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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Riot Platforms, formerly known as Riot Blockchain, showcased a comprehensive transformation in its business strategy during its third-quarter 2025 presentation.</li><li>CEO Jason Les highlighted that the company is evolving from primarily a Bitcoin mining firm into a significant player in data center development, banking on its vast power and land assets.</li><li>One positive takeaway from the results was the strategic shift towards data centers to meet the surging demand, particularly from hyperscalers and enterprises needing significant data processing capabilities.</li></ul>

Riot Platforms, formerly known as Riot Blockchain, showcased a comprehensive transformation in its business strategy during its third-quarter 2025 presentation.CEO Jason Les highlighted that the company is evolving from primarily a Bitcoin mining firm into a significant player in data center development, banking on its vast power and land assets.One positive takeaway from the results was the strategic shift towards data centers to meet the surging demand, particularly from hyperscalers and enterprises needing significant data processing capabilities.

Riot Platforms Secures 1.7 Gigawatts of Power—Will This Massive Infrastructure Edge Dominate the Market?- Major Drivers

Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors, Fabricated Knowledge

Douglas O'Laughlin

Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors

Fabricated Knowledge

Learn more about the world's most important manufactured product. Meaningful insight, timely analysis, and an occasional investment idea.

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<ul><li>There’s a gold rush in the world of AI for not just GPUs, but for datacenters and the power connections that supply them.</li><li>Imagine this, you just bought 100,000 GPUs from Nvidia and you don’t have a place to put them or the power to feed them.</li><li>Not being first to market is a huge cost, as the GPU pay back times are very quick right now even for the H100.</li></ul>

There’s a gold rush in the world of AI for not just GPUs, but for datacenters and the power connections that supply them.Imagine this, you just bought 100,000 GPUs from Nvidia and you don’t have a place to put them or the power to feed them.Not being first to market is a huge cost, as the GPU pay back times are very quick right now even for the H100.

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>In mid-September, global index provider M _ _ _ announced that they were conducting an index consultation on Digital Asset Treasury Cos. I wrote about it <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/quiddity-index-index-consultation-on-digital-asset-treasury-cos-the-tutes-are-leaving" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</li>
<li>My recommended short at the time is down 30%, despite announcing a large buyback program. Others have lost significant premium vs underlying digital assets. </li>
<li>The same index provider expanded their list of affected names on 29 Oct. And a DIFFERENT Index provider this week added DATCOs to a US Advisory Panel Meeting Agenda Wednesday.</li>
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In mid-September, global index provider M _ _ _ announced that they were conducting an index consultation on Digital Asset Treasury Cos. I wrote about it here.
My recommended short at the time is down 30%, despite announcing a large buyback program. Others have lost significant premium vs underlying digital assets. 
The same index provider expanded their list of affected names on 29 Oct. And a DIFFERENT Index provider this week added DATCOs to a US Advisory Panel Meeting Agenda Wednesday.


Index Consultation on DATCos Means MORE Selling Likely, and Another Index Questionable

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<li>Global Index Provider M _ _ _ announced an index consultation on Digital Asset Treausry Companies on 27 August. Friday, they extended til year-end, but gave a clear proposal update. </li>
<li>They propose to exclude companies where digital asset holdings represent &gt;50% of assets. They seek input. They also seek input on whether a company self-defines as a DAT...</li>
<li>And also look at stated reasons for capital raising. A preliminary list suggests <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/strategy-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14717:1" rel="noopener">Strategy (MSTR US)</a>  and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/metaplanet-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2130:1" rel="noopener">Metaplanet (3350 JP)</a> are obvious targets. Others will be too. </li>
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Global Index Provider M _ _ _ announced an index consultation on Digital Asset Treausry Companies on 27 August. Friday, they extended til year-end, but gave a clear proposal update. 
They propose to exclude companies where digital asset holdings represent &gt;50% of assets. They seek input. They also seek input on whether a company self-defines as a DAT...
And also look at stated reasons for capital raising. A preliminary list suggests Strategy (MSTR US)  and Metaplanet (3350 JP) are obvious targets. Others will be too. 


[Quiddity Index] Index Consultation Anncmt Suggests The Big M Will Delete 1 LargeCap, 5 Small.

Index Rebalance

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<li>On 27 August, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/metaplanet-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2130:1" rel="noopener">Metaplanet (3350 JP)</a> announced a large overseas offering in line with a pause in the 20th Warrant Issuance program it had outstanding. The goal? Buy more bitcoin.</li>
<li>Shares had been ¥890 on the 27th, trading higher through the 29th. The offering priced at ¥553. Down 38%. Ouch. But it meant index upweight due to higher share count.</li>
<li>Friday post-close, global index provider M _ _ _ announced a consultation on digital asset treasury companies, suspending the upweight for Metaplanet. Watch out MSTR!</li>
</ul>


On 27 August, Metaplanet (3350 JP) announced a large overseas offering in line with a pause in the 20th Warrant Issuance program it had outstanding. The goal? Buy more bitcoin.
Shares had been ¥890 on the 27th, trading higher through the 29th. The offering priced at ¥553. Down 38%. Ouch. But it meant index upweight due to higher share count.
Friday post-close, global index provider M _ _ _ announced a consultation on digital asset treasury companies, suspending the upweight for Metaplanet. Watch out MSTR!


[Quiddity Index] Index Consultation on Digital Asset Treasury Cos. The 'Tutes Are Leaving?

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Riot Blockchain Inc operates as a digital currency company. The company focuses on buying cryptocurrency and blockchain businesses, as well as supports blockchain technology companies. Riot Blockchain serves customers worldiwde.

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Riot Platforms Secures 1.7 Gigawatts of Power—Will This Massive Infrastructure Edge Dominate the Market?- Major Drivers

Riot Platforms, formerly known as Riot Blockchain, showcased a comprehensive transformation in its business strategy during its third-quarter 2025...

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Crypto Datacenters NAV

There’s a gold rush in the world of AI for not just GPUs, but for datacenters and the power connections that supply them.

Fabricated Knowledge

Index Consultation on DATCos Means MORE Selling Likely, and Another Index Questionable

Global Index Provider M updated its list of Digital Asset Treasury Cos at the end of October. Index constituents on that list are down. They could...

Travis Lundy

[Quiddity Index] Index Consultation Anncmt Suggests The Big M Will Delete 1 LargeCap, 5 Small.

Global Index Provider M* announced a Digital Asset Treasury Company consultation in late August. Friday they extended the consultation. I expect it...

Travis Lundy

[Quiddity Index] Index Consultation on Digital Asset Treasury Cos. The 'Tutes Are Leaving?

Metaplanet issued stock. It priced. Normally it goes into indices. Global Index Provider M _ _ _ has decided to do a consultation instead. That's...

Travis Lundy

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