On a cool morning last April…

I left my remote island home just off the coast of Connecticut…

And took a train to New York for a special private meeting.

It was a privileged kind of event, set to take place inside IBM’s highly secure “Idea Lab,” near Astor Place on Manhattan’s Lower East Side…

Maybe you’ve heard about this lab.

It’s home to Watson, the world’s most powerful supercomputer.

This is the same machine that’s so intuitive, it crushed two live Jeopardy champions back in 2011. It can parse over one million books worth of data per second.

It’s also where some of the world’s smartest engineers, scientists and tech visionaries meet in private to map out, as Business Insider puts it, “…the technology of the future.”

That’s one of the reasons my team and I convened there, so we could tap IBM’s firepower to develop a third-wave predictive analytics program for investors.

It was an incredible opportunity that few ever get.

But I have to tell you, my most lucrative breakthrough that day wasn’t what happened during the meetings… but during a break, when I got to talk to an incredible genius.

He’s one of the most unusual experts you’ve ever met…

And What He Told Me That
Day Is About to Change Your Life

Mind you, this was no “suit” from the head office that I was talking to.

He’s an ex-Army Ranger with cowboy boots and a shaved head. I can’t give you his name, but can tell you that he’s a top guru and visionary in the industry.

He’s also one of IBM’s highest-ranking experts in crypto technology, an area where Big Blue is fast becoming one of the world’s dominant leaders.

What he revealed to me in that moment, behind closed doors, felt like a quantum leap in everything I thought I knew about Bitcoin and the rest of the crypto sector…

It wasn’t the name of the next ICO to watch. It wasn’t justification for Bitcoin at $50,000 or $100,000 per coin. It was his expert glimpse of a far bigger opportunity.

A kind of crypto innovation that could not only soon outclass Bitcoin and every other headline-grabbing cryptocurrency…

But that could have many times the impact for you, for your investments, for the whole stock market — even outside of cryptocoins — and even the entire world economy.

By the time we were done talking, this unconventional genius had me convinced — the “alt crypto” opportunity we discussed will do more than make a few people rich.

It’s about to transform the world as we know it, on dozens… maybe even thousands of levels… on a scale as big as the printing press, the combustion engine and the internet.

Yes, Bitcoin itself may have changed the way you think about money.

This “alt crypto” opportunity my expert friend talked about will do that too.

But it’s going to do more than that.

If he’s right, it’s also going to remap the flow of trillions of dollars around the globe… it’s going to shake both giant banks and stock markets to the core… and it’s about to rewire almost every aspect of American manufacturing…

It could also revolutionize the structure of government, the way we vote, and how we buy and sell online… it could even save lives, end the opioid crisis and fix American health care markets… all without requiring a single new tax or forcing another DC brawl over new legislation.

In the process, of course, there’s a lot of money to be made.

In fact, a few lucky investors are already making it.

In Some Cases, This Off-Radar “Alt” Crypto Move
Is Already Showing Gains as High as 599-to-1

Which crypto market breakthrough am I talking about?

Again, it’s not Bitcoin. It’s not Ethereum either. Or Ripple or Litecoin, Dash or IOTA.

In fact, it isn’t any cryptocurrency you’ve heard about before.

Nor is it one of those reckless cryptocoin plays still at the penny end of the scale.

In fact, if you’re still kicking yourself for missing the crypto-money surge… if you’re still looking for a safer way to get in… and even if you’re worried about a crypto crash…

You can rest assured, this breakthrough I’m about to show you is a far better, safer and even bigger opportunity. Bigger than Bitcoin. Bigger than Ripple.

Bigger, in fact, than any cryptocoin you’ve seen talked about so far.

Because it’s not a cryptocoin at all.

Instead, it’s the one crypto market breakthrough, as my friend told me, that will eventually leave all those others “…in the dust.”

And that could make you very rich while doing it.

And I mean legacy rich.

This lesser-talked-about opportunity is called…

“DLT”

Now, maybe you’ve already deciphered what that three-letter acronym represents.

Maybe you haven’t.

It’s not an invented phrase — it’s the legitimate scientific term for a revolution that’s underway… with roots in the booming cryptocurrency market.

At the high levels and in closed-door meetings, it’s all the other experts that I know also want to talk about. DLT, and not Bitcoin, they see as the real path ahead.

In my experience, though, even the educated investors who’ve heard that same buzz… still have yet to fully grasp the impact DLT could have, going forward.

Even fewer know how they could use this discovery to get richer.

That’s why I’m here today.

In just a few seconds, I’ll tell you what that acronym actually means… I’ll spell out the term and reveal what I heard in the lab… then I’ll show you just how big this could get.

I’ve even discovered a few “secret” backdoors you could use, to find your way into the explosive new market that DLT is about to create.

At least one of them, not a soul on earth has heard about — yet.

I happen to have the only access to all the first-mover information.

I can show you how to access it too.

As big as we’ve seen Bitcoin get, you’ll see why DLT could have many times the impact — up to 91 times as much, to be precise — and why it will dominate other cryptos too.

You’ll also discover how DLT opens the door not just on one trading opportunity, but why you could see many chances to get in on the ground floor…

And I’ll spell out how you could do all of this… with LESS volatility than we’ve seen across the board for Bitcoin and just about every other crypto listed on the market.

I know all of that already sounds like a lot to claim.

And even still, I’m convinced we’re just scratching the surface.

This is really that kind of moment, a truly once-in-a-lifetime event.

But I’m also convinced you’ll have to move quickly.

I’ll explain in just a second why that’s true too.

However, before we dig into any of those details…

Let Me Introduce Myself

My name is Jim Rickards.

You might already know me from some of my frequent TV interviews…

I regularly appear on popular financial programs, everywhere from Bloomberg to CNBC and Fox to MSNBC. Even appearances on Russia Today.

You’ll find my name in a lot of print and online media too. And if you have, you know that what I’m about to tell you is not my regular beat.

Usually, I’m the authority they call in to talk about the big picture for sound money… and the many threats that plague our global monetary system.

In fact, I’ve written three #1 New York Times best-sellers on those topics.

So the fundamental market quake that Bitcoin and the other cryptocurrencies are causing should be right up my alley. Maybe that’s why so many journalists beg for my forecast on where the cryptos are headed, at the end of every interview.

But if there’s one thing I’m NOT usually known for, it’s being the pie-eyed, hot-trend-picking optimist. Most of the time, when I talk about the world economy and the underlying war between other currencies and the dollar — I’m issuing warnings, not buy alerts.

But this, what I’ve uncovered in the least understood corner of the crypto market, is different.

This DLT breakthrough really is bigger than chasing Bitcoin up and down the index. It’s the bellwether of a fundamental change in almost every corner of the market.

And it’s the first swell in a massive new investment wave ahead, all at once.

In short, the DLT future is just impossible to ignore, even if you’ve never invested a single dime in cryptos before today.

What makes me so sure?

To understand, you have to know something else about me. I’m not a hedge fund guy who’s looking for clients. I’m a serious economist and have been for almost 40 years.

I don’t just talk about trends…

I’ve written the algorithmic forecasting system that predicts them.

My systematic approach is so powerful, in fact, it predicts more than which investments will go up or down. I’ve used it to predict things like the surprise Brexit vote… the U.S. election shock last fall… and even to help stop a terror attack in London.

I’ve used my unique forecasting system to run a simulated economic “war game” — the first of its kind — for the Pentagon and the CIA. And I’ve shared my findings in testimony before Congress.

I’ll be using those same algorithms to forecast some of the major impacts this new “alt” crypto opportunity, DLT, could have on our markets over the days and years ahead.

From everything I’ve seen… from every specific play my team has uncovered for you… and from everything my friend told me in those labs back in April…

DLT will soon be the only thing the rest of the market wants to talk about too.

And I promise you, I’m not the only one that’s starting to say so.

This is why you’re going to have to act fast on what I’m about to show you.

The Economist , for instance, recently dubbed DLT…

There was also a recent TEDx speaker, David Morris, who predicted it will…

And even the Huffington Post took it a step further, predicting DLT will soon…

So again, you can’t sit on the fence for long.

Just take a look at this next chart…

It’s just one of the many low-profile DLT plays that’s out there.

Most investors still have no idea it even exists.

And yes, as you can see, it soared for a 2,475% gain starting in the middle of last summer.

Had you known about it, that’s enough that you could have turned even a $10,000 account into about $247,500… in just four months.

Even Bitcoin didn’t surge anything close to that fast over the same period.

Or how about this next lesser-seen DLT move…

On this one you not only could have crushed most other market investors, but you also could have walked away with an astonishing 32,567% gain in just four years.

Or enough to pile up $3.26 million on the same $10,000 stake.

And here’s one more…

On this third DLT move, which I’ll reveal to you in just a second, you could have locked in a stunning 59,900% in just over three years’ time.

That’s enough for you to grow every $1 into $599… every $500 into $299,500… and every $10,000 into almost $6 million.

Yet, I still believe that’s just the beginning.

What’s coming won’t just be bigger than any other current crypto, in terms of global impact… it could be as big as the dawn of American oil and American steel.

Or as big as the internet was about to become, starting in 1993.

There’s a good chance it could be even bigger.

Now let me show you why…

Tim Lea is an expert who’s written one of the first books on DLT.

He said recently…

Another investment insider we’ve found, a high-level UK banker, recently told an audience of tech leaders…

Meanwhile, McKinsey & Co., the same research firm that’s gained fame by taking the pulse of the multitrillion-dollar internet economy, calls DLT…

Giants like Google, Goldman Sachs and Citi… along with Visa and Mastercard, Microsoft, Nestlé, Unilever, and Dole… and IBM and Hewlett-Packard, to name a few… are all desperately trying to get out ahead of this game-changer.

Because all of them, and many others on a long list, realize they don’t want to fall behind on this DLT breakthrough and all the paths it opens up for the new way ahead.

They remember too well what happened during the rise of the internet, when a few stubborn companies of the day refused to look ahead… and slipped under the tide.

There’s a very real risk that could happen again, for anybody who doesn’t get on board with this DLT discovery “event.” And a very real opportunity for those that do.

Meanwhile, Apple, Amazon and Facebook are scrambling to lock up early DLT patents. Companies like Dell, Qualcomm, Alibaba, NEC and Cisco are also getting involved.

Even the U.S. Navy is on board, looking for ways to embrace the DLT breakthrough.

And what about the banking giants who have so far largely SHUNNED Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency revolution? They see the writing on the wall too.

According to a recent survey from the firm Accenture…

Even the central banks are starting to take notice. Russia, China, Germany, the UK, Singapore and even our own Fed have DLT-based projects underway.

Dozens, maybe hundreds, and even thousands of other applications for the DLT breakthrough are emerging too… including uses way beyond cryptocurrencies.

For instance, with the sheer advantage of this DLT discovery…

• We could remap all of America’s power grids and plunge your electricity bill…
• We could use its features to expose charity scams and welfare cheats…
• We could end voter fraud as we know it, and welfare fraud too…
• We could use it to halt the flow of counterfeit drugs, saving thousands of lives per year…
• It could help the CDC save lives after killer floods and hurricanes…
• It could be the key to ending America’s deadly opioid epidemic too.

That’s what I mean when I say this “alt” crypto could prove 91 times more disruptive than Bitcoin. Exactly how it’s going to do that, we’ll get to in just a second.

And you’ll see why, as Inc. magazine put it…

Or, as they said on ZDNet…

And as wealthy angel investor Richard Etwaru says…

Again, I get it if you’re still not sure what I mean.

And I understand if you’re also skeptical.

I was too when I first heard about all this.

But today I see it clear as day.

This is a fundamental shift ahead, of the kind you rarely see twice in a lifetime. The last time we were on the brink of anything close was at the dawn of the internet.

Back then there were plenty of doubters and skeptics too.

Newsweek famously called the whole idea of an internet economy, “…baloney.”

Wired magazine warned…

“Most things that succeed don’t require retraining 250 million people.”

And even Robert Metcalfe, the guy who was famous at the time for inventing Ethernet computer networks, told Infoworld in 1995…

“I predict the internet will soon go spectacularly supernova and in 1996 [will] catastrophically collapse.”

They were wrong, of course.

And unlucky, for any that caught on too late to their mistakes.

DLT, I believe, is an almost identical phenomenon.

That’s why I’m urging you to pay attention.

And to do it soon…

Already, I can show you at least one DLT breakthrough where clued-in investors had the chance to pick up almost 300 times what others made in Bitcoin over the same span.

I’ve also got word recently that at least 91 different corporate investors… and as many as 95 venture capital firms… are also lining up to grab an early stake in DLT technology.

Meanwhile, Forbes recently tracked down nearly 1,500 mentions of this DLT breakthrough in just over nine months of SEC filings and other Wall Street releases.

So you see what I’m saying.

Even the head of Dailmer AG, the gigantic German automaker, recently said about the DLT breakthrough,

Let’s jump into those details now…

For Anybody Who “Missed Out” on Bitcoin…
This Is Your 2nd Chance… Your 3rd… Your 4th…

We’ll start with brass tacks…

What does “DLT” stand for?

It’s shorthand for this insider term…

“Distributed Ledger Technology”

You might know it by an even more popular new term…

“The Blockchain”

In fact, almost everybody with even a slight interest in Bitcoin has probably heard that phrase kicked around quite a lot… on the news, in the paper, online.

But here’s the thing — in my experience, very few of them have any clue what it is.

Even fewer know how it’s about to radically change our world.

And fewer still — maybe you included — know how to get rich by investing in it.

That’s my goal right now — to help you demystify the whole “DLT” or “blockchain” future as it now stands. Let’s start by quickly defining what it is and where it came from.

The best place to do that is right here…

“What is needed,” says the key passage, “is an electronic system based on cryptographic proof instead of trust, allowing any two willing parties to transact directly with each other without the need for a trusted third party.”

Now, you might not realize it ,but that jumble of jargon-speak…

Plucked from page one of a once-obscure nine-year-old research paper…

May wind up being one of the most lucrative sentences ever written.

How so?

Because it’s with that one sentence that the semi-anonymous inventor Satoshi Nakamoto reveals the single innovation that underlies the entire cryptocurrency market.

Just on that basis alone…

Going by the crypto market’s current market cap…

Satoshi’s 2008 research paper is worth an estimated $62.6 billion per page.

But as far as we can tell now, even he had no clue how much bigger a revolution he’d just set in motion…

A revolution that could easily grow many times bigger than anything we’ve seen so far. And one that could ultimately grow many times more valuable.

See, what Satoshi realized was that the fundamental problem with money — as with many other kinds of markets — was the fact that it’s built for a centralized economy.

That is, it only gets its value by deferring to a central hub of authority.

A government, a central bank, a treasury and the whims of bureaucrats.

If we want to trust the value of the money, we’re forced to trust the authorities behind it.

This is the way it’s been since the founding of the Federal Reserve in 1913… and even further back, to the original Medici Banks of 15th Century Italy… it’s an area ripe for a revolution.

What Satoshi discovered is that he could force long-overdue change simply by breaking that tie to a middleman.

He realized, thanks to today’s perfect storm of digital innovation and information technology, he could program that “trust” into a decentralized network instead.

First, he mapped out an electronic computer grid… one that could take all that centrally stored data and distribute it to thousands of identical “nodes”…

That way, no one record could be destroyed, altered or hacked.

Every one of these, he would encrypt with unbreakable algorithms that only thousands of computers working at once could solve.

And all this key data — in his case, Bitcoin transactions — would get copied and backed up over and over again in 10-minute blocks. Then linked together in a chain.

The result was a perfect, unbiased and unhackable global “trust” machine.

It was perfect for distributing a new kind of digital currency.

But what Satoshi didn’t realize was how automating “trust”… erasing the middleman… and decentralizing the records, in the heart of the data age…

Would be revolutionary for much MORE than just money.

See, if the drift toward a centralized economy is what locks up a free market, it only stands to reason that any framework that can decentralize trade makes it more free.

That’s why I say that there are at least 91 different ways that this DLT breakthrough or the blockchain could have more impact than Bitcoin or the other cryptocoins alone.

Because there are so many ways we could unlock new wealth, in so many other different industries. That’s not just speculation either. Others are out there, starting to do it.

Imagine owning a rental property with a blockchain-based door lock. An encrypted “smart contract” programmed into the lock will lock tenants out if they don’t pay…

Imagine every medical record making the leap to an uncrackable, encrypted blockchain ledger… that could mean billions of dollars in data contracts and enterprise software…

Imagine how many billions big companies will save, once they no longer need to jump through hoops or pay huge banking fees for cross-border money transfers…

Imagine every shipping container, in every port in Hong Kong and Singapore, tagged with a blockchain-secure sensor… along with every item inside those containers…

Imagine top-secret military blueprints stored on a blockchain server, ready for downloading and 3-D printing at a moment’s notice…

You’re getting the picture.

Literally ANY industry that stores data, buys from a supplier, sells to customers, distributes a digital product, makes deals using contracts or engages in any kind of transaction at all could be a candidate for blockchain technology.

Security costs will disappear, the cost of innovation will explode, and whole new channels of commerce… even whole new industries… will start to emerge.

The suits at IBM even pitched an idea to Canada recently, showing them how they could use highly secure and fast blockchain technology to manage legal pot sales.

As countless new markets evolve, beyond the Bitcoin paradigm…

You could swoop in early and walk away with an enormous fortune…

In exactly the same way a few other investors did with the early internet.

For instance, look at Cisco.

It’s easy to forget it was a 3-cent company in February 16, 1990.

It soared along over the rest of the ’90s, along with the the rest of the dot-coms.

And it crashed when them too in 2001.

But today those shares are still 141,767% higher.

Even $1,000 invested at the start would be worth over $1.4 million today.

Because Cisco wasn’t a dot-com. It was one of the foundtational companies of the internet itself. It lasted where other early companies failed.

Or how about eBay?

You could have bought in for 79 cents on September 25, 1998.

Today your every $10,000 invested would be worth $517,276.

Then there’s Amazon… at $1.73 on May 16, 1997.

Today it’s up 80,943%.

Your every $10,000 invested would be worth over $8.1 million.

Sure there were duds like Pets.com… Boo.com… and Flooz, the original online currency.

All of them vaporized.

If there’s a lesson there, it’s that Bitcoin and Ethereum and Ripple could vaporize too.

But even if today’s highest-flying cryptocurrencies crash to zero, there’s no doubt in my mind that this other “alt crypto” investment could make scores of early investors very rich.

You’ll have to move fast, though, because a very familiar kind of momentum has already taken hold — take a look at what just happened for what used to be Calyx BioVentures…

For years Calyx was just another enterprise software company. They wrote programs for industrial agriculture.

But almost the day they announced a leap to the more secure blockchain platform, their shares started to skyrocket. Within two months they were up 320%.

Of course, that’s nothing compared to what happened for Coinsilium Group Ltd.…

That’s another boom of 386%, but we’re still only getting started.

Look at what happened recently to investors in Riot Blockchain Inc…

From a low of just over $3 last February, it ultimately went vertical, soaring over 665%.

That’s enough to grow every $10,000 into more than $65,000.

And it still gets better…

What you see above is 360 Blockchain Inc.… up 957% in three months.

That’s nearly 10 times every dollar invested, or enough to grow $10,000 into $95,700…

Then there’s this blockchain breakthrough high-flier, DigitalX…

DigitalX specializes in cross-border cryptocurrency payments.

They’re also a blockchain software developer and ICO advisory.

From May to November you could have tracked their shares for a gain of 1,100%. That’s $110,000 for every $10,000 in just seven months. And still there’s more.

Look now at the gain that just played out over the summer, for a company called Global Blockchain Technologies Corp.…

In just three months you could have socked away 2,475%. Or enough to grow every $10,000 into $247,500. That’s more than most doctors make!

Yet another blockchain company — BTL Group — exploded even higher…

That’s a 32,567% return, enough to turn every $10,000 into almost $3.3 million.

Here’s one more, UBI Blockchain Internet Ltd.…

You could have grown a single $10,000 stake into nearly $6 million.

In other words…

You Could Have Done 673 Times
Better Than Bitcoin Over the
Same Span

Now, I’m not saying these are the companies you should buy.

Nor am I saying they’re easy to find early on.

Of course gains like those, though life-changing, are also exceptional and rare.

And yet, even on that last example alone…

Bitcoin only rose 89%… against a 59,900% return.

That means you could have done 673 times better buying the shares.

Does that mean you’ve already missed your chance?

Not at all.

Take a look at this telling graph…

This is a chart showing the forecasted growth of the blockchain market ahead.

You can see we’re barely out of the gate.

Experts expect an exponential growth curve over the years ahead.

Now take a look at this, from Fox Business…

That’s right.

Trump is getting behind blockchain too. In early December, White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley said,

“[Blockchain] has the promise to be used creatively for a number of cybersecurity and other issues…”

 

Just five days later, Donald Trump signed H.R. 2810 into law. It sets aside $700 billion for new military spending in 2018. And look what’s tucked away in Section 1646…

That means — by June at the latest — the Defense Department has to hand Congress recommendations on how blockchain can beef up government security.

Remember, it’s Pentagon money that also launched the internet.

Now look here…

What you see above are just a few of the household-name companies pouring cash into blockchain research and patent applications.

Nobody wants to get left in the dust.

In banking alone, Bank of America has filed for 15 different blockchain-related patents in one year and another 20 patents the next…

Meanwhile Visa has already launched a blockchain interbank payment system and Mastercard isn’t far behind, with over 30 blockchain patents filed…

Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo are looking to get in on the action too.

And remeber Jamie Dimon? He’s the CEO of JPMorgan Chase who famously called Bitcoin a “fraud.” And yet, even he says…

“God bless the blockchain.”

-Jamie Dimon
CEO, JPMorgan Chase

In the rush that’s coming, you could witness countless mergers and buyouts, new business models, and new markets that have never existed before.

Ask yourself…

If you could have the same kind of advance insight about the internet, what would you go back to 1993 and buy… knowing what you know now?

That’s almost exactly where we are today.

All kinds of new avenues for investors are opening wide.

For instance…

• Investment banks say a move to the blockchain could slash some of their costs by half, saving them up to $20 billion per year…
• Reinsurance companies say the blockchain could save them another $10 billion…
• Every year, the illegal market for fake Rolexes, Raybans and other knockoff brands costs about 800,000 jobs and $461 billion — blockchain could end that fraud.
• The uncrackable, unhackable privacy of the blockchain could put identity thieves and hackers out of business for good too, for another $16 billion in savings…
• The ancient technology of processing paper checks costs businesses $550 billion annually — with blockchain super-security, you’ll never need to write a check again.
• And let’s not forget how — for better or worse — adult entertainment drives technology. Because there’s an emerging blockchain system there too, for anonymous clients.

The evidence is crystal clear.

Almost nobody at the top of the market, where all the big money resides and the big deals get done, thinks that the blockchain is just for cryptocurrencies anymore.

Instead, it’s the real breakthrough that could be worth billions in economic growth. Maybe even trillions, as it reshapes hundreds… even thousands… of industries.

And transforms whole markets.

Just like the internet did, starting back in the 1990s.

If you know where to look, you can tap into the wealth wave that follows.

Will there be some dud opportunities along the way? Absolutely.

After all, all investing carries some level of risk — including this one.

Likewise, it clearly won’t be enough for a company just to add “Blockchain Inc.” to their letterhead. Those days of manic buying are clearly over. And good riddance.

Going forward, if you truly want a stake in this new market, you have to be selective.

You’ll want only the companies with a dominant edge.

With my 40 years of risk analysis and work in the financial market… and the network I’ve spent years putting together… plus a full research team at my disposal…

I know where you should look first. And it’s not where you might think. In fact, my team and I have mapped out a whole strategy for getting rich beyond Bitcoin.

Let me lay out that blueprint for you now…

The Three Wealth Pillars of
the Blockchain Revolution

Take a look at this map…

It shows all the people in the world that are online.

Now imagine exactly the same map — or bigger — for all the people, companies and economies trading some form of encrypted money.

Right now, the Bitcoin network alone has nearly 12,000 “nodes” and counting.

And that’s just one of over 1,506 active cryptocurrencies.

Now imagine every company, every hospital, thousands of government agencies and hundreds of thousands of government workers… all using encrypted DLT or blockchain.

Now imagine every stock exchange settling trades on the blockchain.

Imagine every bank using the blockchain for millions of withdrawals, currency exchanges and other over-border transactions.

As the world makes a leap to the distributed ledger…

The framework technology of the blockchain will have to keep up.

I’m calling this the First Pillar of blockchain wealth.

We’ll need all kinds of new processing power to solve the algorithms, more “mining” servers to create the coins, and storage tech to keep the millions of encrypted transaction records.

But there’s another breakout move almost nobody sees yet.

And like the early “pick and shovel” plays of the American gold rush…

Or the early ’90s internet…

This is where you want to look first, for a blockchain fortune you could lock down no matter who steps up next to dominate the distributed ledger network…

To the companies that will fuel the blockchain economy.

I want you to see this comparison…

That’s right, back when money was made out of gold and silver, we had to mine those metals.

Well, you can’t “mine” Bitcoins or any other cryptocurrency today without a different kind of resource — electricity. And not just a little power either.

Every Bitcoin transaction uses up as much juice as you need to power your entire house for a month. That’s every… single… transaction.

And worldwide — at last count — we’re up to 238,819 transactions per day.

This is clearly unsustainable.

Just to stay profitable, Bitcoin prices have to hit as high as $1.5 million per coin. And that’s pretty tough to imagine now too.

If cryptomoney is here to stay, the market needs a solution.

And I’ve uncovered two…

The first I want to tell you about is a brilliant blockchain-power utility hybrid in Austria. Why Austria? Because that’s where you’ll find some of the world’s most advanced hydropower reserves.

This company cuts out the middleman by installing mining servers directly inside the major hydropower plants, allowing them to mine coins at a fraction of the cost.

It’s pure genius and almost as brilliant as this second move…

This next one has set up shop in another far-flung spot, in what’s fast becoming the world’s mecca for blockchain servers… Iceland.

See, Iceland has at least three things almost all crypto-mining countries lack.

It’s got blazing-fast internet… it’s got almost endlessly cheap sources of geothermal power… and it’s got cold weather. That last competitive edge is incredibly valuable.

Why? Because digital mining servers don’t just burn through power. They also produce astonishing heat. Usually that means running enormous cooling units, which raises costs.

But in Iceland, climate-based cooling is free.

This second company also has another edge. With unique programming, their high-powered processing chips can jump fluidly to whatever crypto is leading the market.

That way they’re only mining the best-performing cryptocoin at any given time.

It’s like owning shares in a mutual fund that swaps out top positions on the fly.

This second play is tiny, and that can make it hard to get into.

But here’s the good news…

I’ve found a little-known “backdoor” into this same play, and I’m releasing those details in a special new FREE dossier.

Again, I don’t want to say too much here.

But take a look at the stealth blockchain opportunity report I just mentioned. As I said, you can’t buy a copy anywhere, but I’d like to send you one free. In fact, you can see how to download it right now with the link at the end of this message.

But before you do…

Let Me Also Introduce You to
Tomorrow’s Blockchain Billionaires

It’s no secret that today’s disruptors are often tomorrow’s tycoons.

Case in point…

• Travis Kalanick, Uber’s founder and ex-CEO, is worth $5.1 billion
• Denise Coates founded Bet365.com and made $4.2 billion
• Brian Chesky piled up $3.8 billion with Airbnb
• Jack Ma made $38.7 billion as founder of Alibaba.com
• Mark Zuckerberg is up to $72.2 billion from Facebook
• And at $98 billion, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest man.

Who are the disrupters that will dominate the next wave?

This is where you’ll find what I call the Second Pillar of blockchain fortunes, in the companies that will take decades-old markets and turn them upside down.

And here you have to be careful.

Remember what Warren Buffett said, about how there were over 2,000 car makers in America at the start of the last century… now we’ve got just a handful.

Because in any wave of creative destruction, there’s risk.

So not every innovator survives.

The secret isn’t just to buy every startup with “Blockchain” on their letterhead. Even if those skyrocket out of the gate, they could go up in flames soon after.

The key is to find the few companies that can fill essential gaps — and dominate them — in the evolving economy we’ve got right now.

You could, if you wanted to, crowd into the new blockchain ETFs that just hit the market in January — so far, the mainstream has been lapping up shares.

But I’ve got a better idea.

We’ve found a way anybody can grab a stake in the entire blockchain market with a single, little-known move. In fact, almost nobody you know has heard about it.

Your broker doesn’t know about it yet. Your neighbors don’t know about it. And you won’t find anybody spilling the beans about it at the office either.

For right now, it’s just me and a handful of my colleagues that have the key information.

What is it?

Just like the ETF I mentioned, this stealth play gives you access to all the leaders and innovators of the blockchain boom with a single trade.

Yet the move itself isn’t an ETF or mutual fund. It’s not a cryptocoin. And like I said, I’m not out there looking for clients for a hedge fund. So it’s nothing I’m selling either.

What it is, is a unique kind of vehicle that lets you create a custom basket of all the blockchain leaders I expect to top the coming Nasdaq exchange.

Not just the ones you might already know — or suspect — but a handful you’ve never heard of, with the potential to multiple money many times over.

We’ve spent months doing diligent research to find the most disruptive innovators and future blockbusters, including ones you’ll kick yourself if you miss.

With moves like…

1. The technology company that’s fast building a bridge between classic capital markets and the blockchain. This one play has already shot up over 3,000%, but it’s still got lots of room to run.
2. The emerging blockchain powerhouse that’s cutting deals with everybody from investment banks to governments. They’ve just locked into a partnership that serves over 100 firms to develop a blockchain platform. They’re also working with Microsoft on a digital ID network, based on blockchain technology.
3. A founding member of the groundbreaking Hyperledger Project, source of what could be the blockchain 2.0 standard in the near future. Plus, the same company that’s moving over 150 million point-reward customers to a blockchain-based network.
4. The blockchain groundbreaker that wants to move all stock trading over to the blockchain, in a way that could cut trading costs by 90%. They’ve already logged three years working on licensing with the SEC. And George Soros’s Quantum Fund is already invested.
5. And a dominant enterprise software company that’s going to link the blockchain to the emerging $19 trillion economy for millions of connected devices and the “Internet of Things.”

We’ve identified 10 groundbreaking leaders in all, already showing an average blended 57.7% return for the year. And these companies are still on a tear.

I’m convinced at least some of them — maybe all of them — could become the Googles, Ciscos or Amazons of the blockchain future.

But imagine if you were to try to buy shares in all 10 companies individually.

Just to get a single share in each would cost you $1,107.35 total.

With this stealth way to play all 10 at once, I can show you how to carve out a stake for less than $10 to set up the whole basket and an account as little as $300 altogether.

Again, I don’t own any stake in this basket. I don’t run the firm that will track it for you. I don’t take commissions for letting you know about it or if you sign up.

It’s just the best way I know for you to get out ahead of other investors on the blockchain future ahead. You can find out more in a second dossier my team and I have put together.

The Real Money Uprising Ahead
(And How to
Protect Yourself)

Diehard Bitcoin fans have a dream.

One day, they hope the decentralized crypto money will replace flawed paper cash like the euro, the pound and the U.S. dollar.

But don’t bet on it.

Because every central bank on earth knows they can’t afford to let that happen. That’s why, like the private banks, governments are also scrambling to catch up.

That’s bad news if you were hoping the promise of low-cost, borderless money would go unchallenged. But you can turn it into good news if you know how to protect yourself.

I’ve found a way you can do exactly that, as governments worldwide force the blockchain to scale up into a mainstream phenomenon.

And that surge is already underway.

Meanwhile, the Bank of England wants to launch a crypto “RSCoin” — good enough, they say, to replace U.S. dollar reserves around the world.

The People’s Bank of China banned Bitcoin, only to announce its own national cryptocurrency. Putin says Russia’s central bank could follow with a cryptoruble.

In fact, nine out of 10 governments say they plan to invest in blockchain technology for moving money, tracking regulations and contracts, and for getting rid of fraud.

But it’s the move of central banks to a crypto-based currency that you really need to watch. Especially with two huge potential leaps I haven’t told you about yet.

And it’s those two leaps that could have the biggest impact of all.

First…
Brace Yourself for “Fedcoin”

As you read this, crypto fever is taking hold in Washington.

That’s especially true behind closed doors at the Fed.

How do I know?

Listen to what Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz told a crowd of diplomats and bureaucrats at the World Economic Forum…

Now look what our government did, posting a $7 billion reward for the agency that works out the bugs for a potential “Fedcoin” alternative to paper cash.

Nasdaq.com even ran a recent headline that read…

“Fedcoin Could Replace
the Dollar as We Know It”

Right now the entire cryptocurrency market is worth $500 billion. But the Fed processes nearly $800 trillion in check transactions every year.

That’s 1,600 times bigger than the current crypto bubble.

Scaling up to a blockchain that size will demand many times the storage, processors and networks than we already use now for Bitcoin and other encrypted cash.

Here’s the thing — this won’t stop there.

Next Up…
Bunker Down for the Coming
Crypto of the Global Elite

See the woman in the middle of this photo?

That’s Christine Lagarde, the French woman who heads up the International Monetary Fund, or IMF. For years, she’s helped lead the charge against the U.S. dollar.

See, global elites DESPISE what some call America’s “exorbitant privilege.”

They’re sick of the dollar’s top-dog status as a world reserve currency… and sick of using U.S. dollars to make deals… they’d love nothing better than to kick it to the curb.

They’d love to replace it with a new kind of “world money.”

And the blockchain could be just the tool to let them do it.

Listen to what Lagarde said in a speech to the heads of the Bank of England…

Then she goes on to say…

Can you guess who already has a kind of “basket asset” just like that?

That’s right, the IMF.

They call it the Special Drawing Right, or SDR.

The IMF already wants to make SDRs “ the principal reserve asset” worldwide.

But a digital “SDRCoin” could speed up that process. Lagarde herself says the IMF should consider it, by launching “…a digital version of the SDR.”

There it is.

Imagine how fast a digital SDR could push paper dollars out of world central banks. Remember, that’s the globalist agenda… replacing the dollar in international trade.

It would mean a massive power transfer from the U.S. to the global elite.

If that happens, your dollars will be no more powerful than Mexican pesos.

And the genie is already out of the bottle.

The best way to protect yourself is to own some of this new “SDRCoin” yourself. But you won’t be allowed. SDRCoins will exist only for the global elite.

Fortunately, I’ve found a loophole.

There’s a way for you to grab a stake in this new digital “world money” even before it grabs the limelight and dominates the world economy.

I’ve written all about that loophole in a brand-new book that I’ve just put together.

Unlike my other best-sellers, this is a private edition I am NOT releasing to bookstores or Amazon.com. You cannot — and will not — be able to buy it in any of those places.

Digital money isn’t just coming — it’s already here.

It comes with a legacy chapter that will show you the only way I know to own this new “world money” before it becomes the dominant kind of global cash.

But there’s more to my new book, too.

Inside…

• You’ll discover who’s set to win the battle for crypto supremacy, from today’s top cryptocoins to the war ahead for central banks. Plus a way to win no matter what.
• I’ll show you what the shift to digital money really means for your privacy, your retirement savings and all that paper cash you’ve worked so hard to save.
• You’ll find out what else I’ve heard behind closed doors, in private talks with finance ministers, CEO insiders, a former Fed chief and an insider at Trump’s White House.
• I’ll tell you all about a brand-new kind of blockchain 2.0 and how it could disrupt stocks, banking, currency markets and every industry again , just a few years from now.
• I’ll show you at least one surprising real-world asset that could explode with Bitcoin-like returns on the back of the blockchain boom. Millennials will be flabbergasted.
• I’ll also show you the steps I’m taking myself, ahead of this major shift for world money. Plus, how you can mirror that strategy yourself, no matter how big your accounts.

It’s not just a book about money.

This is about a battle between ideologies.

On the one hand, will we live in a market that’s open and free, a place where anybody can bypass the controlling forces of banks, big government and invasive corporations?

And on the other, will the powers-that-be win out, by seizing the course of the blockchain revolution to make it their own?

You can find all the answers in your review edition of my book covering the Cryptocurrency Wars.

Again, it’s not for sale yet on any bookshelf or online website.

Not even my publisher will sell you a copy.

But I can give you one free right now.

All you have to do is click the link below.

There’s only one thing I’ll ask from you in return…

Let Me Walk You Through
All the Changes Ahead

See, right now you have a choice.

Either you could choose to ignore everything we just talked about… just let this opportunity pass you by, like so many did for the real internet plays in the ’90s…

Or you could take a look at what I’ve just showed you… and what dozens of experts are now starting to confirm… that this technology, the blockchain, is the real future.

I’m convinced that’s the way to reap a lasting fortune. And I’ve already showed you how those major shifts will play out over the months and years ahead.

Now I’m asking you to let me share that research with you, free of charge.

FIRST, let me show you how we’ll build
and fuel this multitrillion-dollar market…

In your first free dossier, I’ll show you a key “pick and shovel” strategy for piling up gains as the brand-new blockchain network spreads worldwide.

You’ll see why in the free research I’ll send.

NEXT, use my blueprint to own a stake in the entire
blockchain “disruption” with a single move…

The list of potential disruptors is piling up with new names.

But only a few can come out on top.

That’s why my research partners and I have carved out a secret “backdoor” strategy you can use to grab a stake in the early blockchain dominators, all with one move.

And yet it should cost you a fraction of what you’d pay to buy all 10 of these future market dominators, share by share. The special research explains everything.

You’ll be among the first to gain access to this information.

THIRD, let me give you an exclusive private edition of my
new book, Cryptocurrency Wars…

Meanwhile, currency battles were already underway between China, the EU, the UK and the U.S.…

It was a face-off to see who could steal growth from the global economy without destroying their own currency first.

Today, we still face many of those same threats, only they’re bigger… with bigger debts and a deeper global divide… which is why I’m updating my book as we speak.

But here’s the thing…

Now we’ve got this surging market for competing “new global currencies” too.

And I wanted to find a way to make sure you’re up to speed on that battle too.

On the one hand, the volatile mania for Bitcoin and other decentralized money… on the other, the specter of Fedcoin and the a possible crypto-based SDR from the IMF.

Nobody knows how it will turn out, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try.

That’s why I’ve created this special private edition of my new book Cryptocurrency Wars that I want to send. Again, not even my publishing house will get to distribute it.

This is a special work that’s not available anywhere but here.

I’m sending you a free digital copy, just so long as I hear from you in time.

In fact, I’ll do you one better…

Just for this special offer, I’m also going to include a FREE legacy chapter…

By the way, if you’re going to act on this — I recommend you do it right away.

Because once this crypto form of the IMF’s currency hits the hands of the global elite, it could be too late. They’ll pile into this “new world money” and send its price soaring.

So the time to get in is now.

Once you’re ready to go, you can rebalance your assets in this special account however and whenever you see fit. All the control is in your hands.

You’ll have the security of knowing you’re hedged for this “new world money” release. I’ll have the satisfaction of knowing you’re ready to preserve your wealth.

And finally…

There’s one more FREE resource I’d love to send
You — My “Blockchain Billionaires” Webinar

I recently sat down for an online streaming event with my own private audience of viewers. We called it our Blockchain Billionaires Webinar Series.

First, I walked viewers through the dynamics of money and how digital money would remap our 104-year-old monetary system…

I also broke down the reasons that I believe buying Bitcoin alone is — at best — a very limited way to tap the full potential of the crypto-technology boom…

Then we showed listeners an unexpected way to play the crypto-money surge.

You’ll get full access to the videos, free of charge. Along with a free transcript so you can follow along. It’s yours to enjoy, no questions asked.

Now, why would I do all that?

For an exceptionally good reason…

Because I’d also like your permission to start sending you the rest of my research, in the form of my highly popular newsletter, called Jim Rickards’ Strategic Intelligence.

See, I believe you’ll need more than just a few short-term ideas about the blockchain future ahead. I also believe this isn’t the only radical shift underway for your money.

That’s why I want to make sure you get a big-picture view of everything at once, from the opportunities to the big challenges that are sure to come down the pike.

So I make it a priority to build a long-term, quality relationship with readers like you.

People willing to take the kind of research I’ve done over the last four decades…

Information I’ve also shared with CEOs, private investors, prime ministers and even the Pentagon… and put it to good use.

See, too often, too many people ignore these trends.

And they pay for it.

For instance, I recently wrote an open letter to President Trump, advising him on the IMF’s plans for a digital SDR and what it could do to our economy. I’m hoping he’ll listen.

Maybe he will.

After 40 years of professional experience, I just know that too many people miss the opportunities sitting right in front of them.

And too many risk getting hurt by financial threats and other surprise events that they never see coming. In fact, it happened to my family.

We made mistakes, and we missed big opportunities. We even went bankrupt — twice — and had to claw our way back to solvency.

I’d give anything to help make sure that doesn’t happen to others.

Today, I don’t need more money.

I’m lucky enough to split my time between a luxury mountain home… a waterside residence in New Hampshire… and a house on a private island near Connecticut.

Every now and then, I’ll take a trip to visit gold vaults in Zurich… a banker in London or Singapore… or some other contact in a far-off corner of the world.

I have a perfect career, doing the research I love… with a network that includes Nobel Prize winners, billionaire investors and two former heads of the Federal Reserve.

I already get to sit on the front lines, where the moves that shape markets get made.

That’s why I write my research letter, Strategic Intelligence, every month. To share everything I’ve found. Currently, I have over 106,000 readers.

All I ask is that you let me share a simple one-year trial subscription of Strategic Intelligence with you too.

And it’s not expensive.

In fact…

Even though I personally charge as much as $25,000 to speak at private investor conferences…

Even though rich families, the Pentagon and even the CIA have paid me five- and six-figure sums to share my tools and ideas…

And even though I’ve seen other financial insiders charge as high as $3,450 for a single industry report on how to get rich in this blockchain revolution ahead…

You’ll pay just $49 for the full year.

And with that, you’ll get the special research dossiers we talked about… plus your exclusive edition of Cryptocurrency Wars… and member access to my webinars…

All free, as bonus gifts.

Just for accepting my deal.

In return, I’m only asking you to try my research to see if it’s for you.

That means you’ll get me and my team in your corner for the next 12 months, alerting you to new opportunities in the booming blockchain economy…

I’ll show you new ways to keep more of what you’ve got…

I’ll show you how to gain more wealth too…

You’ll discover what’s coming for the blockchain-based economy… plus how to protect yourself from the many lies told by today’s “monetary mafia” and other global elites…

Every third week of the month, you’ll get full model portfolio updates…

And every fourth week of the month, you’ll also get a full issue of my popular newsletter, Jim Rickards’ Strategic Intelligence.

Doesn’t that sound fair?

You’ll also get unlimited private access to the members-only website, where you’ll find archives of every update, every report and every issue.

This should be more than enough to help you gain a foothold for the big changes ahead.

Look, I’ve already made my fortune.

But like I said, I don’t want anyone to miss out on fundamental opportunities the way my parents did. They were good, hardworking people who never got a fair break.

If I can give you the chance they didn’t have, by helping you see how much the world is about to change… and see how to profit from those changes… then it’s worth it to me.

I can’t give all of it away, but I think the modest fee is more than fair.

Again, that’s a trial price.

You can get it all back if you change your mind.

The link at the bottom of this message will get you everything I promised.

Before you follow it, though, there’s one more thing…

How to Make 639% Even as
Bitcoin Skids Across the Trading Floor

Whether you love Bitcoin or not, you have to agree — it’s volatile.

Just look at what’s happened since the start of this year.

Bitcoin hit a peak of $17,235 and then plunged as low as $10,117.

Meanwhile, as Bitcoin fell, another investment surged higher.

I call this other investment the “ultimate Bitcoin hedge” because, even as Bitcoin has crashed at least 208 times since it first hit the market… this “hedge” shot up 639%.

Here’s the best part…

This “ultimate hedge” can actually feed off Bitcoin volatility.

And it doesn’t matter if Bitcoin is crashing or soaring.

Circle This Date on Your Calendar:
May 15, 2018

Whether we’re talking about the blockchain or another opportunity, here’s something else that’s clear…

It’s very rare for the market to sit still.

That’s why I also want to invite you to join me every month for a special subscribers-only video intelligence briefing.

You’ll get access to one of these between every issue.

As soon as you join up, you’ll get a password so you can sign in.

And during the event, I’ll walk you through the latest blockchain events… the cryptocurrency wars… or whatever’s sitting dead center on our radar at the time.

We’ll cover everything you need to know to grow and protect your money.

Now, of course, I can’t cover your personal financial details during the video call.

That’s simply not allowed.

But I’ll take all the time we need to answer the most frequently asked questions and to share all my newest findings.

Keep in mind, I’ve charged as much as $25,000 to share these kinds of insights in seminars and private investment conferences. But you won’t pay anything extra.

This live event is included free with your membership.

My next live video briefing will happen on May 15, 2018 — whether you’re there or not.

I’d hate for you to miss out.

These could be life-changing opportunities that we’ll talk about.

To cash in on this extra bonus, just make sure you’re in your seat on May 15, 2018 so you’ll get to hear everything, start to finish. It’s that simple.

With everything else you’ll get — including your full issues of my Strategic Intelligence newsletter, your free reports and the preview copy of my book — that’s a good deal.

You’ll see how to safely invest in the future of the blockchain.

You’ll also have everything you need to weather any storms ahead.

And either way, you’ll be getting plenty of chances to grow your wealth.

Here’s a glimpse of all you get, in one big bundle…