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Wednesday, July 01, 2020

#CryptoCorner Episode 420: Pundi X Adds PayPal (NASDAQ: $PYPL) Support to POS Device, BIGG (CSE: $BIGG.C) Launches BCH on QLUE Product and DMG (TSXV: $DMGI.V) Installs and Energizes 1,000 Miners

#CryptoCorner Episode 420: Pundi X Adds PayPal (NASDAQ: $PYPL)

Support to POS Device, BIGG (CSE: $BIGG.C) Launches BCH on QLUE Product and DMG (TSXV: $DMGI.V) Installs and Energizes 1,000 Miners

Point Roberts, WA, Delta BC July 1, 2020 - Investorideas.com, a leader in crypto and blockchain investing news brings you today’s edition of the Crypto Corner podcast and commentary on what’s driving cryptocurrency stocks and the crypto market.

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Stocks discussed: (NASDAQ: PYPL) (CSE: BIGG) (TSXV: DMGI)

Pundi X, a Singapore-based blockchain developer, has announced that its blockchain-based point-of-sale device, the XPOS, now supports PayPal (NasdaqGS:PYPL). This follows a company Twitter poll, wherein Pundi X asked followers to vote for their preferred mobile payment application for XPOS support. PayPal received a decisive 70 percent of the vote. Pundi X CEO and co-founder Zac Cheah commented:

"This is definitely exciting for us. To be able to support a leading online payment provider in our XPOS devices can give people more confidence in using them, and can move usage of blockchain technology closer to the mainstream."

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE:BIGG) has launched Bitcoin Cash (BCH) as part of QLUE Release v1.16. QLUE (Qualitative Law Enforcement Unified Edge), is a product of BIGG subsidiary Blockchain Intelligence Group (BIG), and according to the press release “is used by Law Enforcement, Banks, Exchanges, ATM Operators to perform due diligence and blockchain security investigations at greater forensic depth by exploring where the related funds are coming from and going to, and the profiles of the entities involved.” Lance Morginn, President of BIG, commented:

“QLUE^TM is being touted by the industry as having the most user friendly interface which makes it a lot easier to onboard new law enforcement or compliance officers. The addition of BCH makes QLUE^TM even more valuable to our current and prospective customers for investigations thus expanding our revenue potential and market share of the crypto forensics market globally.”

DMG Blockchain Solutions Inc. (TSXV:DMGI) has installed and energized the previously announced purchase of 1,000 Micro BT M30 miners. At the time the purchase was announced, DMG CEO, Dan Reitzik, explained:

"Our stated goal for self-mining in 2020 is 500 petahash of [the] latest ASIC mining technology. This deployment will add approximately 90 petahash to our existing fleet. We will continue to deploy more self-mining as opportunities arise. The new fleet is expected to be energized by mid-June 2020. The recent volatility in Bitcoin ("BTC") prices demonstrate why industrial miners need to constantly deploy the most efficient technologies. Our newest miners are very efficient, even at the current depressed BTC price."

According to today’s press release, “DMG’s current self-mining has now increased to 110 petahash.”

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#Telecom #Stocks in the News: iQSTEL's (OTC: $IQST) Spring 2020 Revenues Increased; On Track to surpass $40M Total Revenues in 2020; @IQstel

#Telecom #Stocks in the News: iQSTEL's (OTC: $IQST) Spring 2020 Revenues Increased; On Track to surpass $40M Total Revenues in 2020; @IQstel

NEW YORK, NY – July 1, 2020 - (Investorideas.com Newswire )- Breaking Tech/ Telecom News- iQSTEL Inc. (OTC: IQST), a leading-edge 21^stCentury Enhanced Telecommunications Service Provider, is pleased to report two consecutive record revenues for April and May 2020, even with the global impact of COVID-19.

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For the month of April 2020, the revenue surpassed $2.4 Million a 93% increase when compared to April 2019’s revenue and for May 2020 the company’s revenues soared to $4.4 Million an increase of 190% vs May 2019. The May 2020 figures include $2.8 Million in prepaid revenues.

The year-to-date revenues through May 31^st, 2020 reached new highs at $11.9 Million, an increase of over 70% compared to the same year-to-date period for 2019, $6.9 Million.

Mr. Iglesias comments “2020 has brought about the completion of many acquisitions during Q1 and Q2. The drastic jump in revenues is attributed to a combination of existing business growth and acquisition consolidated financials. The current breakdown of revenues across our various product lines is more than 60% from our SMS business, over 35% from our VoIP services and the remainder from our other products and services. More than 55% of our revenue stream is prepaid revenue, giving us a leg up for continued healthy business growth.”

“For many companies, COVID-19 has caused significant business reduction, while others have completely shutdown, maybe never to reopen. From the start, we built iQSTEL upon a solid foundation. Our business model has provided consistent growth and is proven a success with the latest revenue figures. We are thankful to the entire iQSTEL family for their hard word and dedication and look forward to the future,” added Mr. Iglesias.

“Concurrently, we are already working on our 2021 revenue and growth plans. These plans include introducing our IoT Smart Gas Platform (www.iotsmartgas.com) to the market and working on the development of our Blockchain platforms (www.itsBchain.com). Additional exciting plans for Q3 and Q4 2020 will be announced soon.” concluded Mr. Iglesias.

About iQSTEL Inc.:

iQSTEL Inc (OTC: IQST) www.iQSTEL.com is a US-based publicly listed company offering leading-edge 21st Century Enhanced Telecommunications Services with a focus on a wide range of cloud-based enhanced services to the Tier-1 and Tier-2 carriers, corporate, enterprise, as well as the retail market. iQSTEL through its subsidiaries Etelix, SwissLink, QGlobal SMS, SMSDirectos, IoT Labs, IoT Smart Gas Platform, itsBchain offers a "one-stop-shopping” for international and domestic VoIP services, IP-PBX services, SMS exchange for A2P and P2P, OmniChannel Marketing, Internet of Things (IoT) applications (IoT Smart Gas Platform), 4G & 5G international infrastructure connectivity, as well as blockchain-based platforms: Mobile Number Portability Application (MNPA) and Settlement & Payments Marketplace for VoIP, SMS and Data.

About Etelix.com USA, LLC:

Etelix.com USA LLC www.etelix.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of iQSTEL Inc. Etelix.com USA, LLC is a Miami, Florida-based international telecom carrier founded in 2008 that provides telecom and technology solutions worldwide, with commercial presence in North America, Latin America, and Europe. Enabled by its 214-license granted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Etelix provides International Long-Distance voice services for Telecommunications Operators (ILD Wholesale), and Submarine Fiber Optic Network capacity for internet (4G and 5G). Etelix was founded in 2008 and has been profitable since inception.

About SwissLink Carrier AG:

SwissLink Carrier AG www.swisslink-carrier.com is a 51% owned subsidiary of iQSTEL Inc. SwissLink Carrier AG is a Switzerland based international Telecommunications Carrier founded in 2015 providing international VoIP connectivity worldwide, with commercial presence in Europe, CIS and Latin America. SwissLink Carrier AG is a Swiss licensed Operator, having a domestic Interconnect with Swisscom, allowing their international Carrier Customers direct terminations via SwissLink into all Switzerland Fix & Mobile Networks. Since the takeover from Swissphone in November 2018 and the rename into SwissLink, they operate on a profitable level.

About QGlobal SMS LLC.:

QGlobal SMS LLC www.qglobalsms.com is a 51% owned subsidiary of iQSTEL Inc. QGlobal SMS is a USA based company and a commercial brand founded in 2020 specialized in international and domestic SMS termination, with emphasis on the Applications to Person (A2P) and Person to Person (P2P) for Wholesale Carrier Market and Corporate Market in US. QGlobal SMS has commercial presence in US, Mexico, Latin America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Asia) and Africa, through our SMS service providers based in Austin, TX and Miami, FL Our Austin-based SMS service provider is specialized in the SMS traffic exchange between US and Mexico, and our Miami-based SMS service provider is focused in the development of Latin America and the rest of the word. QGlobal SMS has robust international interconnection with Tier1 SMS Aggregators, guarantying its customers high quality and low termination rates, over more than 100 countries worldwide.

About Alcyon Cloud SMS S.A.S (Commercial Brand SMSDirectos.com ):

Alcyon Cloud SMS S.A.S. (Commercial Brand SMSDirectos.com), is a whole subsidiary of QGlobal SMS, a Colombian-based Application and Content Provider. Alcyon Cloud SMS (SMSDirectos.com) is registered with the Secretary of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Colombia, offering services to government, enterprises, small and medium business, as well as end-users. Using SMSDirectos’ existing network, they plan to expand services from SMS to offer omnichannel products and services such as: SMS, Emails, RCS (Rich Communications Services), Social Media Channels (Whats App, Messenger, etc), WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication), VoIP (IP-PBX, SIP Trunking) ChatBots (Artificial Intelligence Based), SMS to Email, and Email to SMS.

About IoT Labs MX SAPI:

IoT Labs MX SAPI www.iotlabs.mx , a subsidiary of iQSTEL Inc, is an Internet of Things (IoT) Mexican technology development company, creator of the “IoT Smart Gas” Platform and Application. The IoT Smart Gas platform www.iotsmartgas.com consists of an IoT field device installed on the LP gas tank (adaptable to virtually any gas or liquid storage tank) and, thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT) technology via Sigfox or GSM network connectivity, allows remote managed and improved logistic processes of refilling, usage tracking and tank monitoring in real-time by the Smart Gas mobile app. The new GSM tracking feature allows for mobile use including ground, air, and sea tank monitoring.

About itsBchain LLC.:

itsBchain LLC www.itsBchain.com is a 75% owned subsidiary of iQSTEL Inc. itsBchain is a blockchain technology developer and solution provider, with a strong focus on the telecom sector. The company is the final stage of development of a series of blockchain solutions aimed at using the blockchain ledger and smart contract solutions to enable more efficiency, quickness in execution and fraud-prevention in the telco industry. Specifically, the company is developing a solution that will enable users and carriers to transfer mobile phone numbers with just a few clicks, allowing users and carriers the ability to transfer retail users from one mobile carrier to another instantly. Additionally, the company is finalizing a carrier-grade marketplace solution to procure payments between carriers for cross-traffic of VoIP, SMS and data realtime as traffic is crossed between carriers. This marketplace will allow for instant payment settlement as well as the prevention of fraud between carriers.

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Source: iQSTEL Inc. and its subsidiaries:

www.iqstel.com ; www.etelix.com ; www.swisslink-carrier.com ; www.qglobalsms.com ; www.smsdirectos.com ; www.iotlabs.mx ; www.iotsmartgas.com ; www.itsBchain.com

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The Tide has Finally Turned for #Solar & #Wind- J Peter Lynch

The Tide has Finally Turned for #Solar & #Wind- J Peter Lynch

Point Roberts WA, Delta BC, July 1, 2020 – Investorideas.com, a global news source and leading investor resource covering Cleantech and renewable energy stocks issues today’s Cleantech column at Investorideas.com and Renewableenergystocks.com with J.Peter Lynch.

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Introduction

The Solar Boom is starting: The Cost and Wind are now FAR cheaper than ANY other form of Energy.

Solar has been on the brink of becoming the cheapest form of energy for literally decades. I know many will say, that is just not true. Well, they are correct if you only look at the surface and not explore deeper to consider ALL the information, data and the massive subsidies the fossil fuel industry has been receiving for DECADES.

If you look deeper you will see, and very likely to be shocked by how much the fossil fuel industry is subsidized annually worldwide. In 2015 the U.S. alone spent MORE on fossil fuel subsidies than on national defense! In 2015 $599 Billion for the U.S. Military in the same year (2015) the US alone spent $649 Billion on direct and indirect subsidies to the fossil fuel industries (coal, oil, and natural gas).

In fact, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reported in 2015 that 85% of ALL subsidies WORLDWIDE of any kind were directed to fossil fuel subsidies. It is very unlikely they accounted for all the other less obvious costs - damages to our environment (bad air, bad water, etc.), increases in medical costs for Americans, and many other "non-obvious damages caused by fossil fuel companies as they knowing and purposely destroy our planet for profit.

So you can see that if you counted all of these other "costs" solar and wind were actually cheaper decades ago and today they are FAR cheaper in spite of the massive subsidies the fossil fuel industry still receives. Obviously the fossil fuel industry is a “zombie industry” and as soon as the government stops supporting them with incredible amounts of money they will cease to exist – some people would call that “socialism”.

Finally, the situation has changed today and for the past few years because more and more businesses and governments see clearly that solar and wind is the lowest-cost energy in the world, and will only get cheaper (source: investment banks Deutsche Bank and Lazard in 2019) despite solar and wind having tiny subsidies, compared to fossil fuels. The hand writing is on the wall, beginning of the end of the fossil fuel industries is well underway.

Today - Solar and Wind are booming around the world

As a result of these facts now being apparent, the implementation of solar and wind by governments and industry has literally exploded worldwide. You may not have realized this because it is barely or not at all covered in the mainstream American press, you have to dig around in more specialized publications and many foreign news services - if you look there you will see it and it is ONLY the start of the worldwide ramp up.

At some point solar and wind will not be a good investment – they will be GREAT investment

“Goldman Sachs Sees $16 Trillion Investment In Renewables By 2030” • Goldman Sachs analysts issued a research note for investors saying investments in renewable energy are set to overtake those in oil and gas for the first time next year. They think the clean energy field will be a $16 trillion opportunity for investment between now and 2030. [CleanTechnica]

“Investing In Renewable Energy Could See A Return Of To Up To 800%” • Fossil fuels interests would like to tell us otherwise, but the International Renewable Energy Agency says investing in renewable energy and a green economy would create tens of millions of jobs worldwide and provide investment returns of up to 800% over time. [CleanTechnica]

The Problem

At the current time we have a historically overpriced and precarious Stock Market

I think the market is VERY overpriced and is due for a correction, how large is impossible to know. My is it will start when public companies start to report 2^nd quarter earnings – legally they are required to report financials 35 to 60 days after the close of this quarter – Tuesday June 30^th. I think the next correction or worse will occur around that time span, mid-July to mid-August. The second quarter numbers will be terrible because of the virus and the market was historically expensive BEFORE the virus struck and terrible financial numbers started to come in at the end of the first quarter. The markets recovered close to 90% of the last decline from the bottom and are almost at the prior ALL TIME high and now the financial numbers will be the worse in decades, with the result being: the historically overvalued market will be even more overvalued and likely the most overvalued market in history.

How to can one invest to take advantage of this transformation to a new energy world?

Historically, stocks over time move from “too expensive” to “very cheap”. Whenever, (now) people always ask, Warren Buffet, arguably the greatest investor of all time – why he is holding so much cash and not buying stocks? He gives the same simple answer – “there is nothing cheap to buy out there now”.

What we need to do is simple, but not so easy most of the time, we need to:

1. Be patient

2. Heed the words of Warren Buffet and

3. Wait for things to get “cheap”.

In the meantime I think it time to put together a "Renewables Buy List" of the leading stocks in the industry so that we can be ready to buy them when the markets bottom out and have started up in a sustainable way.

The following is a list of 14 stocks and ETF’s which I think are among the most financially sound and also the most technically strong securities in the renewables market sector.

I am going to break down the 14 stocks into two groups:

1. The 8 stocks that I think have the least risk, pay a dividend and have excellent management.

2. The second 6 stocks are higher risk. They are more volatile and can have very large moves one way or the other.

Renewable Energy Securities “Watch List”

These companies own renewable energy projects (solar and wind farms etc.) that generate solid long term revenues and are more stable less volatile companies

1. Northland Power, NPI-TO (symbol my vary - listed on Toronto Exchange), Yield = 3.59%,

2. Brookfield Renewable Partners, BEP, Yield = 4.57%

3. NextEra Energy L.P. , NEP, Yield = 4.37%

4. Hannon Armstrong, HASI, Yield = 1.75%

These two ETF’s are focused on the solar energy sector and the electric car sector

5. Invesco Solar, TAN, Yield = 0.25%

6. KraneShares Electric Cars and Future Mobility, KARS, Yield = 1.75%

These two companies are in the Wind Sector

7. Orsted ADR, DNNGY, Yield = 0.85%

8. Vestas Wind, VWDRY, Yield = 0.81%

These companies are mostly smaller and not as financially strong. They are more volatile and therefore can be either a bigger winner or a bigger loser.

9. Gamesa Corp., GCTAF, Wind Sector, Yield = 1.18%

These two are in the Fuel Cell Sector (Energy Storage)

10. Plug Power, PLUG, Yield = 0.91%

11. Ballard Power, BLDP, Yield = 1.58%

These two companies are the leading companies in Inverters (devices that convert DC to AC power)

12. Solar edge Technologies, SEDG, Yield = 0.95%

13. Enphase Energy, ENPH, Yield = 1.0%

This last company is a leading company in the manufacturing of Silicon for solar companies products

14. Daqo New Energy, DQ, Yield = 0.94%

Note: even if you are willing to take big risks, I would make sure that I bought more of the top 8 companies than the bottom 6. For example 75% of portfolio in top 8 and 25% in bottom 6.

There will be updates as we move along and see if the market does correct, or worse, as I think it will and also input on stocks in the watch list after a correction or crash as to when they could be moving in a sustainable up trend.

Background Notes

Keep in mind that there are two basic types of equity (stock) analysis. Below is a brief description of each and its primary purpose:

Fundamental Analysis – this is the analysis of the fundamental financial condition of the company and will identify which stocks are stocks you may want to buy when the timing is right. This form of analysis will give you NO indication of the best time to buy the stock.

Technical Analysis – this form of analysis will tell you “when” to buy a stock. It will do this by showing you (in chart format) the basic interaction of supply and demand and when the two change and shift which will indicate a time to buy or a time to sell.

Mr. Lynch has worked, for 36 years as a Wall Street security analyst, an independent security analyst and private investor in small emerging technology companies. He has been actively involved in following developments in the renewable energy sector since 1977 and is regarded as an expert in this field. He was the contributing editor for 17 years to the Photovoltaic Insider Report, an early publication in PV that was directed at industrial subscribers, such as major energy companies, utilities and governments around the world. He is currently a private investor and has from time to time been a financial/technology consultant to a number of companies. He can be reached via e-mail at: SOLARJPL@aol.com.

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