Grant Cardone, a multibillionaire actual property investor, stated Wednesday he added one other $100 million in bitcoin as a part of a technique combining the asset with income-producing actual property, throughout a Hearth chat at Consensus Miami 2026.
“We simply merely added one other $100 million of bitcoin,” Cardone stated, describing a current property deal the place BTC was paired with a $235 million asset, a hybrid technique he believes will outperform actual property funding trusts (REITs).
Cardone stated conventional actual property funding trusts are structurally restricted. “These firms can by no means, ever maintain bitcoin on their steadiness sheet,” he stated. “We imagine by combining actual property and bitcoin […] I’ll find yourself with someplace between a 22 and a 32% return.”
The property investor stated the newest allocation builds on an earlier bitcoin buy made in 2025, when Cardone Capital added 1,000 BTC to its steadiness sheet, a place valued at simply over $100 million on the time, bringing the agency’s whole bitcoin publicity to roughly $200 million.
The actual property mogul stated the construction combines two asset varieties inside a single funding car. “I’ve two belongings that we simply fused collectively in an LLC,” Cardone stated.
He defined the strategy additionally consists of introducing new buyers to bitcoin. “Eighty p.c of the those who invested in that fund personal zero bitcoin,” he stated, including that the technique doesn’t contain placing actual property immediately on blockchain rails.
“I’m not placing actual property on the blockchain,” Cardone stated. “All I’m doing is shopping for a bunch of bitcoin and stuffing it into the low cost hole.”
Nevertheless, in February, In an X put up, the investor stated that Cardone Capital had plans to tokenize its holdings to present buyers “collateral and liquidity within the secondary markets.” On the time, he additionally stated the agency aimed to grow to be a market chief in tokenizing belongings at scale.
At Consensus, Cardone defined his hybrid technique combines secure money move with bitcoin publicity. “If bitcoin goes to zero, I’m not eliminating the true property.” He stated the mixed mannequin is meant to compete with present actual property buildings. “I’m going to tear [their] face off,” referring to competing investments with out bitcoin publicity.
