The investment fund combines multifamily real estate with BTC, maximizing upside by converting a portion of the monthly cash flows to BTC. Cardone Capital, a real estate investment firm with over $5 billion in assets under management, launched the 10X Miami River Bitcoin Fund, a dual-asset fund consisting of a 346-unit multifamily commercial property located on the Miami River in Miami, Florida, and $15 million of Bitcoin (BTC). In an interview with Cointelegraph, Cardone Capital founder and CEO Grant Cardone said the Miami River Bitcoin Fund, which is the firm's fourth blended investment vehicle mixing BTC and commercial multifamily real estate, will convert a portion of its monthly cash flows to BTC. Cardone told Cointelegraph the impetus to start the fund followed a suggestion from his brother. The CEO said: Read more
As global debt markets flash warning signs, Bitcoin rallies, defying investors’ expectations and reshaping BTC’s role in the financial system. Key takeaways: Rising bond yields reflect growing concern about fiscal stability and inflation, leading some investors to question US Treasury’s traditional role as a safe-haven asset. Bitcoin defies conventional risk models, rising not despite worsening macro conditions, but possibly because of them. Read more
Bitcoin’s price rally takes a breather over the weekend, but a bullish weekly close could translate to gains from HYPE, XMR, AAVE and WLD. Key points: Bitcoin price is stuck below $109,588, but the pullback has not altered its bullish chart structure. A bullish weekly open from Bitcoin could extend gains in HYPE, XMR, AAVE, and WLD. Read more
According to SaylorTracker, Strategy is up over 54% on its Bitcoin investment, representing over $21.8 billion in unrealized capital gains. Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor signaled an impending Bitcoin (BTC) purchase by the company amid the recent dip from the all-time high of $112,000 reached on May 22. "I only buy Bitcoin with money I can't afford to lose," Saylor wrote to his 4.3 million followers in an X post. The company's most recent purchase of 7,390 BTC on May 19, valued at nearly $765 million, brought Strategy's total holdings to 576,230 BTC. Read more
Crypto leaders underestimate the true potential of real estate tokenization. Tokenizing property isn’t just about liquidity — it’s about democratizing access, reducing inefficiencies, and building a new era of wealth creation. Opinion by: Darren Carvalho, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of MetaWealth During Paris Blockchain Week, Securitize Chief Operating Officer Michael Sonnenshein made headlines by dismissing real estate as a sub-optimal asset class for tokenization. This isn’t the first time crypto leaders have underestimated the merits of bringing real estate onchain, and it is likely not the last. While I respect Sonnenshein’s contributions to digital asset adoption, his assessment misses fundamental points about real estate tokenization’s transformative potential. Real estate represents the world’s largest asset class and is projected to reach a value of $654.39 trillion this year, according to Statista. When industry leaders claim that this massive market isn’t suitable for tokenization, they overlook today's t...
AI agents are increasingly embedded into financial industries, including crypto, but the industry has yet to experience the security vulnerabilities hidden in them. AI agents in crypto are increasingly embedded in wallets, trading bots and onchain assistants that automate tasks and make real-time decisions. Though it’s not a standard framework yet, Model Context Protocol (MCP) is emerging at the heart of many of these agents. If blockchains have smart contracts to define what should happen, AI agents have MCPs to decide how things can happen. It can act as the control layer that manages an AI agent’s behavior, such as which tools it uses, what code it runs and how it responds to user inputs. Read more
World claims to offer financial inclusion through identity verification, but critics warn it may sacrifice decentralization, privacy, and self-sovereignty. The crypto industry is no stranger to controversy, yet few projects have drawn more scrutiny than Sam Altman’s World, formerly known as Worldcoin. Promising to verify human uniqueness through iris scans and distribute its WLD token globally, World positions itself as a tool for financial inclusion. However, critics argue the project’s biometric methods are invasive, overly centralized, and at odds with the ethos of decentralization and digital privacy. At the heart of the critique is the claim that biometric identity systems cannot be truly decentralized when they rely on proprietary hardware, closed authentication methods, and centralized control over data pipelines. Read more