Cardone Capital has snapped up 130 Bitcoin, worth about $9.5 million, during a recent dip in the cryptocurrency's price. The purchase continues the firm's push to blend real estate and digital assets under a single LLC structure — a strategy it says is drawing in first-time crypto investors.
Latest Bitcoin buy
The acquisition comes after Cardone Capital's larger 2025 play, when it bought 1,000 BTC — valued at over $100 million at the time — as part of a $235 million transaction that also included real estate. This week's buy is smaller but signals the firm isn't backing off its hybrid approach despite market swings.
How the hybrid model works
Cardone Capital wraps Bitcoin and real estate holdings into a single LLC, letting investors get exposure to both through one vehicle. The company claims the model could generate annual returns between 22% and 32%. The pitch seems to be working: 80% of investors in one Cardone fund had never owned Bitcoin before the firm shifted its investment strategy last year.
That stat suggests the hybrid structure is pulling in people who were on the fence about crypto — people who might feel safer with a real estate anchor. Whether the returns materialize is another question, but the firm is betting big on the combo.
Cardone's bigger vision
Grant Cardone, the company's founder, isn't stopping at his own portfolio. He recently suggested that President Donald Trump should make the U.S. the global capital of crypto. Cardone proposed using revalued gold reserves to fund federal Bitcoin purchases — a move that would put the government directly in the game as a buyer.
The idea is bold, but there's no sign the administration is considering it. Cardone's call, however, fits with his broader view that real estate and Bitcoin are natural allies in a world of loose monetary policy. For now, his firm is putting that theory to the test with each new BTC buy.
