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Editorial Coverage: Identifying and staying in front of market
trends and emerging sectors has always been a challenge for
everyone from “big money” to the retail investor. Two of the most
bullish market segments in the last couple years have been
cryptocurrency and telehealth, both with tailwinds that were fanned
by the pandemic to accelerate consumer adoption and magnified
market awareness. Institutional money has been pouring into each,
further adding to the momentum and validating investment
theses. It’s difficult to get exposure to both from a single
company, but diversification is the mantra of ISW Holdings
Inc. (OTC: ISWH) (Profile), which has
been actively growing its portfolio in both cryptocurrency and
healthcare, which complements its logistics and supply chain
management division. There are only a select few public companies
that offer such diverse opportunity under one umbrella. CleanSpark Inc. (NASDAQ: CLSK)
operates in software and technology in addition to its Bitcoin
mining fleet. Others have diversified outside crypto such as
Marathon Digital
Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA), HIVE
Blockchain Technologies Ltd (OTCQX: HVBTF) and
Canaan Inc.
(NASDAQ: CAN).
- Cryptocurrency market forecast to reach $5.2 billion by 2026
while at-home healthcare market rises to $515.6 billion by
2027.
- ISW Holdings recently tripled its cryptocurrency mining
capacity with second and third Proceso POD5IVE datacenters.
- The company just launched TeleCare Home Health subsidiary,
filling a void in the telehealth industry, and upped revenue share
in a JV with Paradigm Home Health.
- ISWH is negotiating an acquisition that will deepen its
footprint in the telehealth market by addressing unmet need in
autism care.
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Bitcoin & Telehealth: The Places to Be
A look at the numbers quickly ferrets out why Bitcoin keeps
appreciating in value. There are about 18.7 million Bitcoin in
circulation out of the total of only 21 million that will ever be
released. According to Glassnode, an analysis firm that tracks
blockchain data, there are actually only about four million Bitcoin
freely circulating, and the number is shrinking as people hold on
tightly. With the Bitcoin supply chain drying up, Glassnode
believes a massive short
squeeze could be in the works because there is only so much to
go around. Bobby Lee, CEO of crypto wallet company Ballet, sees
2021 as the continuation of the bull cycle for Bitcoin, which he
thinks could reach $100,000 this summer and $300,000 by
the end of the year. John Willock, CEO at digital-asset exchange
Blocktane, sees institutional
investors only buying “clean” tokens from reputable exchanges
such as Coinbase Pro against the backdrop of a supply shortfall as
a driver undergirding further upside for Bitcoin prices.
As noted on Crunchbase,
venture capital has also broken the mold with its new patterns
investing in telehealth. In short, VCs can’t get enough, making
big investments
at all stages of development across the complete market spectrum
from postcard urine tests to digital health clinics. Anyone that
didn’t recognize the trend towards healthcare from the home got a
to see it on full display during the COVID-19 pandemic that saw
more people than ever before, including seniors,
seeing a doctor from their kitchen table.
Relevant Nascency, Unique Approach
For global brand management company ISW Holdings
Inc. (OTC: ISWH), these are two attractive markets due to their
relative nascency, yet incredible scale and disruptive nature. Las
Vegas-based ISW Holdings has taken a unique approach to
cryptocurrency through mining operations and turnkey mining
solutions, aligning the company for a durable footprint in a global
cryptocurrency market that Facts and Factors forecasts to
reach $5.2 billion by
2026.
In the home healthcare space, ISW Holdings just launched a new
wholly owned subsidiary branded TeleCare Home Health, LLC. TeleCare
fits into the company’s health and wellness unit that also includes
cannabidiol (CBD) wellness products. The launch of TeleCare
positions ISW Holdings to penetrate the global home healthcare
market currently valued around $300 billion and expected by Grand
View Research to reach $515.6 billion
by 2027.
Coming at Crypto Two Ways
ISW Holdings has expertise in guiding its companies through
critical stages of market development, which includes
conceptualization, go-to-market strategies, engineering, product
integration, and distribution efficiency. This model means
leveraging a network of partners in order to achieve goals,
including operating the lowest-energy-cost Bitcoin mining
facilities at scale in America. This is accomplished through
strategic partnerships with industry leaders and through securing
advantageous power purchase agreements in the top 10 markets.
In the turnkey facility space, the name to know is ISW’s partner
Bit5ive. ISW is on the cusp of energizing its initial Proceso
POD5IVE crypto mining unit and earlier this month tripled its fleet
by adding two new mining datacenters to its fleet. The
state-of-the-art pods include hundreds of high-performance mining
rigs and are environmentally friendly facilities utilizing
renewable energy resources for efficient electricity and lower
operational costs compared to traditional utilities. Going forward,
ISW will not only mine cryptocurrency from its own 8’ x 40’ pods,
but also sell the POD5IVE as a turnkey solution at a price of
$168,000 each.
TeleCare Launched, JV Deal Reworked
For its healthcare division, the company, in the words of ISWH
president and chairman Alonzo Pierce, is proceeding “full-steam
ahead” in filling gaps where digital healthcare meets the home
setting. The company is addressing a major barrier to entry holding
back mainstream adoption post-coronavirus by enabling continuity of
care beyond the virtual visit. The aging population embraced remote
technology as a means to be able to see their doctors from the
safety of home, but the process is not comprehensive without
requisite follow up at-home care, which is the strength of the
newly launched TeleCare Home Health division.
Teleare is making efficient use of its resources while it awaits
Medicare/Medicaid accreditation, including hiring a full-time
director of nursing and reaching the qualifying number of patients.
The company has also restructured the relationship with its
telehealth and home healthcare joint venture partner, Paradigm Home
Health. Per the new deal, ISW will book 70% of all sales from the
joint venture, up from the 50% ISW had been receiving.
Polishing the Edges
Concurrent with the positive developments with the Proceso
POD5IVE datacenters and TeleCare, ISW Holdings is reviewing the
books to build and store value. More precisely, the company
negotiated the cancellation of a looming convertible note that
strengthened the balance sheet and preserved shareholders
value.
The company also recently teased that it is evaluating a
potential acquisition that would further widen ISW’s footprint in
telehealth by serving the autism community, particularly rural and
disadvantaged populations. According to Marketresearchfuture.com,
the autism services market is estimated to generate approximately
$7.05 billion in revenue annually by 2023. With negotiations still
in the early stages, the company couldn’t provide much more clarity
on the opportunity just yet.
The Amalgamation of Technology
Seems like most investors want some level of exposure to
cryptocurrency and there are different ways to achieve this. The
most straight forward path is obviously buying Bitcoin or any other
of the thousands of digital coins and tokens available today, but
self-directed investors might want to take cues from institutions
and stick to only reputable exchanges. There are also a bevy of
companies that have their business entrenched in cryptos that can
provide upside and other pathways such as funds and diversified
public companies that spread risk across multiple assets.
CleanSpark Inc.
(NASDAQ: CLSK) is in the business of providing advanced
software, controls and technology solutions to solve modern energy
challenges, offering a suite of products that provides end-to-end
microgrid energy modeling, energy market communications, and energy
management solutions. While primarily billed as a software and
controls technology company, CleanSpark
actually generated one-third of its $2.25 million in revenue during
the fourth quarter of 2020 from its Bitcoin mining subsidiaries in
Atlanta, Georgia.
Marathon Digital
Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA) is one of the largest enterprise
Bitcoin self-mining companies in North America. Marathon operates a proprietary datacenter in
Hardin, Montana with maximum power capacity of 105 Megawatts and
also owns 2,060 advanced ASIC (application-specific integrated
circuit) Bitcoin Miners at a co-hosted facility in North Dakota.
Once fully deployed, Marathon’s mining fleet will consist of more
than 103,000 miners capable of producing 10.36 EH/, or 10.36
quintillion hashes per second.
HIVE Blockchain
Technologies Ltd (OTCQX: HVBTF) owns state-of-the-art, green
energy-powered datacenter facilities in Canada, Sweden and Iceland,
which produce newly minted digital currencies such as Bitcoin and
Ethereum continuously on the cloud. HIVE’s deployments provide shareholders with
exposure to the operating margins of digital currency mining as
well as a portfolio of crypto coins. On March 25, the company
disclosed a share swap with DeFi Technologies for the purpose of
partnering for the purpose of creating a partnership surrounding
the decentralized finance ecosystem with specific applications
around Ethereum and Miner Extractable Value.
Canaan Inc.
(NASDAQ: CAN), a leading provider of supercomputing solutions,
is renown in crypto circles globally for inventing the world’s
first ASIC-powered Bitcoin mining machine in 2013, radically
catalyzing the growth of a computationally advanced Bitcoin mining
sector. Today, the company remains distinguished for superior
cost-efficiencies and performance while pushing the limits of
today’s computing hardware. Last month, Canaan supplied 6,000 of its A1246 AvalonMiners to
Core Scientific.
Cryptocurrencies and telehealth aren’t hot sectors for no
reason. They’re paradigm shifting, re-shaping the financial and
healthcare markets. It’s no wonder that so-called “smart” money
(read as institutions, funds, family offices, etc.) are
aggressively targeting these industries for what they mean today,
tomorrow and years down the road.
For more information about ISW Holdings Inc., please visit
ISW
Holdings.
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