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Grant Cardone plans to tokenize Cardone Capital’s $5B real estate portfolio on blockchain, chasing liquidity and market dominance in a fast-moving space.Grant Cardone is making a move that few real estate moguls have dared to try at this scale. Cardone Capital, his multi-family and commercial property firm, is preparing to tokenize its entire portfolio. That’s five billion dollars worth of real estate heading to the blockchain.As CoinDesk reported, Cardone shared the plan on X, saying the firm wants to hand investors “collateral and liquidity in the secondary markets.” He went further, saying Cardone Capital aims to become a market leader…

With a few hours still to go, Bitcoin BTC$66,806.85 is on track to post its worst losing streak since 2018, with February about to mark a fifth consecutive monthly decline.The run of losses would be the longest since that 2018–2019 bear market and follows what has already been bitcoin’s worst first 50-day start to a year on record, leaving BTC down more than 25% year to date and on course for its first-ever back-to-back January and February declines.More? The bitcoin-to-gold ratio fell to 12.288 ounces in February, marking a 70% drawdown over the last 14 months.Bitcoin is also about to…

Fundstrat’s Tom Lee says a potentially “meaningful low” for crypto and equities may be approaching even as sentiment remains deeply negative. In a series of posts on X, Lee acknowledges how grim the current environment feels. He says a steady stream of negative headlines are likely part of the bottoming process. “As bearish as it feels out there, keep in mind: stocks and crypto bottom on ‘bad’ news – not good. We are in the midst of a wave of bad news.” Lee’s remarks coincide with reports that the Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy (MSTR) has become the most shorted stock…

ETF flows show profit-taking in Bitcoin and Ethereum, with selective rotation into XRP rather than broad institutional exit.Institutional positioning in crypto ETFs shifted sharply after two days of heavy buying. Bitcoin funds moved into net outflows, and Ethereum saw deeper withdrawals. Meanwhile, Solana held small gains, and XRP drew selective inflows. Instead of a broad pullback, flows point to tactical rotation across major digital asset products.Institutional Profit-Taking Hits Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFsSpot Bitcoin Exchange-listed products recorded $27.5 million in net outflows on 27 January. This came after large inflows of $506.6 million on February 25 and $254.4 million on February…

XRP reversed sharply after failing to sustain its rebound, with a high-volume breakdown through $1.36 accelerating downside momentum.News BackgroundXRP fell alongside renewed weakness across the broader crypto market, but the decisive move was technical rather than headline-driven. The token had staged a brief relief rally earlier in the week, only to stall below key resistance and roll over as sellers defended higher levels.The breakdown extends XRP’s corrective pattern since its July 2025 peak, reinforcing a sequence of lower highs and failed recovery attempts.Price Action SummaryXRP dropped 9.1% from $1.42 to $1.30Selling intensified once $1.36 support failedVolume surged more than 170%…

Expert trader Tony Severino, who correctly predicted Bitcoin’s top, has raised the possibility of a crash to $4,000. This comes as BTC continues to struggle to break key resistance levels, signaling that it could be at risk of a deeper decline.  Expert Trader Raises Potential Bitcoin Drop To $4,000 In an X post, Tony Severino questioned the possibility that the next Bitcoin bull market is a lower high followed by a lower low. His accompanying chart showed BTC may be forming a Head-and-Shoulder pattern, which could spark a crash to $4,000. As such, he urged market participants to play the…

Three members of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) economic bloc are dumping tens of billions of dollars in US treasuries. According to U.S. Treasury International Capital (TIC) System data, China offloaded $75.5 billion in US treasuries between December of 2024 and December of 2025, a reduction of approximately 10%. India’s US treasury holdings, on the other hand, fell by $36.2 billion in the 12 months, an 18% year-over-year decrease. Meanwhile, Brazil cut its US treasury holdings by $32.9 billion, a reduction of roughly 16%. The updated data comes as ING, the 35th largest bank in the…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Prominent British multinational bank Barclays Plc is exploring the development of a blockchain platform to support payments, signaling a deeper push by traditional finance lenders into digital-asset technology. Notably, the move places Barclays alongside global rivals that are racing to modernize payment infrastructure amid rising adoption of blockchain products, especially stablecoin. Barclays Mulls Blockchain Payments Infrastructure According to a Friday report by Bloomberg, Barclays Plc is assessing the creation of a blockchain payment platform capable of supporting payments and settlement services, according to people familiar with the…

CME basis compression and a 47% drop in open interest signal deleveraging, but no clear capitulation bottom has formed.Signs of stress are building in Bitcoin’s derivatives markets. Cooling demand for futures exposure and a sharp drop in open interest signal that deleveraging is still underway. CryptoQuant says conditions do not yet resemble past cycle bottoms.BTC Futures Basis Shrinks as CME Curve Signals Cooling Risk AppetiteData from CryptoQuant shows compression in the CME Bitcoin futures basis. Compared with late 2025 and a year ago, premiums across maturities have narrowed. Longer-dated contracts have seen the sharpest decline. As a result, traders appear…

Fresh U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have drawn new attention to a financial network Tehran has built in parallel to its battered banking system: bitcoin mining and a fast-growing stablecoin economy.Iran legalized crypto mining in 2019, allowing licensed operators to use subsidized electricity in exchange for selling mined BTC to the central bank. Bitcoin has served as a tool for paying for imports and settling trade outside the dollar system, even if indirectly.Estimates in recent years have put Iran’s share of global bitcoin mining power between 2% and 5%, though much of the activity operates out of public view.Blockchain…