[Letgo]

Otkritie Holding is currently the largest independent financial group in Russia by asset size, which offers a wide range of banking, investment, insurance and pension solutions to private, corporate and institutional clients. The structure of Otkritie Holding comprises the commercial banks Otkritie Financial Corporation and Khanty-Mansiysk Bank Otkritie, the investment bank Otkritie Capital, the brokerage Otkritie Broker and the asset management company Otkritie.

Otkritie is successfully developing its business in the USA and Great Britain. The investment branch of Otkritie ranks amongst the leading Russian companies on the London Stock Exchange and in the Top 3 largest investment companies on the Moscow Exchange by turnover.

[Letgo]

Institutional Ownership Stats! - Total 17.49% (see below). Plus see previous post on Otkritie Holding - 38%
https://www.tickerreport.com/banking-finance/3117853/jpmorgan-chase-co-boosts-holdings-in-qiwi-plc-qiwi.html
JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in Qiwi PLC (NASDAQ:QIWI) by 240.4% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 390,918 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 276,068 shares during the quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. owned approximately 0.87% of Qiwi worth $6,470,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. HAP Trading LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Qiwi in the third quarter worth $549,000. Russell Investments Group Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of Qiwi in the second quarter worth $1,783,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Qiwi in the second quarter worth $260,000. Penserra Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Qiwi by 75.0% in the third quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 92,591 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $1,568,000 after acquiring an additional 39,672 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Van ECK Associates Corp grew its stake in shares of Qiwi by 45.7% in the third quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 153,355 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $2,598,000 after acquiring an additional 48,070 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 17.49% of the company’s stock.

[PennyStalker]

Looks like someone bought a boatload as soon as that alert hit!

I hope we can close green today with some good consolidation...

[Letgo]

ALERT !!! On Thursday afternoon at 3PMEST, NIA announced QIWI PLC (QIWI) at $13.98 per share as its #1 stock suggestion for 2018, while also announcing the QIWI February 2018 $15 call options at $1 as its #1 options suggestion for 2018!
On Thursday following NIA's announcement, QIWI traded 1.3 million shares in a single hour while gaining $1.24 to finish at $15.22 per share up 8.9% from NIA's suggestion price. On Friday, QIWI gained another $2.11 or 13.9% to finish last week at $17.33 per share up 23.96% from NIA's suggestion price! NIA's QIWI call option suggestion finished last week at $3.50 for a stunning gain already of 250%!

We have seen nothing yet! Only 6 1/2 months ago on June 13, 2017, QIWI received a tender offer from Otkritie to acquire the company at $28 per share! QIWI rose as high as $26.55 per share following the tender offer. QIWI's CEO Sergey Solonin rejected the offer believing that QIWI is worth significantly more than $28 per share. Since November 1, 2017, Otkritie has acquired an additional 7,594,297 QIWI shares in private transactions - increasing its QIWI stake to 33.957%. NIA predicts that Otkritie will soon make a new tender offer for the QIWI shares it doesn't own, and if we are right, we expect the offer to exceed $30 per share.

No other major financial company in the world has been investing as heavily into blockchain technology as QIWI! Not only is QIWI developing the BitRuble, but QIWI has launched an entire subsidiary focused exclusively on developing blockchain technology for its payment platforms that currently process RUB78 billion per month! QIWI also recently acquired the #1 blockchain technology incubator in all of Russia, which is investing big into many blockchain technology startups!

Russia's Bitcoin trading volume on LocalBitcoins has now surpassed the U.S. and the #1 most popular online wallet for buying/selling Bitcoin in Russia is QIWI, with LocalBitcoins ranking QIWI ahead of PayPal, Square, and Yandex Money: click here to see for yourself!

Over the holiday weekend, QIWI posted the following message to its official VK social networking QIWI Russia account: "Good news for miners! Recently, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree on the development of the digital economy. Now the trade in crypto currency and conducting of mining operations will become legal and will not be taxed. The document also gives new rights to the High Technologies Park - the Belarusian analogue of the Silicon Valley. So we are waiting for the ICO in 2018. We hope that next year and in Russia the crypt will become legal! Will you be engaged in tourism mining?"

QIWI has now implemented a Bitcoin ATM into its QIWI kiosks in Belarus allowing its customers to buy Bitcoin directly from the machine with cash! Click here to see for yourself!

[PennyStalker]

Sounds like politics to me.

The article ends with this:
“I expect the final version of this bill will look completely different than what the Mof, the Bank of Russia and Wall St. wants.”

Nothing is made official yet, and what has been brought to the table is completely backwards.

Let’s see how the market reacts

[Letgo]

Has anyone read the white paper on the BitRubble? As I am wondering if this news from today will really effected QIWI going forward. As Zero Hedge article mentions the Crypto rubble being " nixed " by latest Russian legislation. I need to research this issue. Please read this from today's Zero hedge article. ..
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-01/russias-crypto-rules-betray-early-hopes

[Dragonfly79]

Same here. I bought some stock at 16 today, looking to get some options next

[mikeski74]

I’m going long on some options Tuesday morning

[dawsons creek]

Nice!

[PennyStalker]

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Boosts Holdings in Qiwi PLC (QIWI)
Friday, December 29th, 2017
Logan Wallace

JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in Qiwi PLC (NASDAQ:QIWI) by 240.4% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 390,918 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 276,068 shares during the quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. owned approximately 0.87% of Qiwi worth $6,470,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

[dawsons creek]

My 18 is close!!!

[PennyStalker]

Close at HOD would be awesome

[dawsons creek]

I think there will be push to 18

[Letgo]

I say 17.40 close - anyone else?

[Letgo]

does anyone have TA indicating a power hour?? any close predictions ?? possibly 17.40 ??

[Avoid]

QIWI - An Under-The-Radar Blockchain Play

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4134136-qiwi-radar-blockchain-play?utm_source=partner_investingcom_feed

[Letgo]

Government sources had previously stated that BitRuble would be the only officially sanctioned tradable cryptocurrency once launched,

[Letgo]

This is WAY BETTER article as the other was from 2015. This one is 2017 -
https://cointelegraph.com/news/we-cant-keep-crypto-under-lock-and-key-anymore-says-senior-russian-politician

Russia’s first deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov has repeated plans for the country to adopt its own cryptocurrency.

Speaking to local news network RBC about the so-called ‘BitRuble,’ Shuvalov said the Russian security service the FSB was already considering potential security loopholes ahead of time.

“I am a supporter of a cryptoruble coming into being,” he said. “Discussing Blockchain, we agreed we should act carefully - the government, central bank and the FSB.”

In line with previous comments on the controlled nature of a future Blockchain-based currency, Shuvalov reiterated there should be no risk of “harm to the national economy.”

“We can’t keep cryptocurrencies under lock and key any longer - the phenomenon will keep advancing,” he said. “It should however advance in a way that does not harm our national economy, but rather strengthens it.”

Government sources had previously stated that BitRuble would be the only officially sanctioned tradable cryptocurrency once launched, while hard-and-fast regulations on Bitcoin and other cryptoassets are expected next year.

At the same time, Putin aide Dmitry Marinichev has most recently signaled the desire for a long-term relationship with Bitcoin as the Kremlin seeks to corner the mining market.

China is the major target, Russia is hoping cheaper electricity will spark investor interest in Marinichev’s prospective $100 mln mining operation.

[PennyStalker]

If we can pass 18 we will hit 20 pretty fast imo

[Letgo]

Great article on BitRubble - cointelegraph -
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitruble-first-russian-cryptocurrency-announced-by-qiwi

"This project will be discussed with the Central Bank of Russia in the coming days once again. Furthermore, we sent a letter describing the project to the authorities."

Blockchain technology will serve as the basis for the BitRuble. However, the fate of this currency might solely depend on whether Russia’s Central Bank and the government will give the project the green light according to CEO and co-owner of Qiwi, Sergei Solonin.

[Letgo]

TA guy said the BREAK OUT price would be $17.30 and he knew his stuff !!
check out this video done on 12/27/17 - Wednesday - just three minutes....

he also mentioned the big reversal price is 16.82
cycle analysis says it hit a low and of course it was oversold

But I really pay attention to those NIA alerts .... I really see the depth of significance in this from todays NIA ......
" QIWI is currently developing the BitRuble Cryptocurrency, a HUGE project that has already been receiving major global media attention since it launched last year, but Wall Street hasn't figured out yet that QIWI is the company behind the project and is publicly traded!"

[PennyStalker]

That allowed me to pick up a bunch at $15.50

[dawsons creek]

They tried a little shake, and were humiliated

[mikeski74]

Awesome thank you

[PennyStalker]

New alert from NIA sent out this morning at 10:56am!

NIA is extremely excited about its #1 stock suggestion for 2018, QIWI PLC (QIWI). Look for it to breakout above $20 per share and explode as high as $30 per share next week. QIWI is currently developing the BitRuble Cryptocurrency, a HUGE project that has already been receiving major global media attention since it launched last year, but Wall Street hasn't figured out yet that QIWI is the company behind the project and is publicly traded!
NIA just conducted a Google Trends comparison of search popularity in Russia for QIWI vs. PayPal vs. Square vs. Yandex Money vs. Sberbank. QIWI is currently ranked #1 with search traffic that is 2,633% higher than Yandex Money, 720% higher than Square, 257% higher than PayPal, and 55% higher than Sberbank!

PayPal stock gained 88% in 2017 and now has a market cap of $89.3 billion - but QIWI's Google search traffic in Russia is 257% higher!

Square stock gained 157% in 2017 and now has a market cap of $13.58 billion - but QIWI's Google search traffic in Russia is 720% higher!

Sberbank stock gained 48% in 2017 and now has a market cap of $91.31 billion - but QIWI's Google search traffic in Russia is 55% higher!

Yandex stock gained 64% in 2017 and now has a market cap of $10.77 billion - but QIWI's Google search traffic in Russia is 2,633% higher!

Amazingly, current U.S. Google search traffic for Bitcoin is 40% higher than Square and 110% higher than PayPal... but despite Russian search traffic for Bitcoin exploding in recent weeks/months, QIWI search traffic remains 38% higher than even Bitcoin! It truly shows you how huge QIWI is in Russia - yet its current market cap is less than $1 billion!

When BitRuble launches look for QIWI to be trading north of $50 per share!

[mikeski74]

Nice run after the dip

[PennyStalker]

Nice bounce... let’s keep her going!

[dawsons creek]

Should be a great day

[mikeski74]

GM $QIWI

[Letgo]

Up 5% in after market! About QIWI plc.
About QIWI plc.

QIWI is a leading provider of next generation payment services in Russia and the CIS. It has an integrated proprietary network that enables payment services across physical, online and mobile channels. It has deployed over 19.0 million virtual wallets, over 152,000 kiosks and terminals, and enabled merchants to accept over RUB 78 billion cash and electronic payments monthly from over 51 million consumers using its network at least once a month. QIWI's consumers can use cash, stored value and other electronic payment methods to order and pay for goods and services across physical or online environments interchangeably.

[Letgo]

Got that alert at 3:35 and jumped into this with almost all my dry powder! NIA is awesome and has been so amazingly accurate for six months now that I have gotten there free alerts. BTL.V was especially good pick! This has so many bullish aspects to it and the chart is ready to explode - once it goes over 16.82 it will fly!

[mikeski74]

Wow this can be huge. Thanks again

[mikeski74]

Awesome thank you

[PennyStalker]

Here’s the NIA email:

NIA is excited to announce QIWI PLC (QIWI) as its #1 stock suggestion for 2018!
Currently trading for only $13.98 per share with 61.77 million shares outstanding, QIWI has a market cap of $863.54 million with $287.67 million in cash and no debt, for an enterprise value of only $575.87 million. QIWI has trailing twelve month revenues of $326.9 million for an enterprise value/revenue ratio of 1.76, compared to a trailing 5-year average of 3.04. QIWI has trailing twelve month positive free cash flow of $65.77 million for an enterprise value/free cash flow ratio of only 8.75!

QIWI is the largest and most advanced Bitcoin/Blockchain technology company in Russia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Belarus, Romania, and the United Arab Emirates - yet the stock hasn't yet been discovered at a Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency play! When investors begin to recognize QIWI's leading position in the Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency space, we expect the stock to rapidly explode to $20-$30 per share. Therefore, NIA is also excited to suggest QIWI call options as our #1 options suggestion for 2018! NIA specifically likes the QIWI February 2018 $15 call options with a current ask of $1. If QIWI hits $20 per share by February 16, 2018, NIA's QIWI call option suggestion will rise to a minimum of $5 for a gain of 400%!

QIWI was established in Russia on April 22, 2008 and today has over 152,000 physical QIWI Payment Kiosks and Terminals that are used by 51 million clients per month to make payments for over 13,000 merchants, including state organizations, utility services, mobile network operators, banks, online-shops, remittance systems. The Visa QIWI Wallet for Apple and Android devices provides a simple way for Russians to transfer money, receive payments and pay for 75,000 services around the world and is currently used by 19 million customers. It can be linked automatically to a virtual or physical prepaid card that can be used to make purchases at retailers that accept Visa worldwide.

QIWI believes that its future growth will come from the Blockchain/Cryptocurrency space and the company has been investing heavily on developing innovative, breakthrough new Blockchain/Cryptocurrency technologies while acquiring Blockchain technology startups. QIWI has been bullish on Blockchain/Cryptocurrency technology for many years and is not a bandwagon company that is only now entering the space due to the current Cryptocurrency boom.

Back in October 2015, QIWI proposed developing a new Cryptocurrency called the BitRuble and received major support from Russia's central bank (click here to read about it). A short time later, QIWI filed a trademark application for BitRuble (click here to read about it).

In December 2016, QIWI was called a "persistent crypto player" when it announced that it is working on a major Blockchain Energy Project in Crimea. QIWI launched a test to track energy transactions using blockchain technology in partnership with Tavrida Electric, one of the world’s leading suppliers of circuit breakers and a global energy smart grid supplier (click here to read about it).

In March 2017, QIWI launched a subsidiary called Qiwi Blockchain Technologies (QBT). QBT will be responsible for the development and implementation of blockchain-based products into QIWI's payments ecosystem, as well as for expertise and consulting services provided to external clients. The subsidiary has already developed QIWI Cryptoprocessing, which has passed tests and is ready for integration (click here to read about it).

A few days after QIWI's announcement, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev instructed the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications and the Ministry of Economic Development to study the possible applications of blockchain technology during the preparation of the “Digital Economy” program (click here to read about it).

In May 2017, QIWI closed on the acquisition of InspiRUSSIA, a fintech accelerator that is developing blockchain-based solutions (click here to read about it).

In July 2017, QIWI partnered with IT educator Scream School to open a private ‘Blockchain Academy' in Russia that is offering a 1 month Blockchain course at a cost of 50,000 Rubles. (click here to read about it).

In September 2017, QIWI's InspiRUSSIA hosted the first ever InspiRussia Hakaton, devoted to the creation of new products in the blockchain and Fintech-industry based on modern IT solutions. The event took place on the site of Russia's top IT university - Innopolis and included experts from QIWI, Microsoft, Life.SREDA, and Evotor (MPOS), along with professors of computer science from Beijing and Dubai Universities (click here to read about it).

QIWI is now offered as a payment method to buy Bitcoins on LocalBitcoin (click here to see for yourself). On many Russian web sites, QIWI is now offered as one of the top payment methods to purchase any Cryptocurrency (click here for an example).

In recent months, many of Russia's wealthiest and most influential oligarchs have been investing big into Cryptocurrencies (click here to read about it). It wouldn't surprise us if they soon invest big into QIWI - the clear #1 leader in Russia's booming Cryptocurrency space!

[mikeski74]

Wow didn’t know about that. That’s some good news for tomorrow then

[PennyStalker]

It was featured by a group that has a very good track record at running stocks... the email was sent out at 3pm and that’s when big volume came pouring in...

[mikeski74]

News was posted right after the close

[PennyStalker]

You know what caused this move today?

[mikeski74]

Great day here. I can’t wait for tomorrow

[mikeski74]

Moving nice AH

[mikeski74]

The breakout is on weeeeeeee

[mikeski74]

In at $14 on the dip now watch this rip

[ValueInvestor15]

Fundamentals show Qiwi is 27% undervalued w/ earnings expected:

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