Author: RiskHedge Research; Source: Coinmonks; Compiler: Vernacular Blockchain
At RiskHedge, we focus on world-class disruptive companies.
We have been deeply involved in this for many years and have a series of successful records of disruptive stock recommendations: Nvidia (NVDA), Trade Desk (TTD), Palantir (PLTR), TSMC (TSM), Albemarle (ALB), etc. These stocks have achieved at least triple-digit growth, with TTD's increase of more than 950%.
In short, disruptive stocks change the world by creating, transforming, and completely changing entire industries.
But today, we see a huge opportunity for another kind of disruptor - cryptocurrency.
When we talk about disruptors, we often hear words like: change the industry, change the world, turn the whole industry upside down…
Let’s be more specific. Many of the best disruptors have delivered huge gains because they excel at one thing: eliminating the middleman.
Think of a true disruptor as a heat-seeking missile that seeks out and destroys “middlemen” like travel agents, real estate agents, and stockbrokers.
Think about the experience of booking a vacation before the Internet. It was a pain in the ass. The only way to find out which airline flew where was to pick up the phone and dial, which was time-consuming and laborious.
Then, along came online disruptors like Expedia (EXPE) and Priceline (BKNG). With just a few clicks, you can compare any flight or hotel in the world. Since 2000, more than half of all travel agencies in the U.S. have closed.
Meanwhile, Priceline has delivered huge returns to early investors. Its stock price is up more than 60,000% since 2002.
Take a look at stockbrokers. They used to be the highest-paid middlemen in the world. In 1975, brokers charged an average of $49 per trade!
Today, stockbrokers are disappearing. For most people, there’s no need to call a broker when you can trade stocks for free through Interactive Brokers (IBKR), Schwab (SCHW), or nearly any platform. Schwab is up 475% from 2003 to the beginning of this year. Interactive Brokers is up 455% between 2013 and 2021.
Real estate agents are facing similar pressures from online competition. Zillow (Z) makes it easy and free to research any home or neighborhood. Its stock appreciated more than 600% between 2015 and 2021.
These are all disruptive stocks. The disruptors I’m focusing on right now are disruptive cryptocurrencies.
How do cryptocurrencies become disruptors?
Most people think of cryptocurrencies as “internet money.”
Bitcoin (BTC) is internet money. The technology behind it, blockchain, automates trust between strangers. It will become the ultimate middleman killer.
Think about when you buy a stock and you don’t know the person selling it to you. Or when you make a purchase online and you wire money to a stranger.
We have always relied on bankers and brokers as trusted middlemen to facilitate these transactions. Blockchain makes these middlemen redundant.
For example:
You may have heard of Uniswap (UNI).
Think of Uniswap as a new Nasdaq. It is a $7 billion cryptocurrency stock market based on the blockchain. You can visit uniswap.org and buy Bitcoin, Ethereum (ETH), and thousands of other cryptocurrencies.
Unlike the stock market, Uniswap is not run by brokers. Every Uniswap transaction is processed by code. These codes directly connect buyers and sellers, completely eliminating the middleman.
Uniswap's trading volume just exceeded $2 trillion, which is larger than Australia's GDP.
Its UNI Token has brought more than 500% returns to early investors.
Aave (AAVE) is another disruptive cryptocurrency threatening to put the middleman out of business. It’s disrupting banks’ most profitable business: lending.
Traditional finance is in trouble. But it’s not just finance…
Disruptive cryptocurrencies are taking business from middlemen everywhere
Right now, the world’s most innovative and fastest-growing businesses are being built on the blockchain. This is the ultimate opportunity in crypto, just like buying internet stocks in the 90s.
We specialize in finding disruptive cryptocurrencies that are cutting out the middleman in a whole new way. These are real businesses, making real money… and disrupting entire industries in the process.
In our RiskHedge Venture crypto advisory service, we invested in Hivemapper (HONEY), which is reinventing the “mapping” industry. Hivemapper makes a 4K high-definition dashcam for cars. Anyone can buy this dashcam and mount it on their rearview mirror.
As you drive, this camera automatically “maps” the roads, just like a Google Street View car. Hivemapper then feeds these images into its global map.
Hivemapper pays you in cryptocurrency to update its maps. In other words, you earn tokens just by driving.
Launched in November 2022, Hivemapper is growing at an astonishing rate…Hivemapper contributors have mapped 477 million kilometers of roads. For comparison, that’s almost three times the distance from the Earth to the Sun.
We cover Hivemapper in detail in this special report, along with two other cryptocurrency disruptors.
One of the great things about cryptocurrencies is that individual investors can invest in projects early
much earlier than they can in the stock market.
We recommended HONEY stock at just over $0.01. Later, when the stock price rose to $0.12 (up over 1000%), we recommended "riding the ride" (selling enough shares to recoup your initial investment).
Today, most companies wait until they are big enough to IPO. Buying an exciting, fast-growing company for 1 cent on the stock market today is unheard of. You have to be a venture capitalist to get this kind of early investment opportunity. In the cryptocurrency world, anyone can do it.
Catherine
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