, when Bitcoin rose 20.8x from low to high? If so, that would imply a cycle high for Bitcoin at $328,000. For now, the Weiss forecast is more conservative: This cycle will be only half as big, taking BTC to a high near $164,000.

2 December

Weiss Crypto Investor Nov. 2023, Issue 64

Weiss Ratings Crypto Investor Model Portfolio

Name	Date recommended	Cost $	Price 29/11/23	Return
Bitcoin BTC	26 Apr 2019	8,629.30	37,810.00	+ 338.16 %
Pax Gold PAXG	26 Aug 2022	1,732.68	2,024.70	+ 16.85 %
Cardano ADA	27 Oct 2023	0.29	0.38	+ 31.03 %
Solana SOL	27 Oct 2023	32.00	59.13	+ 84.78 %
Polygon MATIC	13 Nov 2023	0.93	0.75	- 19.35 %
Arbitrum ARB	16 Nov 2023	1.08	1.00	- 7.41

1 December

Juan M. Villaverde

Our 2 Mid-Month Recos Could Both Be 1,000% Gainers Going Forward

Earlier this month, Weiss sent out two important alerts. The first was for Polygon (MATIC, “B”), and the second was for Arbitrum (ARB, Not Yet Rated). Both are still “Buys,” especially as we are in a near-term correction.

The story of both begins with Ethereum, the first and most widely used smart-contract blockchain. Three years ago, the TVL (total value of assets locked up on the Ethereum blockchain) was under $500 million. TVL is one of the best measures of usage and adoption, particularly in DeFi. Today, it’s over $25 billion.

But Ethereum has been a victim of its own success, as transaction volumes overload the network, slowing processing speeds. And network fees go up, putting off customers and ruling out some price-sensitive sectors. A promising solution was to design new base-layer blockchains deacribed as “Ethereum Killers”, engineered for speed and efficiency, but these operated beside Ethereum instead of replacing it.

One was Cardano, and during the last bull market it went up 1,200% in less than nine months.

27 November

Juan Villaverde

Based on historical cycles, Ethereum looks like it’s right on the cusp of a critical transition from a moderate bull market to an explosive bull market.

In the last cycle, Ethereum rose 54x from the day Weiss called the bottom. In this cycle so far, it is up about 2x since bottom was called. And that’s just in the first year of the cycle. In every cycle since the invention of cryptos, the truly big money has been made in the second and third years of the cycle. That phase has just started now.

Most of the high-rated mid-cap coins are surging faster than either Bitcoin or even ETH. In the last cycle, Cardano rose 102x faster than Bitcoin. But almost all of that outperformance happened in years two and three. And that’s the phase of the cycle which is dead ahead of us now.

26 November

Chris Coney:

With its fixed supply, Bitcoin created the world's first economic constant — 21 million BTC. 21 million x the BTC price = the market cap. In November 2021, Bitcoin hit its all-time high, and its market cap was $1.309 trillion (18.9 million BTC in circulation x $68,958). If all 21 million had been in circulation, it would have achieved a market cap of $1.44 trillion. This is known as the fully diluted market cap and is better for two reasons: it uses the same economic constant from one experiment to the next and predictions will be more conservative than reality. When BTC hit its all-time high in 2021, its market cap was 4.5x larger than its previous peak in 2017. But the probability of 4.5x the 2021 market cap is low, because as Bitcoin gets bigger, its volatility drops. In this bull market, if it hits a market cap of just twice the last all-time high, we are looking at a $140,000 Bitcoin price. There is a high probability of it hitting that in the present bull market.

[Price now: $37,275 — an increase to $140,000 is x 3.75]

25 November

Rated A

• Bitcoin

Rated B+

• Ethereum

Rated B

• Cardano
• Chainlink
• Polygon
• ZRX

Rated B-

• Aave
• Aelf
• Cronos
• Decentraland
• Fetch.AI
• Injective
• Loom Network
• Maker
• OKB
• Orbs
• Ox
• Polkadot
• Ripple
• Status
• Stellar
• Storj
• Sushi
• Synthetix
• THORchain
• Uniswap
• Yearn.finance

16 Nov

• Alert: buy Arbitrum (ARB, Not Yet Rated)

13 Nov

• Alert: continue to buy Cardano
• Alert: continue to buy Polygon

27 October WCN

• Alert: buy Cardano (ADA, “B”)
• Alert: buy Solana (SOL, “C+”)

28 Feb

Crypto adoption is trending in perfect lockstep with internet adoption 20 years ago.

27 Feb

Bitcoin’s resilience, if DXY allows it to continue, may soon be overshadowed by Ethereum’s performance. As the ETH/BTC chart suggests, ETH’s price is on the verge of a breakout.

17 February

From Sam Blumenfeld:
Eight cryptocurrencies are currently rated “B” or better, with Bitcoin the only “A-” rating.

1. Bitcoin (BTC, Overall Grade “A-”)
2. Polygon (MATIC, Overall Grade “B+”)
3. Chainlink (LINK, Overall Grade “B”)
4. Decentraland (MANA, Overall Grade “B”)
5. Ethereum (ETH, Overall Grade “B”)
6. Litecoin (LTC, Overall Grade “B”)
7. OKB (OKB, Overall Grade “B”)
8. Uniswap (UNI, Overall Grade “B”)

Crypto could see a larger retreat if macroeconomic conditions worsen, but its resilience is encouraging as it escapes from a long bear market.

9 February

This new bull market will continue for three exciting years.

7 February

Bitcoin has now been rallying from the low on Nov. 21, so it’s time to start looking for the next 80-day-cycle correction. That could take the crypto markets into a low in late February or early March. But from there, expect a major rally into the second quarter of 2023.

5 February

Hold and trade a handful of cryptos, not fifty.

3 February

OKB added to Buy list.

27 Jan

• New bull market confirmed
• HOLD Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) and Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE), Polkadot (DOT), Coinbase Global (COIN), Globangt (GLOB), PAX Gold (PAXG).

26 Jan

• Three predicted biggest winners in new bull market: Polygon, Polkadot, Uniswap.
• Seven select cryptos:

1. Bitcoin BTC
2. Chainlink LINK
3. Cardano ADA
4. Ethereum ETH
5. Polygon MATIC
6. Polkadot DOT
7. Uniswap UNI

25 Jan

• Weiss video calls new bull market and recommends:

1. Bitcoin BTC
2. Chainlink LINK
3. Cardano ADA
4. Ethereum ETH
5. Polygon MATIC
6. Polkadot DOT
7. Uniswap UNI

Highlights

9 February

Juan Villaverde:

Late last year, he said the big bottom in crypto was near. Then, at the start of the new year, he called the bottom. And we soon started buying again for the first time in many months.

Since then Bitcoin has surged to nearly $24,000, up by more than 50% from its recent lows. It has held steady near the $23,000 level and has now given us the minor correction we’ve been waiting for. For those not already loaded up with Bitcoin, this offers a great buying window, and it’s also a good opportunity to pick up the altcoins to be names in an urgent trade alert tomorrow, which will come with recommended portfolio allocations and other instructions.

In short, this is the time to jump-start this new bull market that he predicts will continue for three exciting years.

Stand by for the landmark issue coming out tomorrow morning, it could make history.

8 February

Juan Villaverde:

After years of painstaking research, he has discovered that Bitcoin has a very regular and extremely important 80-day cycle.

About every 80 days (on average), it makes a low. And between 80-day lows, there’s always an 80-day high.

Here’s a bigger discovery:

In bear markets, each 80-day-cycle high is always lower than the previous one. So if Bitcoin rises above its prior 80-day-cycle high, it means the bear market is over and the market is headed higher.

This is exactly what he was expecting, and exactly what has now happened. And Bitcoin has risen even further from there.

This is the last piece of the puzzle he was waiting for to declare, without hesitation that the beginning of the new Bitcoin cycle of 2023–2025 is here. This means three years of rising markets, rich in opportunity, which can change the world for investors.

How far will Bitcoin go? See this Bitcoin chart since the beginning of the last bull market. For that cycle, he called the big bottom on Dec. 12, 2018. And from that point forward, Bitcoin rose 20.1x.

No one can know or promise how far it will go up this time. But he makes the following predictions with some confidence:

1. Bitcoin will again deliver far greater returns than any non-crypto asset class.

1. Ethereum will beat Bitcoin by at least 2-to-1.

1. In the race for the best returns, our favorite new cryptos with high tech and high adoption will leave both Bitcoin and Ethereum in the dust.

1. Investors who buy at the beginning of this new cycle will get the best prices, and those will never be seen again.

1. Investors who successfully trade around the all-important 80-day cycle will have the opportunity to make about 9x more than investors who simply buy and hold.

What should investors do right now? Here are four simple steps he recommends:

1. If you don’t yet own Bitcoin and ETH, now is the time to buy

1. For more intelligence and guidance, watch his Zoom call with Martin Weiss.

1. Follow the instructions at the end of the call to try his crypto trading service before tomorrow night, Feb. 9. This is the final deadline for jumping on board.

1. On the morning of Feb. 10, check your inbox for a landmark trading service issue to kick off the new three-year bull cycle.

8 February

Many altcoins lost as much as 90% of their peak value during the bear market, but they have now started reclaiming much of those losses to start 2023. In fact, numerous altcoins have already doubled in price year to date. But this comes as no surprise, as the crypto market is following its usual inter-market cycle:

The largest cryptos always rise first.

Blue-chip cryptos follow suit.

Mid-cap cryptos begin to rise.

Lastly, lesser-known altcoins begin to pump like crazy.

The cycle ends when traders take profits from the altcoins and either move the money to cash or reinvest in BTC or ETH, which restarts the cycle anew.

It has been a while since we’ve seen the inter-market cycle, as it only happens during bullish conditions and not in bear markets.

This is yet another positive indicator that the crypto market is steadily recovering from the long 2022 bear market.

5 February

Keep your crypto asset portfolios small.

Hold and trade a handful of assets, not 50. Get to know those assets using fundamental and technical analysis.

Study their charts so thoroughly that if it starts to form a particular pattern, your brain goes, “This looks like June 2020.”

The brain is a pattern recognition system, and repetition is the mother of learning.

Chris Coney

3 February

Another series of crypto upgrades brings the number of cryptos with a “B-” rating or better to 17, adding two more cryptos into “buy” territory. Of these, 12 were recently upgraded.

While five cryptos were rated “B” or better, Bitcoin remains the only crypto rated “B+” or better.

1. Bitcoin (BTC, Overall Grade “B+”)
2. Chainlink (LINK, Overall Grade “B”)
3. Ethereum (ETH, Overall Grade “B”)
4. OKB (OKB, Overall Grade “B”)
5. Polygon (MATIC, Overall Grade “B”)

Meanwhile, crypto will still have to deal with an evolving regulatory framework. A report found that enforcement actions significantly increased in 2022, with the Securities and Exchange Commission carrying the most and raising $242 million from fines.

Regulations are inevitable on the road to expanding adoption to mainstream levels, and they lay the groundwork to increase institutional confidence in the space. Greater involvement from institutions and an improving economic picture should help drive the next bull run.

These regulations are a hot topic for crypto investors. We’ll be keeping an eye on them will give our insight as they come up.

27 January 2023

New Year Ushers in New Crypto Market by Juan Villaverde and Nilus Mattive

Just last week, Bitcoin (BTC, Tech/Adoption Grade “A-”) jumped from roughly $18,000 to almost $21,000 in the span of a few days, while Ethereum (ETH, Tech/Adoption Grade “B”) went from just under $1,400 to almost $1,600.

That confirmed the first of two signals required by our Crypto Timing Model to officially declare the death of the bear market.

The second signal — a sustained rally above $21,400 — was hit shortly thereafter.

Not only did the last three crypto bear markets experience their first significant countertrend rally after 15 weeks … but it turns out they also all hit bottom around the same time!

This is a strong testament to the cyclical nature of crypto markets. And another compelling piece of evidence the bear is dead — and a new bull market is beginning to get underway.

In fact, we quickly got confirmation when our model’s second signal was hit.

Once Bitcoin crossed above the trend line that indicated Nov. 21 was its last 80-day-cycle low, we needed it to fully break above the last 80-day-cycle top, near $21,400.

That happened on Jan. 20, fully confirming the November low was also a four-year cycle low … which means it must have also been the end of the bear market.

Meanwhile, Ethereum has emerged as a new market leader.

In previous crypto market cycles, Ethereum has been seen as the silver to Bitcoin’s gold. It led the altcoins while BTC led the market as a whole.

This time, however, ETH crossed its upside trend line before BTC did. It seems as though Ethereum has become a market leader with the same level of importance as Bitcoin.

This statement is supported by three key transformations …

Transformation No. 1: Significant Upgrades to the ETH Network

The network underwent a few key upgrades over the past two years, starting with EIP-1559.

EIP-1559 is one of five upgrades implemented as part of the London hard fork, changing the way users bid for their transactions to be included in the blockchain.

It split things into a base fee and a priority fee, which made the fees far more predictable and solved the issue of outrageously high fee surges.

Arguably, the most important change from EIP-1559 was the introduction of the burn mechanism.

Since that upgrade in August 2021, over 2.8 million ETH have been removed from circulation. That has drastically changed Ethereum’s supply structure and caused the network to be slightly deflationary at times.

However, the biggest upgrade to the Ethereum network has been the switch to ETH 2.0 and the transition to proof-of-stake .

This upgrade, thought to be near impossible, was finally achieved in 2022.

The Ethereum blockchain switched over from a proof-of-work consensus algorithm to PoS, and with it came massive improvements in efficiency and a humongous drop in issuance. This further changed the supply structure of Ethereum, allowing it to get even closer to becoming a true deflationary asset.

This switch to PoS also made Ethereum a far more attractive investment to those concerned about the environmental impacts of blockchains.

Transformation No. 2: Recent Price Action

The switch to PoS was anticipated by investors and caused a massive run up in the price of ETH during the months leading up to the upgrade. ETH increased by more than 90% from July 2022 to mid-August 2022.

If not for the worsening inflation and jobs report data that came out over that same time frame, ETH might have continued rising! Nonetheless, there have been some serious changes in Ethereum’s price action since the major PoS upgrade took place.

In previous cycles, ETH fell much harder and faster than BTC and would not wake up from the bear market until after Bitcoin began its run.

This time around, ETH never even crossed below its June 2022 lows in the wake of the FTX collapse. At the same time, BTC made new cycle lows in November.

Transformation No. 3: ETH Continues to Grow in Popularity and Use

In 2017, many investors were simply speculating on Ethereum.

Sure, there were a few apps and a few non-fungible token projects, but the network wasn’t really used for much more than sending money around.

All that has changed with the emergence of a robust DeFi ecosystem and NFT projects that have hit the mainstream.

The Ethereum network is used for all sorts of things now, such as lending, borrowing, staking, playing games, purchasing NFTs and, of course, sending money around.

And this is just a fraction of the network’s utility!

While Ethereum’s recent transformations have been impressive, it’s still in its infancy as a network. It will continue to grow in usability and utility.

Several months ago, we told you that a “flippening” could eventually take place, with Ethereum overtaking Bitcoin in total market cap. The most recent market action only adds more credence to that argument.

Either way, we should no longer consider ETH just the leader of the altcoin world. It’s now an equal to Bitcoin in many respects — with each crypto serving its own unique purpose.

Portfolio Update

This month’s main feature covered both BTC and ETH in detail. Suffice to say, if you don’t already own an adequate amount of those two leading cryptos, this is the time to start getting up to speed!

Now, let’s take a deeper look at our other positions …

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (BTC) (GBTC) and Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE): Discounts Narrowing Despite Genesis Bankruptcy

These two trusts continue to trade at substantial discounts to the value of the crypto they hold, but the trend has recently reversed. Namely, the discounts are narrowing rather than widening.

Recommendation: Hold.

Polkadot (DOT, Tech/Adoption Grade “B”): Up More than 50% Year to Date

As a top crypto with plenty of utility, DOT has come roaring back with the rest of the crypto market. In fact, it’s up more than 50% so far this year, from a starting point of $4.13 to a recent level of $6.43.

While it’s still down quite substantially from our tracked entry point, we continue to believe in this project’s mission of becoming a new smart-contract blockchain that can quickly and cheaply accommodate high transaction volumes that ETH simply can’t handle.

Recommendation: Hold.

Coinbase Global (COIN): This Leading Centralized Exchange Will Benefit from Renewed Interest in Crypto

Coinbase has also bounced more than 50% so far this year, largely because of a renewed surge in crypto prices and investor interest. These two factors could substantially benefit this leading centralized crypto exchange.

If anything, Coinbase now stands to reap outsized benefits from any new crypto bull market since it’s viewed as one of the safest and most convenient places to buy and sell crypto ... especially for U.S.-based investors.

Recommendation: Hold.

Globant (GLOB): Holding Strong

Globant’s stock mostly held steady over the past month.

But we remain positive on this technology company because it has a strong list of clients and blockbuster projects that are generating both solid growth and profits.

Equally important, the fact that it specializes in developing video games and other interactive web experiences puts it in a strong position to benefit as concepts like the metaverse and web3 continue to develop in the future.

Recommendation: Hold.

PAX Gold (PAXG): Steady Gains Since Our August Recommendation

Gold has continued to show strength, recently breaking above the $1,900 price level for the first time since April 2022.

Since PAXG is backed by the physical metal on a one-to-one basis, it has also been rising in price.

We are now showing about a 10% open gain just since our initial recommendation back in August. Better yet, those steady gains came even as the rest of the crypto market continued to struggle.

Recommendation: Hold.

26 January 2023

[Three predicted biggest winners in new bull market: Polygon, Polkadot, Uniswap.]

https://finance.weisscrypto.com/reports/WCP/rlnch-2301/

Martin: A few days ago, you and I texted about altcoins, and we were talking about ETH. But then you changed the subject to another altcoin.

Juan: Yes, Polygon.

Martin: Why Polygon?

Juan: Polygon is not a blue-chip recognized name like Ethereum or Bitcoin, but it's also not a shitcoin.

Martin: That's the official name nowadays, isn't it? It's not a curse word anymore, but the actual term in the crypto dictionary.

Juan: Correct. So, my main point is that Polygon is a mid-cap coin with, I think, a remarkable future ahead.

Martin: Why is that?

Juan:

Polygon is not an altcoin competing with Ethereum. It's probably the only one that builds on Ethereum.

All the competition, all the other smart-contract platforms are trying to steal market share from Ethereum.

They've had some success, but it's very hard to beat a crypto's network effect.

Once it has an established network — and Ethereum has the biggest community in all of crypto — it's very hard to steal that.

You can develop better technology, but you're not going to steal that community.

Polygon does not do that. It's symbiotic to Ethereum. It’s attached to Ethereum, making it faster and cheaper. This is what I like.

Good for Ethereum; good for Polygon. Good for Polygon; good for Ethereum. I like that. It makes it very unique in the entire crypto space.

Another thing that I like about Polygon is that it's a great platform to build NFTs (non-fungible tokens).

And over the past year, they've partnered with many big brands to develop NFTs.

A lot of people think of an NFT as just a JPEG with value in it. That's the joke. Oh, “it's just an image with value attached to it and it's overpriced.”

But the NFTs I'm talking about here are what we call “utility NFTs” — NFTs that people want to buy because they get something out of it. It's not just bragging rights.

It could be a community that you want to be part of. Or it could be discounts. It could be tickets. It could be really anything.

Potentially the NFT market is the biggest we've ever seen in crypto.

Martin: Our colleague here at Weiss, Marija Matić, just sent us the list of companies that Polygon is partnering with.

Juan: Yes! Adobe, Adidas, MasterCard, Meta, Reddit, Starbucks, the NFL, Walt Disney.

What this means is that Polygon is very close to hitting what we've always been talking about in crypto — mainstream adoption.

These are mainstream, well-known brands, all of them building on Polygon.

Martin: And this is one of the assets you trade, right?

Juan: It has everything I like. It has great technology and it's getting a lot better. We haven't even talked about that. It trades very well.

It has great prospects for mass adoption.

The team is just amazing. I know some of them personally. We've chatted online and they just have their eyes on the ball. They really know what they're doing. They understand how to scale crypto. They understand what makes it appealing to brands, for example.

That's why they're so focused on NFTs. So, if you look at their marketing team, their tech team, everything is top of the line.

One of my favorite projects.

Martin: Next big question: What are the major crypto assets you've selected to trade for the 2023 bull market and beyond?

Seven select cryptos

1. Bitcoin BTC
2. Chainlink LINK
3. Cardano ADA
4. Ethereum ETH
5. Polygon MATIC
6. Polkadot DOT
7. Uniswap UNI

Juan: The seven names that I've selected — and bear in mind this list might change — are Bitcoin, Chainlink, Cardano, Ethereum, Polygon, Polkadot and Uniswap.

The reason I picked them is because …

They're all very liquid.

They're very easy to trade.

And they’ve had a good Weiss rating.

This list includes four of the biggest winners in the last bull cycle. And then it includes three more that I think are going to do very well in the next cycle.

Martin: To be perfectly clear, the four that were among the biggest winners last time around were …

Juan: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano and Chainlink.

Martin: And the three that you predict will be among the biggest winners this time around are …

Juan: We spoke about one, Polygon. Then there's Polkadot, and finally, Uniswap.

Prediction: Polygon, Polkadot and Uniswap will be among the biggest winners of this new bull market. Martin: OK. Now, here's the $64,000 question.

From the day you called the last big bottom, Bitcoin rose 20-fold, right?

Ethereum rose 54-fold.

Cardano rose 120 times over.

Chainlink was up 234 times.

All from that same day that you made that call!

So, do you predict that these four will again deliver that kind of performance this time around?

Juan: No.

Why do you look so surprised?

Martin: I'm not surprised. We've talked about this before, but I'm wondering why they won't do as well and what to do about it.

Juan: The reason is pretty simple: These assets were not as liquid back then. So, as they get more liquid and grow more in size, their moves get smaller.

In the prior cycle, it didn't take as much capital to move them 200 times, but now it's probably going to take a lot more.

Martin: That's a good thing because, as an investor, you don't just want super-duper skyrocketing moves. You also want a little bit more stability because, with the skyrocketing moves, also come crashing declines.

Juan: We have a name for this in finance, Martin. It’s the risk-adjusted return. Relatively speaking, the risk-adjusted return is very good for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Chainlink and these established names.

Martin: But if you want to have a crack at the big, high rises that we saw in Cardano or Chainlink last time around, then what?

Juan: That's why we have some of the new names in our mix as well. That's why I said, “Hey, listen, this list is what we have today. We may include other names in the list as the market develops.”

Martin: How exactly do you take advantage of that?

25 January 2023

Weiss video call from Weiss and Juan Villaverde calls new bull market and recommends:

1. Bitcoin BTC
2. Chainlink LINK
3. Cardano ADA
4. Ethereum ETH
5. Polygon MATIC
6. Polkadot DOT
7. Uniswap UNI

Juan: We have our Crypto Ratings Model that we use to select what we think are the best assets.

Then we use the Crypto Timing Model to pick the best time to trade.

The Crypto Ratings Model covers three main areas:

Technology: Basically, how this thing is built. Adoption: How it’s performing in the real world. Is it really being used or not? Market performance: How it trades. Do the traders recognize that it has good technology and good adoption? If all these three factors line up, you pick the asset to trade.

The Crypto Timing Model is to time the cycles:

The 20-day cycle The 80-day cycle The 320-day cycle, and The four-year cycle. We use all of these four cycles in combination to pick the best times to buy and sell.

Martin: Each of these models, I must say, was a massive undertaking by you, Juan, by our data scientists, our computer programmers. So, I want to thank you, Juan, for leading that effort.

But let me ask you this: Which of the two models do you think can have a bigger impact on investor results ? The ratings model or the timing model?

Juan: The timing model.

Martin: OK. So, please give us some examples of how that combination — deploying our timing model and our Crypto Ratings Model — might have worked.

And please compare two hypothetical investors:

Hypothetical investor A just buys and holds. So, he's not using any timing, he's just buying and holding throughout the whole history of Bitcoin.

Hypothetical investor B uses the Crypto Timing Model.

Juan: Alright. Investor A buys $1,000 worth of Bitcoin when it first starts trading in 2010.

This investor turns his $1,000 investment into $544,900,000.

Martin: That's a lot of money.

Juan: Yeah, it's a lot of money. That's why there are so many Bitcoin millionaires and even some billionaires.

Martin: What about Investor B?

Juan: Investor B is going to use the equivalent of our Crypto Timing Model. He buys near the big cycle bottoms. He sells near big cycle tops.

He executes medium-term trades when the model gets the signal, and he also invests $1,000 using this method.

Instead of turning his $1,000 into $544,900,000, he turns it into $5,033,190,000,

Martin: $5 billion.

Juan: $5 billion with a B.

Martin: That's a lot more money.

Juan: It's 9.2 times more, to be exact.

Martin: What about Ethereum?

Juan: OK. So, let's talk about Ethereum.

Let's look again at investor A. He invests $1,000 when Ethereum starts trading for the first time in 2015. He holds through bull and bear markets. He never trades. He never sells.

His $1,000 turns into $1,733,000.

Martin: It's a lot of money, but it's still much less than the Bitcoin investor.

Juan: That's because Bitcoin has been around a lot longer than Ethereum. Keep in mind that it's seven years for Ethereum instead of Bitcoin's 12 years. But the outperformance of the model was way better.

Martin: For Ethereum?

Juan: Yes, for Ethereum.

Investor B, again using the equivalent of our Crypto Timing, turns his $1,000 investment into $60,873,000.

That’s 35.1 times better than investor A.

Martin: Much bigger difference!

Juan: Yes. And overall, if you include a basket of all the cryptos that we selected for this study, including different bull and bear cycles, the average outperformance of our Crypto Timing Model compared to “buy and hold” is about 9-to-1.

Martin: And that's using the same crypto assets we just listed, right?

Juan: Yeah, the same seven.

Martin: In other words, if investor A could make “a ton of money” just by buying and holding, investor B could make nine times more than “a ton of money” with the timing model. Are you implying that's what we can expect going forward?

Juan: No, I'm not saying that. Keep in mind that each Bitcoin bull market is less spectacular than the prior bull market, and as we said, the biggest winners will be different. So, you cannot expect the same outperformance with the same basket of assets.

Martin: OK, well I'm glad you said that because I want everyone to understand that nothing in this discussion is a promise of what investors can or will make.

It's all about giving investors a sense of why we developed our Crypto Timing Model and why we feel it's so important to do everything humanly possible to identify the big bottom and later identify the big top — not just to go for profits, but, hey, also to avoid losses, right?

Juan: Right. And that's what I do in the service that I run. I use the same data that I showed you here. I use the exact same models, same calculations and all of the things that we discussed here today.

Martin: Great.

My friends, think about what you could do with what you’ve just learned. Even if you just apply it entirely on your own, I’m confident you could be a much more successful crypto investor.

Or, alternatively, you can let Juan and our data scientists who support him do the heavy lifting for you. You can let Juan give you the signals with his premium trading service, the Weiss Crypto Portfolio.

Based on our massive historical database, we’ve simulated what a hypothetical investor could have made over the years with the select crypto assets chosen by our models.

I’m going to review those assets with you now, and I’m also going to show you the average yearly returns investors could have made by deploying our models …

Not just in the rising markets that created new crypto millionaires, but also including period of market declines that temporarily erased a lot of that wealth …

Not only the profitable trades but also the losing trades.

Don’t be surprised. The average yearly returns are very big.

With Uniswap, the average return is 175% per year.

With Cardano, 184% per year.

With Chainlink, 267% per year.

With Bitcoin, 264% per year.

With Polygon, 288% — one case in which our Crypto Timing Model underperforms.

With Polkadot, 417% per year.

And Ethereum is the best of all, at 425% per year.

Assuming an investor starts with equal amounts in each of seven cryptocurrencies, their average return could have been 289%.

That’s PER YEAR, based on our simulations going all the way back to the beginning of each cryptocurrency.

But that’s looking back in time using historical data. The real-time performance of Juan’s actual signals is different but also excellent, in my opinion.

Since he launched Weiss Crypto Portfolio in the first quarter of 2018, a member who faithfully followed his signals for trading digital assets would have made a total of …

50 Trades with an Average Gain of 113% Each

That includes all open and closed trades and all winners and losers.

Plus, it covers a period with two big bear markets, when most other crypto investors lost a lot of money, and …

It includes only one bull market, which most other crypto investors missed.

That shows you the power of the two tools we’ve told you about today — the power of …

Our Crypto Ratings Model designed to help investors decide WHAT to buy (or avoid), and … Our Crypto Timing Model designed to help investors decide WHEN to buy (or sell). What about the future?

Well, we don't predict that future cycles could be different. We predict that future cycles will be different in some ways. So, if there’s one place where past performance is truly no guarantee of future results, it’s the crypto markets.

We predict that, compared to stocks and bonds, crypto markets will continue to be volatile.

We also have good reason to predict that crypto markets of the coming bull cycle will have more institutional participation, be more robust and more accessible to average investors than the crypto markets of the past bull cycles.

No matter what, I’m very confident that the Weiss Crypto Portfolio will give investors the very best chance to reap the market’s true potential.

14 January 2023

NOW: Momentous Buy Signal By Juan M. Villaverde and Nilus Mattive On January 14, 202302:00 PM

Good morning!

We just got the first — and probably ideal — opportunity to buy the big bottom in Ethereum (ETH, Tech/Adoption Grade “B”).

By “ideal opportunity,” I mean that unique point in the four-year crypto cycle when ...

The bad news (like FTX, Genesis, etc.) is old news …

The weak players who wanted to sell have already sold …

The strong players are holding firm and waiting to buy …

The downside risk/upside potential are as close to their most optimal levels as you can get in the entire four-year crypto cycle …

And when one major leading coin — ETH — suddenly breaks out to the upside:

Very Significant Ethereum Breakout to the Upside

This is what has just happened.

All of the above conditions are here … and sure enough, ETH, now a major leader of the crypto space, has broken out to the upside.

So, I recommend two things:

First, if you don't already own ETH based on our portfolio allocations, now's the time to start accumulating.

And if you do and want more exposure, it can't hurt to add. I doubt you'll get a much better price at any time in the next three years.

Second, I've scheduled a Zoom call with Dr. Martin Weiss to kick off the new crypto cycle.

I'd love for you to join us. Keep your eyes on your inbox for more information about how to save your seat. Trust me, you don't want to miss out.

I expect it will be an historic event that's remembered for generations to come.

How do I know this is the big bottom?

Needless to say, no one can predict the future with precision and absolute certainty.

But the rhythmicality of crypto cycles is music to my ears.

And I know that the last time I declared the big bottom in crypto was just over four years ago, on Dec. 12, 2018.

Investors who bought Bitcoin (BTC, Tech/Adoption Grade "A-") on that day could have seen more than 20x returns.

Ethereum rose 54x.

Cardano (ADA, Tech/Adoption Grade "B") skyrocketed 102x.

And Chainlink (LINK, Tech/Adoption Grade "A-") beat them all by a mile, soaring nearly 234x — enough to turn a $10,000 initial investment into $2,333,746.

Unfortunately, most investors back then were too scared to touch crypto. So, they missed it!

Whatever you do, please do not fall into that pattern.

On our upcoming Zoom call, we will show you what to do instead, including …

• Exactly what to buy, how much to pay and when.

• Approximately when and at what price levels to look for my second "Buy" signal. (It could be even more important than the first signal I'm issuing now.)

• Why I've waited patiently for the "big bad news" of failures and financial disasters to hit the crypto world … and why I welcome the great buying opportunity it has created.

• The powerful new technologies that are now powering up a new crypto bull market unlike any we've seen before.

• Why I say all the big bad news is OLD news.

• The No. 1 most promising altcoin in the world today, how much to invest, when and at what price. (Hint: It's not Ethereum.)

• The NAMES of the most probable big leaders of the next big bull market — including the five altcoins that have historically risen by an average of 3x more than Bitcoin.

• The scientific method we use to identify precisely when to buy the crypto leaders.

• How investors could have made large fortunes over the years simply buying and holding Bitcoin.

• How they could have beaten a Bitcoin buy-and-hold strategy by nine to one.

• And much more!

I hope you join us.

Best wishes,

Juan Villaverde, Editor Weiss Crypto Investor

6 January 2023

The same eight cryptocurrencies still hold “Buy" ratings of B- or better:

1. Bitcoin (BTC, Overall Grade “B”)
2. Chainlink (LINK, Overall Grade “B”)
3. OKB (OKB, Overall Grade “B-”)
4. Polygon (MATIC, Overall Grade “B”)
5. Cardano (ADA, Overall Grade “B-”)
6. Ethereum (ETH, Overall Grade “B-”)
7. Litecoin (LTC, Overall Grade “B-”)
8. Uniswap (UNI, Overall Grade “B-”)

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Your Guide to Ethereum and Higher Crypto Yield

(Dec 2022)

https://finance.weissratings.com/media/wri/PDF/WCI/WEIR021830_report_Web.pdf

Ethereum has long surpassed Bitcoin as the world’s most widely used cryptocurrency. It has not surpassed Bitcoin in terms of market cap. But it has far surpassed it in terms of the number of transactions, usage and variety of applications.

The main reason ...

Bitcoin’s function has been relatively limited — mostly as a store of value, often called “gold 2.0.”

Ethereum’s primary function has been to support what’s called “smart contracts” — web applications of all kinds that are being used to transform the Internet.

Imagine an entirely new kind of world in which gross inequalities, dictatorial powers, manipulation by power groups, flagrant censorship, violations of personal privacy, mass data breaches and many of the other ills of today’s financial system are mostly eradicated.

Imagine a world in which hundreds of millions of hard-working families get a fair yield for their money and are charged an equally fair rate on credit they need to start a business.

Imagine a world in which billions of people, currently on the fringes of the financial system or left out entirely, are given easy and immediate access to banking, insurance and investing.

Well, you don’t have to imagine anymore. Because this is the world that’s possible thanks to decentralized finance (DeFi). This is the grand transformation that’s not only possible, but is already beginning to happen, mostly thanks to the infrastructure provided by the Ethereum network.

This is the world that’s already beginning to emerge, making the Ethereum cryptocurrency more and more useful, dominant and ...

Valuable!

Much of this activity is still experimental, to be sure. But that’s what makes it especially exciting for investors who want to jump in early.

That’s why we’ve written this guide and why we’ve set it up to help you learn three essential elements of Ethereum investing:

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First, WHERE to buy Ethereum. We name our top two picks among the highest-rated crypto exchanges. If you don’t already have an account, we give you access to simple instructions on how to open one almost immediately.

And even if you already have an account, we show you how to take advantage of all the money- making power it has to offer. Second, WHEN to take profits on your Ethereum. This is what most investors get wrong. Either they miss the opportunity to take profits before a big bear market, or worse, they wind up selling only after it’s too late, missing even bigger opportunities when Ethereum surges again.

We give you simple guidelines to follow. Plus, if you’re a continuing member of our Weiss Crypto Investor service, we will send you follow-up guidance when the time comes to act.

Third, HOW to use Ethereum to earn extra income. Or better yet, how to convert it into things that give you high, double-digit yields.

While millions of investors struggle to eke out meager yields on bank CDs or money markets, we show you how you can use decentralized finance (DeFi) to make 20 times, 25 times even 30 times more. That’s why we call this guide “Turn Ethereum Into Your Personal Cash Machine.”

Where to Buy Ethereum

As the second largest cryptocurrency by market cap, Ethereum is listed on most major exchanges.

For investors who reside in the United States, our two favorite, go-to exchanges are Coinbase and Kraken.

If you’ve already bought cryptocurrencies before, you’ll probably be familiar with how to proceed from here.

But if you’re new, or would like a refresher, we walk you through the steps for creating a new account in our informational videos on both exchanges. Call us at 1-877-934-7778 for information on where to find the videos.

When to Take Profits on Ethereum

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To help you make the critical decision on when to take profits, we use our Crypto Timing Model, based on our comprehensive study of crypto cycles.

All major asset classes — stocks, bonds and commodities — conform to cyclical patterns to some degree. But the crypto market cycles are particularly regular and predictable. The main reason: Inside Bitcoin’s blockchain code is a pre-programmed mechanism that automatically cuts the supply of new Bitcoin by 50% roughly every 4 years.

This mechanism, called the “Halving,” helps drive Bitcoin prices higher. And since Bitcoin continues to be the dominant crypto in terms of market cap, nearly all the others naturally follow approximately in tandem.

The end result is a relatively regular four-year Bitcoin cycle.

Understanding this cycle is critical to timing major turns in the crypto market, especially when it comes to pinpointing the end of a massive bull market.

That single piece of intelligence could make a very significant difference in your results.

You don’t have to pick every twist and turn. And you certainly don’t have to watch the market 24/7.

All it takes is one simple, but all-important move: sell AFTER the final phase of the bull market ... and then wait out the grueling bear market that’s likely to follow.

How exactly can you do that? Let’s take a closer look ...

Within the four-year Bitcoin cycle, we also see a regular pattern of four phases, each lasting from less than 320 days to as much as a year. (For the sake of simplicity, let’s call each phase a “year.”)

Year one is bearish, taking most crypto prices down dramatically, sometimes as much as 90%. Year two is neutral, as crypto markets gyrate in a broad sideways pattern. Year three is bullish, driving most cryptos back up to their prior all-time highs, if not beyond. But anyone who takes profits prematurely at the end of this phase is likely to capture no more than a small fraction of the potential gains, because ...

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Year four is parabolic, a bull market on steroids. For example, in the parabolic year of the last bull market (2017), Bitcoin surged from about $1,000 to nearly $20,000, while Ethereum skyrocketed from $8.60 to almost $1,400.

Take a look at how that unfolded, starting with year one in 2014 ...

This clearly illustrates the turning points of each phase Bitcoin’s last four-year cycle from 2014 to 2017:

Year one (bearish) was 2014, year two (neutral) was 2015, year three (bullish) was 2016 and year four (parabolic) was 2017. Ethereum follows approximately the same pattern, albeit with some leads and lags. The big difference with Ethereum is not so much in the timing. It's in the magnitude of the price movements. Ethereum tends to fall more than Bitcoin in bear markets and rise as much as three times more in bull markets. Plus, the scales in the above chart are deliberately compressed with a “log scale” — so you can better see the critical transitions from the bear year to the neutral year and then to the bullish year. But to help you better visualize the transition to the parabolic year — and the true enormity of the surge that follows, check out this chart using standard scales ...

Now do you understand what we mean by a bull market on steroids?

That was the pattern in the last four-year cycle, 2014-2017. But what about today? No one can know for certain what the future will bring, but we do have confirmed evidence that Bitcoin, Ethereum and all other major currencies are following a pattern that, so far, has been quite similar to the pattern of 2014-2017.

And as of September 2021, it looks like the first three years of the current four-year cycle are behind us ... with the best part still to come.

Moreover, we see four new powerful forces supporting the idea that the parabolic phase could be next ...

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1. The Federal Reserve’s wild money printing.

2. The growing interest—and investments— by major institutions like Tesla (Nasdaq:TSLA), Fidelity, Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), PayPal (Nasdaq: PYPL), Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Visa (NYSE: V), all jumping into cryptocurrencies

3. Theexplosionofnew,real-world practical applications for blocking technology, especially DeFi, most of which lives on the Ethereum blockchain, plus ...

4. A more user-friendly experience, making investing and trading more accessible—not just to hundreds of thousands of investors, but potentially to hundreds of millions. Thanks to these powerful forces, it’s possible that the parabolic phase in the current cycle could be even larger than the last one.

How can you best take advantage of it? The key lesson from prior four-year cycles is this: In a market going parabolic, do not sell prematurely. Do not assume the parabolic phase is over just because prices seem astronomically high.

History shows that, even after it feels as if the market couldn’t possibly go any higher, prices can continue soaring as much as 2 times, 3 times or even 4 times those already-high levels.

So, here’s what we’re planning to do ... First, we will wait for the parabolic phase to complete at least 320 days.

Second, we will wait for the market itself to give us a signal, which typically comes with a price correction that pierces below critical metrics that we track.

Third, we will email an urgent flash alert to all members of Weiss Crypto Investor, the service you joined when you gained access to this report.

That flash alert will be one email you definitely don’t want to miss. So, double-check now to make sure our emails are not landing in your “junk” or “other” folder.

(To help avoid that, just add our email address, weisscryptoinvestor@eml.weissratings.com, to your contacts.)

ONE WORD OF WARNING: Don’t expect our alert to get you out at the exact top of the market. In fact, we deliberately avoid trying to pick the top.

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Here’s why:

As long as the market continues exploding higher, historical experience shows that it’s almost impossible to pinpoint the top without missing out on the last few months — the most profitable months of all.

That’s why we’re glad to wait for the market to confirm a probable top — typically what happens when there’s a sharp correction .after the first 320 days of the parabolic year.

Even if that means giving back as much as 10%, 20% or 30% of our gains, we feel it’s a small price to pay for the opportunity to make 2 times, 3 times or possibly 4 times more simply by sticking with the parabolic rise.

Must you take most of your profits off the table at that time? Couldn’t you just ride it out and hold on for the long-term? Sure.

Trouble is, much as the bull markets are spectacular, the bear markets can also be severe.

So, with our money, we have no intention of watching passively while the next bear market takes back most of our profits. We don’t think you should either.

Instead, be sure to keep an eye on your inbox for our flash alerts.

Plus, you can also check in on our model portfolio anytime for the most up-to-date status on current positions on your exclusive, members-only website.

How to Earn Extra Income on Your Ethereum

Right now, if you put your hard-earned money in bank CDs, Treasury bonds or even high-yield corporate bonds, you’ll probably lose money.

That’s right. Between historically low yields and rapidly rising consumer prices, nearly all the money parked in fixed instruments today is giving investors an inflation-adjusted return that’s BELOW ZERO. That’s in the world of traditional finance. But in the new world of decentralized finance (DeFi), there’s a way to beat the yields you could get on CDs and bonds many times over.

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The process for doing this is very different from the way you’d use with a bank or securities firm. In fact, there’s no true equivalent in traditional markets. So, pay close attention.

The strategy we're talking about is called staking. In essence ...

You lock your Ethereum (or other cryptos) on the blockchain, you run a piece of software and you earn rewards which add up to a kind of yield.

Don’t worry. If this is all Greek to you, we'll walk you through the basic steps in a moment.

But first, let us explain three critical differences between yield in the traditional world and the returns you get in the crypto world.

Difference No. 1: No intermediaries. With traditional finance, you deposit your funds with a banking or brokerage institutions. They lend or invests your money. And they pay you interest.

Logical? Yes.

But here’s the rub: Even if they can make very high yields or profits, all you get is the prevailing interest rate, which in the current era is next to nothing.

And adding big injury to small insults, your principal and interest are denominated in a currency that’s mostly going down in value. In contrast, with decentralized finance, you stake your funds on the blockchain, which is a public asset — never owned or controlled by a bank, broker or corporation of any kind ...

Where rates of interest are far higher for the investor ... And far lower for the borrower.

Difference No. 2: All yields are usually variable. In the traditional world, fixed yields are the norm and even with so-called “variable-rate” instruments, the rate does not reset continually.

In decentralized finance, it’s the opposite. Virtually all yields are variable, and many are subject to rapid change.

If you’re content to make, say, 4% to 6% APR, the changes in yield should not be all that significant.

But if your aim is to grab some of high, double-digit and even triple-digit yields that exist in DeFi, don’t be surprised if the gravy train suddenly disappears. (No worries! You can just move on to the next big yield opportunity.)

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When you stake Ethereum, the yields (rewards for staking) can also vary considerably.

For example, when there is very little ETH staked in the world, the yields naturally tend to rise as an incentive for more people to stake their ETH.

Conversely, when there’s something approaching a surplus of staked ETH, the yields tend to decline.

Difference No. 3: The currency you use could be very volatile. When you deposit or invest U.S. dollars, or any other major currency, you probably don’t worry much about its depreciation over time (although you probably should).

In contrast, when you stake a cryptocurrency, fluctuations in its value can be large and rapid.

If it's surging it could multiply your regular returns many times over. If it's plunging, it could wipe out those returns several times over, making a dent in your principal.

Clearly, in rising crypto markets the rapid appreciation in the currency you stake gives you a huge advantage.

But in falling crypto markets, the rapid depreciation can be a big disadvantage. Our recommendation:

If your goal is exclusively to earn yield, use what’s called stablecoins, pegged to the dollar. Even if the value of the dollar declines, the returns you get should easily cover that depreciation.

If your goal is yield plus capital gain, then we recommend a healthy mix of both stablecoins and other cryptos.

It can also be very helpful to know which year of the four-year cycle we’re in.

• In the bearish and neutral years, you may want to strictly use stablecoins for staking.

• In the bullish and parabolic years, for funds you can afford to risk, cryptos that are NOT pegged to the dollar can give you the best bang for your buck.

As of this writing, when you stake Ethereum (without using stablecoins), the annual percentage rate (APR) is 5.60%, and the annual percentage yield (APY), which accounts for compounding, is 6.29%.

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How to Stake Ethereum

We recommend joining a staking pool.

The main benefit is that you can join with less than the 32 ETH minimum required for investors who stake independently. Pools give you easier access by letting stakers combine their resources.

The second benefit is that the node is operated by someone with the knowledge and experience to keep things running properly. And you won’t have to use massive amounts of storage on your personal computer.

These benefits come with a cost, of course. Yields are somewhat smaller and you relinquish some control of custody to the staking pool operator.

But thanks to smart contracts, custody is fully transparent and verifiable on the blockchain.

You can find a list of staking pool operators here:

https://beaconcha.in/stakingServices

Big centralized exchanges, exchanges, like Coinbase and Kraken, have introduced staking as well.

Coinbase, for example, says users can earn 5% APR by staking ETH in their pool.

Meanwhile, Kraken claims up to 7% APR using their staking pool.

For more information about the staking opportunities on both Coinbase and Kraken, call our customer service team at 1-877-934-7778.

Advanced Staking Strategies for Double-Digit Yields

Locking up your ETH to help support a node is one way to earn yields that leave bonds and bank CDs in the dust.

But there are ways to earn even more for your cryptos. Double-digit yields are not just possible, but standard if you know more advanced strategies.

One approach is to harness the yield-farming magic of DeFi decentralized exchanges (DEXes). That could give you the potential to earn the equivalent of 20%, 25% even 30% in annual crypto interest.

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For this method, we recommend staking only U.S. dollar stablecoins, each pegged to $1. How can you get started?

First, see our video tutorial series here. Next, you can view our step-by-step guide here. For non- U.S. residents, use this guide here.

Beware: It’s not easy for novices and is likely to be time-consuming to set up. (That's why we provide clear, step-by-step instructions in our videos and guides.)

But considering the unusually high yields available, we think you’ll agree it’s worth every moment of your time and effort.

Then, once you have your accounts in place and have tried it once or twice with small test amounts, it should not be difficult. You’ll find yourself asking the same question we’ve asked many times: How will investors ever again tolerate near-zero yields in traditional finance when they discover they could be making at least 20 times more decentralized finance?

The answer: They won’t.

We are convinced they will rush into DeFi, drive up the cryptos that support or benefit from this yield revolution, and make early investors in Ethereum and other DeFi coins quite wealthy.

As we’ve explained in this primer, you have the opportunity to benefit from this rush in two ways:

By owning the cryptos that are most likely to benefit. And by staking Ethereum or stablecoins to grab your share of the rich yields.

Do not rush out to buy the cryptos we cover in this report. This report is based on in-depth studies of the fundamentals. While we aim to provide an up-to-date look at these cryptos, the crypto markets can move quickly and the rationale behind these ideas and strategies can shift along with them. For our most up-to-date recommendations, be sure to refer to your regular monthly issues and timely trade alerts.

Go to your Communications Preferences page to customize how you’d like to receive all issues and trade alerts.

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The Eyes and Ears of the World Computer

(Dec 2022)

https://finance.weissratings.com/media/wri/PDF/WCI/WEIR021831_The_Eyes_and_Ears_of_the_Worlds_Computer_online.pdf

As we write in your free report, Turn Ethereum into Your Personal Cash Machine ... The Ethereum network provides the infrastructure for nearly the entire new world of decentralized finance (DeFi) ... DeFi has already grown more than 100-fold since 2020 ... And it could grow hundreds of times in the years ahead. What’s more, Ethereum is, in effect, “the world computer,” housing a massive database and countless applications that are shared by millions of users from anywhere in the world. It combines the benefits of the blockchain pioneered by Bitcoin PLUS its ability to easily run smart contracts. But the Ethereum network, by itself, lacks one thing, which we call “the eyes and ears of the world computer.” I’m talking about a specific cryptocurrency that connects the Ethereum network to the traditional financial world ... That feeds the Ethereum blockchain with real-time data on current prices from virtually all the financial markets of the world. In this report, we show you where and how to buy that cryptocurrency. How Much Money Could You Make With This DeFi Leader? No one can predict the future with precision. But we can tell you precisely how much investors could have made so far. For example, go back to Dec. 12, 2018. That’s the day we announced to the world the beginning of the current crypto bull market. If you had invested $10,000 in Bitcoin at that time, it could have grown to $186,623. Not bad, right? But if you had invested those same $10,000 in the eyes and ears of the world computer, you could have seen it grow to $1,747,415.

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That’s more than nine times better! And today, it shows every sign of continuing to rise at that pace. The crypto we’re talking about is ... Chainlink (LINK) Chainlink outperforms Bitcoin by a large margin

• Name: Chainlink
• Trading symbol: LINK
• Logo:
• Website: chain.link
• Inventor: Sergey Nazarov and Steve Ellis
• Market Cap rank: No. 15 behind Bitcoin
• Circulating supply: 447,509,553
• Exchanges you can buy Chainlink on: *Coinbase, Kraken, Binance.com
• Suggested digital wallets: Exodus, Atomic

There are four key reasons we believe Chainlink is likely to continue outperforming, probably for years to come:

Reason 1: Smart Contracts Are the Cutting Edge of Crypto — and Chainlink Feeds Them the Data They Need to Work

Beyond making simple payment transactions, smart contracts are at the heart of almost everything cryptocurrencies do.

So, it’s hardly an exaggeration to say they pretty much are the future of crypto.

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Starting with Ethereum, virtually all second- and third-generation cryptocurrencies use smart con- tracts in some way or have some connection with them. What are they?

Essentially, smart contracts are pieces of computer code that, among other things ...

• Store funds on the blockchain, then pay them out when certain conditions are met.
• Generate initial coin offering (ICO) tokens and issue security tokens. Examples include

Chainlink, Basic Attention Token (BAT) and Maker (MKR).

• Operate DeFi platforms, such as Compound (COMP), Maker and Aave (AAVE).
• Support non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which are now expanding rapidly in usage.

DeFi is an entirely new financial system running on the blockchain — all with no banker or broker standing in the middle of every transaction. Right now, DeFi is red-hot.

That makes them good examples of the explosive growth of smart contracts that do just about everything a traditional banker would do, including:

• Matching potential lenders with borrowers; buyers with sellers;
• Executing complex financial contracts;
• Properly charging and paying interest;
• Ensuring appropriate fees are collected.

The overwhelming majority of these smart contracts live on the Ethereum network. But both the smart contracts and Ethereum are creatures of the blockchain — with no inherent connection to the outside world.

They have no way of knowing what the interest rates or exchange rates are, what various assets used as collateral are worth, or even what day it is.

This critical data has to come from external sources. And that’s where Chainlink comes enters the scene. In a nutshell, it’s the Bloomberg Terminal of crypto, the world’s No. 1 data-supplier to smart contracts.

Already, for example, Tezos (XTZ), Fantom (FTM), Solana SOL), Polkadot (DOT), Icon (ICX), High Performance Blockchain (HPB) and Zilliqa (ZIL) run smart contracts that use, or will, use Chainlink to feed them real-world data.

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Chainlink supplies secure and reliable price feeds to DeFi platforms like Compound, Synthetix (SNX), Aave and 20 others. Google uses Chainlink to connect information in its monster database (BigQuery) to the blockchain world.

Oracle is building custom smart-contract enabled blockchains for its customers. If any of them need real-world data, Chainlink will provide it.

And many more such uses of Chainlink are in the making.

Bottom line: Chainlink provides the data smart contracts need to run. And with the number of smart contracts growing exponentially, demand for Chainlink is set to explode.

Reason 2: LINK is the Currency Smart Contracts Use To Pay for Data. Because Data Is Valuable, So Is LINK

Suppose, for example, a smart contract needs to know the current market price of ETH to complete a transaction.

And suppose one data source for this information is crypto exchange giant Binance.com.

The smart contract pays in LINK tokens for the desired information. Thus ...

LINK not only feeds the data to the blockchain, it’s the currency used for buying data. This is just one example, and a bit oversimplified at that.

In most actual situations, smart contracts use more than just one data source.

For redundancy and to help protect against error, they seek multiple sources.

Moreover, to be able to do business with Chainlink, data sources must first stake a hefty deposit in LINK. If they’re caught misbehaving (for example, reporting fake prices), this deposit is forfeited.

That’s a great incentive for data sources to follow the rules.

Reason 3: Chainlink Occupies a Sweet Spot in the 21st-Century Information Explosion

The vast majority of the 10,000-plus cryptocurrencies listed by CoinMarketCap trade on little more than hopes and dreams.

Only a few have real-world use cases. Even fewer boast adoption as strong as Chainlink, supplier of real-world data to blockchains, DeFi and enterprise platforms like those built by Google and Oracle.

Smart contracts are the vanguard of the cryptocurrency revolution today.

DeFi is the hottest sector in crypto. And Chainlink occupies the sweet spot where they intersect.

The near-exponential growth of smart contracts and DeFi can translate into near-exponential demand for Chainlink going forward.

Prices have been — and should continue to be — close behind.

Reason 4: Chainlink is Improving Smart Contracts via its Just- Launched “Keepers”

One limitation of smart contracts is they can’t trigger or initiate their own functions at arbitrary times or under arbitrary conditions. Changes only happen when a transaction is initiated by another account. As a result, blockchain projects must: 1. Createhighlyreliableinfrastructure—oftenquiteexpensivetomaintain, 2. Outsourcetoathirdparty—oftencentralizedandthusexposingtheprojecttoasingle point of failure, or ... 3.

Use a decentralised open market solution, which can come with complex incentives alignment, with the potential for competitive bots that increase the cost of execution, and create difficulties ensuring reliability. Chainlink Keepers provide users with a decentralized network of nodes that are incentivized to perform all registered jobs (Upkeeps) correctly, and without competing with one another.

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That allows users to focus on critical, smart-contract functionality.

To see how Chainlink Keepers works, go to

https://docs.chain.link/docs/chainlink-keepers/overview/

How To Buy Chainlink (LINK)

You can buy Chainlink directly via a cryptocurrency exchange such as Coinbase or Kraken. And if you’re not a U.S. resident, you can also use Binance.com.

See our instructional videos for how to open and operate a crypto exchange account on Kraken or Coinbase.

Advantages include low trading commissions, generally low bid-ask spreads and no limits on the size of trades. And if you forget your password, there’s a procedure to recover it.

Drawbacks include occasional poor customer service. Also, crypto exchange accounts have been hacked in the past. The three we pointed you toward above are among the most established and trusted in the industry. So, this risk is very small. But it is not zero.

To be totally safe, store your newly purchased crypto in a digital wallet (such as Exodus or Atomic), and lock your private keys up in a safe.

While cryptocurrencies offer unusual opportunities, crypto markets can also be quite volatile, and timing is important. So, start small.

Then, before buying more, wait for my signal in Weiss Crypto Investor.

Do not rush out to buy the cryptos we cover in this report. This report is based on in-depth studies of the fundamentals. While we aim to provide an up-to-date look at these cryptos, the crypto markets can move quickly and the rationale behind these ideas and strategies can shift along with them. For our most up-to-date recommendations, be sure to refer to your regular monthly issues and timely trade alerts.

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== The “Index Fund” of Undiscovered Cryptos==

This is not an index fund you can buy in the stock market. Nor is it a cryptocurrency you can buy on a crypto exchange.

Instead, it’s a crypto that’s undiscovered in two ways:

First, the ONLY way you can buy this crypto today is with our back-door method I told you about.

This way, you have the opportunity to buy it BEFORE it’s listed on any major exchange and before nearly all other investors buy. Better yet, this way, you have the opportunity to make many times more than other investors could make.

If you used this backdoor method to buy Synthetix (SNX) before it was listed on a major exchange, you could have made six times as much as someone who waited.

Investors who got into Yearn.finance (YFI) before it was listed on a major exchange fared even better ... making an impressive 125 times more than those who waited.

Second, this crypto gives you a stake in a diversified portfolio of cryptos that are also undiscovered.

That’s right. The crypto we name in this report is undiscovered. And it INVESTS in cryptos that are undiscovered, giving you a huge head start with a diversified portfolio of up-and-coming cryptos that could, collectively, be among the next Bitcoins, in terms of how much new wealth they create for investors.

I repeat: You CANNOT buy this high-powered crypto fund from any broker or on any established crypto exchanges.

You can only buy it with the backdoor, early-bird buying method we talked about today.

And yet, this one crypto could be among THE biggest opportunities you have before you today. I’m talking about ...

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Yield Guild Games: Riding Two of Crypto’s Hottest Megatrends

This virtually unknown crypto can help you profit from two of the hottest megatrends today. The first megatrend is online gaming. Believe or not, as many as 3.1 billion people (40% of world population) will collectively spend a whopping $174 billion on online gaming platforms in 2021.

And any more pandemic problems will only fuel this growth even further.

There’s even more explosive growth in the second megatrend — non-fungible tokens (NFTs). These are typically one-of-a-kind cryptos that certify ownership of unique assets like artwork.

And already, the market cap of NFTs has shot up more than 1,700%.

Just this year!

This undiscovered crypto is right in the sweet spot where these two red-hot megatrends intersect. We believe by having it in your portfolio, you’re going to have a tiger by the tail.

Yield Guild Games operates much like an index fund, but in the world of crypto. And it gives you a vehicle for profiting from the growth in the hottest online games on the blockchain. Let’s peel off each layer of this opportunity one by one, and you’ll see just how big it could be ...

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Play-to-Earn (P2E)

The play-to-earn sector is red-hot mainly because it ingeniously combines having fun with making money.

Game playing — even vicariously — is an end in itself. Just ask any sports fan. Combine that kind of enjoyment and excitement with a modest income ... and it’s easy to see why P2E is going viral — both inside and outside of crypto.

As in crypto-based economies, gamers must have upfront capital in order to participate. YGG helps create high-paying jobs for thousands of people by lending players necessary in-game items.

Axie Infinity, a popular NFT-based online game, is a great example. YGG lends in-game assets to Axie players as a loan. The players are entitled to 70% of what they earn in-game, while 20% goes to the community managers. The remaining 10% goes to YGG’s treasury.

Right now, players can earn $800-900 per month for themselves, providing a great incentive for onboarding thousands of players per month ... especially those from emerging markets. And it’s also great for YGG, as the treasury gets fatter and fatter. We think this model of collaboration is going to turn the gaming world upside down ... and along the way, help pile up massive profits for investors.

In less developed countries — where millions live on $3 a day (or less) — that’s a lot of money. And even in the most modern economies, it’s still a great incentive for gamers who would already be playing even if they didn’t make a dime.

It’s a key reason play-to-earn games like Axie Infinity are spreading like wildfire. Indeed ...

Revenue generated by the Axie platform nearly doubled from $100 million in January to $196 million last month.

Yikes! Who wouldn’t want to own a piece of that stream of income?

No wonder investors are scrambling for ways to invest in play-to-earn gaming and related NFTs.

And now, YGG gives average investors — without gaming or blockchain expertise — a way to profit from this juggernaut growth without having to pick individual games or NFTs.

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Yield Farming on YGG

But there’s more to YGG than just buying and selling NFTs at a profit. It also engages in yield farming and arbitrage opportunities.

YGG’s deep connections in the industry empower it to invest in red-hot, yet-to-be-released games BEFORE average investors get a chance. One of them that’s in the pipeline is the forthcoming and much-anticipated Star Atlas.

Indeed, YGG’s portfolio already includes ...

1. 20,000NFTassetsworth$10million.Thesecovervirtualrealestate,ZedRune Horses and Axies (creatures who populate Lunacia). YGG also “farms” much of the virtual land it owns, to earn additional crypto income.

2. Majorstakesineightplay-to-earngames.Somehavejustlaunched;someare launching soon, such as the Star Atlas game.

3. Othercryptos:$400millionworthofYGG,$18millionworthofUSDC,$10million of AXS (the Axie Infinity token), $3 million in ETH and some others.

In addition, some of these assets are deployed in DeFi protocols — like Sushiswap (SUSHI), Yearn (YFI) and Aave (AAVE) — to earn additional crypto yield.

And guess what! YGG is just getting started!

No Investment is Without Risk

Is this the kind of investment that you should buy with your keep-safe funds? Of course not; it’s a bet on a very new type of asset that’s just beginning to break ground in an emerging new world of crypto. The great advantage it provides is diversification. That gives you a measure of stability. But it also comes with unique risks. We don’t think they’re deal-killers. (If we did, we would not be recommending YGG.)

But still, we do want to you to be fully aware of them ahead of time. That way, no matter what may happen in the short term, we trust you can stay focused on what could be a tremendous wealth- building opportunity in the long term.

Here are the possible risks we see in YGG ...

Whales. About 30 seconds after the token launched, 34 big-foot investors scarfed up nearly all of them. To be sure, ownership has diversified since then — there are now more than 5,000 investors. But even so, remaining whales could still dump some portion of their big holdings whenever they so decide, causing sharp price corrections. This play-to-earn revolution is still in its early days. That means some things can still go wrong, as they often do. Murphy’s law remains in force. However, we believe YGG is well-positioned to navigate any turbulent waters ahead.

Future competition. In a universe as fast-moving as this, there’s always a chance some developer could suddenly pop up with a better product. Fortunately, in the crypto world, being first often trumps being best. Accordingly, we think YGG’s first-mover advantage will help shield it, while the diversification of its portfolio helps protect investors like you.

But, in our eyes, the pros outweigh the potential cons for this crypto. YGG tokens can be staked to earn rewards, get exclusive content, vote on governance and more.

And to make things transparent for investors, YGG will provide a portfolio tracking page on its website, allowing anyone to see financial and performance data in real time.

How to Buy YGG

YGG is an undiscovered crypto. So don’t expect to see it listed on any of North America’s big crypto exchanges. Even global exchange giant Binance doesn’t have it yet. But remember, this is actually a good thing. It means you can get in before the thundering herd.

Now, knowing when to invest is just as important as knowing what to invest in. As such, we recommend waiting for our signal, either in our monthly Weiss Crypto Investor newsletter or in a Flash Alert, to buy YGG at the best price to maximize gains.

When we do flash that “buy” signal, you’ll need to follow these simple steps ...

Step 1. Prepare your MetaMask wallet to hold YGG. You do that by clicking on “Add token,” and then pasting in YGG’s contract address:

0x25f8087ead173b73d6e8b84329989a8eea16cf73

If you need help setting up a MetaMask wallet for the first time, watch this. If you need help funding your MetaMask, watch this short video. if you’re sending from Kraken, or watch this one if you’re sending from Coinbase.

Step 2. Use decentralized exchange Uniswap to exchange crypto in your MetaMask wallet to YGG.

If you need help, watch this video. But be sure to use the contract addresses cited above.

Welcome

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