Riot Blockchain Inc (RIOT)

Bitcoin peripheral equity plays are getting schmeissed - as , , , , , etc. are being taken to the woodshed. I remain negative on bitcoin and digital currencies. See the Podcast of the Day.    

Though NYSE breadth is 17-3, I see a sea of red on my monitor.  Ns over Ss.  The most speculative gewgaws are the upside feature ( , , etc.) while digital currency related issues (as cyrpto appears to be rolling over) continue to be downside market ...

Interesting to see cryptocurrencies lower this morning with digital peripheral plays ( , , , and ) all lower.  Meanwhile,  is bucking the trend lower and is +$5.40/share.    

I was hoping that we would see a Fin TV special tonight... "Crypto In Turmoil". Then I would know that I should buy more crypto related stocks.  But, alas, Bitcoin has rallied by about $10k.  It's very non Kass-like but I am still hanging in with my...

* With the crypto gewgaws  and are nearly +10% each off the panic purchases. is +5% and is flattish.

Given the cryptocurrency price crash, I just put together and purchased a small speculative long rental trade in secondary crypto equities:  * $21.90 * $19.56 * $29.40 * $8.56  I might be a Sixty Minute Man in these! 

* Maybe very soon!  With the speculative tertiary cryptocurrency plays getting obliterated in line with digital price "discovery" - and with some of the stocks -75% from the 2021 highs - I am assembling a speculative crypto equity package to BUY.  S...

* Its valuation deflating and market unfriendly * Another rant... There is a lack and loss of character in our markets, in social media, with our policy makers, among some of our most powerful corporate leaders, on Wall Street and, even, too often w...

* I remain a non consensus bear on bitcoin though "The Screw Elon Coin" may rip higher in price * My new favorite long, Coinbase, will likely be lower on the news and I will be adding on weakness  The PT Barnum of our generation, Elon Musk, made new...

My favorite short gewgaws continue to get crushed: , , , and .  The magnitude of the declines from their respective early 2021 highs -- at a point near where many price momentum based strategists/technicians were aggressively and confidently buying/...

* With the recent fall in cryptocurrency prices, down seven of the last eight days, the "cool kids" may be getting worried now * Are cryptocurrencies a giant fraud? * From my perch, and minority viewpoint, cryptocurrency holders are more lemmings th...

* There are now over 100 Crypto Assets worth over $1 billion (that's a new record) * Dogecoin, which started as a joke, hit a $50 billion market capitalization on Friday * Investors want to believe in the value of cryptocurrencies, in the prophesies...

Watch the speculative crypto gewgaws fall today (e.g., , , , etc.): SHARES OF U.S.-LISTED CRYPTO & BLOCKCHAIN RELATED COS DOWN BETWEEN 1.5% AND 6% PREMARKET AFTER BITCOIN FALLS AS TURKEY BANS USE OF CRYPTO — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) April 16, 2...

* I ended the day in a large net short exposure (personally)   Some observations:   1. I was wrong on where I thought Coinbase would open, but I was correct that it should be be avoided (or shorted on the opening at $381) as it closed at $328. See "...

I agree and I don't think many of the traders that hold have a clue about the relationship to :  Thomas C  Citron's Andrew Left calls Riot Blockchain stock's premium to NAV 'ridiculous' Citron Research's Andrew Left says Riot Blockchain's (RIOT +7.3...

*Last week we looked at laggards to buy, today I look at shorts  Last week I looked at laggards I would buy - some, like Amazon , Twitter  and Walmart prospered:  Apr 01, 2021 ' 08:30 AM EDT DOUG KASS Looking at Laggards * On the long side While I f...

* My revised levels I don't want there to be any ambiguity about the size of my positions, or about my buy and short levels, as I strive for as much transparency as possible. This column is a continued commitment towards that sort of disclosure. "Wh...