412% Potential Gains by 'Owning'
412% Potential Gains by 'Owning'
412% Potential Gains by 'Owning'
April 2021
For example, last November, the market cap of the entire cryptocurrency market rose •H
ow We Can 'Own' the
from $480 billion to $580 billion in eight days. Then it plunged back to $480 billion Crypto Volatility Market
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As DailyWealth Trader editor Ben Morris says in The Volatile Markets Report... Stephen Wooldridge
Every transaction that passes through Cosmos' hub requires CVI calculates crypto volatility by looking at pricing
a small fee (paid in ATOM), and any zone that touches changes for the next two months of crypto options
Cosmos Hub also generates fees for ATOM stakers. IBC contracts on major exchanges.
was first launched in late March, and Cosmos successfully
carried out a Stargate upgrade. Now, several tokens can be
transferred between various blockchains.
We first recommended ATOM in August 2020 for $5.89.
We sold a third of the position in February for $22.39 – a
280% gain. It's currently trading for around $19.50 –
around a 247% gain. We think there's plenty more upside
to come – but it won't be without volatility. TradeSmith
ranks this coin with a high volatility of 40.5%. ATOM
remains a buy in the model portfolio.
We've only shown you a small part of our overall portfolio...
but as you can see, we own a wide spectrum of volatility.
This has allowed us to book big gains like 1,169% in Band
Protocol (BAND) in 115 days and a combined 978% in Like stock investors buying options on the VIX, crypto
Frontier (FRONT) in 36 days. investors can use the CVI to invest in volatility or to hedge
positions against volatility.
And now, we think there's an opportunity to cash in on
volatility directly... The CVI was designed to run as a decentralized volatility
market. To make this work, COTI created the GOVI
(GOVI) token and then turned the management of CVI
HOW WE CAN 'OWN' THE CRYPTO over to GOVI token holders. Holders of GOVI will receive
VOLATILITY MARKET
a share of platform fees and vote on matters like tradable
assets, leverage used, deposit amounts, platform fees, and
To profit from volatility, you first need to track it. An easy
more.
way to gauge the stock market's volatility is with the CBOE
Volatility Index ("VIX"). The VIX is the market's "fear The fees collected will first be used to pay for oracle services
gauge" because it measures the prices of stock options. As and then to cover gas costs for system operations. Any
Ben Morris says... profits after these are paid go to GOVI token holders.
This month, we're recommending you buy GOVI tokens, But we think these risks are worth taking.
pair them with Ethereum (ETH) in a Uniswap liquidity Yes, GOVI has a large number of outstanding tokens. Some
pool ("LP") to create a new LP token, and then stake of them are being paid out to traders who participate in
those ETH-GOVI LP tokens on the CVI website. (Note: the CVI Index itself as well as to stakers. That means these
Uniswap refers to the tokens as an "ETH-GOVI" pair while tokens are going to investors who believe in the system
CVI refers to the same tokens as a "GOVI-ETH" pair.) enough to use it.
So this investment is made up of two investments that The pool of outstanding tokens also pays out an incredible
can both rise and fall in value. Approach this month's yield to GOVI stakers – currently between 200% and
recommendation like a highly speculative, long-term 300%. Time will tell if the income we receive will offset
investment with the possibility of a large payout if it the future dilution... I think it will. The position we're
works or a complete loss if it doesn't. recommending consists of equal parts GOVI and ETH.
That means we'll be initially receiving 200% to 300% in
A liquidity pool is a collection of tokens that are income paid in GOVI on the ETH we commit to the pool
provided – usually in pairs – to ensure liquidity in and on the GOVI we invest – possibly for up to three years.
the market.
We've been talking for years about opportunities to earn
Staking is the process of locking up tokens in passive returns from crypto. This one simply looks too good
exchange for the right to process transactions on to pass up.
a blockchain and collect fees. Those fees can add
up to impressive yields, frequently in the double HOW BIG COULD GOVI GET?
digits. But it can take time to unstake your tokens.
You can learn more about liquidity pools here It will likely take a massive sell-off or crypto bear market
and staking here. for most investors to really be drawn to hedging risk with
volatility tools like CVI. That could be months or even
ACTION TO TAKE
Buy GOVI (GOVI) tokens up to $4.00. We recommend using one-fourth of your remaining ETH
position for this trade.
Add equal amounts of ETH and GOVI to the ETH-GOVI Uniswap LP, and then stake your LP
tokens on CVI.finance. (Detailed instructions are below.)
Exchange: Uniswap
Wallet: MetaMask
Step 1: Calculate how large your position will be. The LP Enter half of the ETH you calculated in Step 1. Try not
tokens are 50% ETH and 50% GOVI. That means half to spend all your ETH, as your wallet will need ETH
of your position will be in GOVI tokens and half will be to pay fees for each step of this transaction. You'll notice
in ETH for the duration of this investment. You will also the example wallet holds 0.555971 ETH but is only
receive GOVI tokens for staking, so be mindful that your committing 0.2ETH – less than half – at this stage of the
position size fits your risk tolerance. transaction.
Expect to pay high ETH fees for this transaction. At the You may also note the "Liquidity Provider Fee" toward the
time of writing, ETH gas fees were 186 gwei, and the bottom of the widget. This is referencing the LP that we
transaction cost us more than $200 in fees (paid in ETH). will soon be joining. It collects and shares fees for every
transaction using our liquidity.
Step 2: Connect your Ethereum wallet, such as MetaMask,
to Uniswap. You may receive a warning from Uniswap to Step 4: Click "SWAP." You will be asked to confirm the
be careful to make sure you are on the correct page. If you transaction – possibly more than once, depending on your
follow the link provided, you are on the right page. If you settings and if you're using a hardware wallet. Confirm the
see this warning, double-check that you followed the right transaction using your MetaMask wallet.
link and then click "I understand."
Step 3: Select "trade" in the top right corner of your screen.
You'll see this widget:
Select "Uniswap."
It's hard not to look at the BGCI and worry that the
market's getting frothy. As we discussed in last week's
update, one technical indicator even showed that bitcoin
prices have topped because of extreme investor sentiment.
Recent headlines about non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and
Dogecoin's price surge of more than 600% in just a week
have only added to the overexuberance in the crypto market.
However, we believe it's more evidence that cryptos are
"crossing the chasm" from early adopters to the early
majority. As more buyers enter the market, there simply
isn't enough supply to meet demand.
As we noted last month, there's a different class of buyers
supporting bitcoin's move higher. Multibillion-dollar
corporations like Time Magazine and Tesla (TSLA) have
added bitcoin to their balance sheets and are even accepting
bitcoin as a form of payment.
Investing in bitcoin is also becoming more accessible.
Canada recently launched its first bitcoin exchange-traded
To get out of this position, you'll need to reverse the steps. fund ("ETF"), and financial market giants like CBOE
First, unstake your LP tokens here. Then remove your Global Markets and Fidelity are racing to get the first
tokens from the LP here. Finally, trade your tokens here for bitcoin ETF listed in the U.S. This could create a flood of
ETH, which you can then trade for anything you wish. new investors into cryptos.