Institutional Investment Driving the 2019 Bitcoin Rally

Institutions invest most heavily in the early stages of Bull Markets, while Retail participation is minimal until the later stages. You always want to follow the Institutional “smart money” as it is the big money that moves the market. The data below suggests that the move in Bitcoin from $3,200 to $13,800, in 2019, was driven by institutional money, while retail money has remained on the sidelines. We are market historians and a characteristic of every early Bull Market is heavy institutional accumulation during the first ⅓ of the Bull Market — we are presently witnessing this through the data below:

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CEO of Blockware Solutions Matt D'Souza - Analyzing Macro Trends and the Impact on Bitcoin

Blockware Solutions’ CEO, Matt D’Souza, presenting his take on the current Macro Trends impacting Bitcoin at Consensys and EpiCenter’s “Macro.WTF Event” as part of San Francisco Blockchain Week presented by EpiCenter. Matt D’Souza was joined by other industry notables such as:

  • Polychain Capital

  • Protos Asset Management

  • Consensys

  • Castle Island

  • Gabriel Jimenez - creator of the Petro

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Insights from the Global Mining Leaders Summit in Chengdu, China

The Blockware Team has returned from Chengdu, China after participating in the enlightening Global Mining Leaders Summit. At the conference, Mining Industry Leaders from all over the World gathered to share their insights and discuss new developments at the forefront of the mining space. Attendees included the following:

  1. Top ASIC Manufactures: Bitmain, MicroBT, Innosilicon & Canaan

  2. Largest PoW Pool Operators: Slush Pool, Poolin & BTC.com 

  3. Industry Thought Leaders: Fidelity, Cambridge University & JD Mining – 300mw Farm

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Global Mining Leaders Summit 2019 in Chengdu, China - Matt D'Souza Keynote

CEO of Blockware Solutions Matt D'Souza discusses how the Bitcoin mining industry is influenced by Bitcoin market cycles at the Global Mining Leaders Summit in Chengdu, China. Mining Industry Leaders from all over the World gathered to share their insights and discuss new developments at the forefront of the mining space. Attendees included the following:

  • Top ASIC Manufactures: Bitmain, MicroBT, Innosilicon & Canaan

  • Largest PoW Pool Operators: Slush Pool, Poolin & BTC.com

  • Industry Thought Leaders: Fidelity, Cambridge University & JD Mining – 300mw Farm

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Announcement: Blockware Solutions will be a Keynote Speaker at the exclusive invite-only Miner Summit 2019 in Chengdu 

Miner Summit 2019 is an exclusive crypto mining conference taking place in the Sichuan province of China this October. Sichuan is known as the Bitcoin Mining Capital of the World - it dominants share of the bitcoin hash rate with mining facilities as large as 300mw's. Limited to 300 attendees, the conference is bringing together the top names in the mining industry. Admission is free, but it is invite only.

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Weekly NewsletterMason Jappa
Blockware Updates On The Market And Berlin Visit - Mining Rigs & Hosting Currently Available In The US!

The Blockware Team has returned from an eventful trip at Blockchain Week in Berlin. We had insightful discussions with some of the largest Bitcoin Miners in Europe and the brightest blockchain technologists in the world. Additionally, we Co-Hosted a private dinner with Consensys to discuss the Future of Staking and Decentralized Finance which included invitees such as: Polychain Capital, Winklevoss Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, SKALE Labs and MarkerDAO. This was a gathering of the leading funds and blockchain companies in the industry - approximately 30 in attendance.

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Weekly NewsletterMason Jappa
Bitcoin Breaks $12,000 Today

We believe we are in inning 1 or 2 of a strong bull market as Bitcoin continues to rally. Our analysis indicates that Bitcoin should retest the $13,800 previous rally high shortly and will likely race higher into the $15,000 - $17,000+ range. Back in July, our CEO, Matt D'Souza (Co-Founder and Portfolio Manager of Blockchain Opportunity Fund, LLC - a large Digital Currency Hedge Fund out of Chicago), posted the following research and analysis of his data driven thesis here.

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The Mining Market is Not Immune to Human Psychology

The specific trend we look for during turning points in market cycles is the churn and transfer of an asset between retail and institutional investors. Markets are dictated by human psychology, which is why similar patterns and characteristics are repeated across distinct markets, regardless of the asset. In Bitcoin Mining, we define a “Retail Miner” as a miner looking to buy or sell under 100 mining rigs. “Institutional Miners” are attempting to buy or sell 100+ mining rigs.

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How Bitcoin Miners Adapt in a Bear Market

The sharp depreciation in Bitcoin Price has made it difficult for many mining operations to generate a profit. While this bear market has caused many facilities to close shop, experienced miners are getting creative and capturing greater market share. We are witnessing the successful miners and hosting facilities deploy innovative new strategies to gain competitive advantages through energy efficiencies; minimizing capital expenditures and operating expenditures. Improved strategies and efficiencies gained during the current market correction position market participants to lead during the next Bull Cycle. These strategies include:

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Research ReportMason Jappa
What comes first about Blockchain? Opportunity or Threat?

This is an example blog post excerpt.Blockchain technology creates countless opportunities for disruption, which in turn threatens incumbents. Blockchain is pervasive among all industries but for this call out we will focus on payments and early enterprise adoption. We view blockchain as a threat to Legacy Companies, their business models, and their control of present economies.

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