Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) may have been hammered in the ongoing slump, but is it enough to swap your digital fortune for a beachfront luxury pad? Well, real estate mogul Grant Cardone is making that exact offer.

Cardone Bets On BTC Over Fiat, Real Estate

Earlier this week, Cardone listed his 10,000 sq ft Golden Beach mansion for 700 BTC, worth $46.58 million at current prices. The mansion has 7 bedrooms, 6 garages and a private shoreline.

Cardone invited early Bitcoin holders, also referred to as OGs in cryptocurrency lingo, to make the move.

Cardane said that his neighbour listed their property for $88 million, significantly higher than his listing.

“Let the neighbor take more fiat. I’ll…

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According to BlockTower founder Ari Paul, crypto markets are at a critical juncture and face two sharply different outcomes.

50/50 Between Structural Top And Macro-Driven Recovery

Paul on X outlined two “steelman” scenarios to explain the ongoing rangebound and weak price action.

Scenario A: The cycle top may already be in, potentially for this generation of crypto assets.

Crypto has benefited from peak tailwinds, including mainstream awareness, political support and looser regulation.

Yet real-world adoption remains limited.

Institutional and national experiments, including El Salvador’s Bitcoin initiative, have delivered mixed results, and many corporations have tested crypto without…

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Fidelity’s Jurrien Timmer called Bitcoin’s (CRYPTO: BTC) $60,000 low the cycle bottom, predicting a new bull market will begin after “a few months of backing and filling” as BTC trades around $67,589.

The Bottom Call

Timmer, Fidelity’s director of global macro, said Bitcoin’s drop to $60,000 last week fulfilled the support zone he predicted months ago when he wrote the four-year cycle bull market had ended.

“It’s anyone’s guess whether $60,000 is the low, but my guess is that it is, and that after a few months of backing and filling the next cyclical bull market will get underway,” Timmer wrote on X.

He pointed to pattern recognition as the basis for optimism. “Based on…

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Bitcoin reversed its recent slide and is pushing back toward $70,000, even as ETF flows remain volatile and sentiment linger in “Extreme Fear” territory.

Notable Statistics:

Coinglass data shows 94,874 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $294.61 million.

In the past 24 hours, top gainers include Humanity Protocol, pippin and Kite.

Notable Developments:

Trader Notes: Crypto Tony said Bitcoin is testing a critical short-term level near $68,400. As long as bulls defend that support, the near-term outlook remains constructive. A breakdown, however, could quickly shift momentum back to the downside.

Trader Lennaert Snyder noted that Bitcoin broke above the $68,410 swing high,…

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Bitmine Immersion Technologies Inc. (NYSE:BMNR) stock surged Friday, tracking strength in Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) prices and renewed institutional accumulation, including a sizable position increase by Charles Schwab Corp.

Ethereum traded at $2,029.96, up 4.24% over 24 hours and 2.36% over seven days, with a market cap of $245 billion and trading volume of $21.9 billion.

Charles Schwab Increases Holdings

Charles Schwab reported in its 13F-HR filing on Wednesday that it increased its Bitmine holdings from 1,712,780 shares to 2,732,761 shares, representing a 59.55% increase in its position.

Technical Analysis

Currently, BitMine is trading 16.1% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA) and…

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According to Sen. Mark Warner (D-VI), a “big, bipartisan group working hard” to advance the Senate’s crypto market structure bill, even as talks face mounting obstacles.

Future-Proof Policy Requires Congress              

During a Senate Banking Committee hearing, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins cautioned that while the agency can issue rules under his “Project Crypto” agenda, any clarity created solely through SEC action could be reversed by a future administration.

Atkins stressed that durable, “future-proof” crypto regulation requires legislation passed by Congress, not just agency rulemaking, CoinDesk reported on Friday.

The proposed Digital Asset Market Clarity Act continues to…

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Prominent pseudonymous crypto trader DonAlt on Friday challenged Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) bulls to justify the company’s $1.3 trillion valuation, questioning the AI, cars, and X as the stock fell 0.5% testing the 200 EMA at $394.

The Bear Case

DonAlt posted on X asking why Tesla deserves its current market cap. “The AI kind of sucks in comparison to the competition. The cars suck horrendously in comparison to the competition in China. Twitter isn’t hugely successful. Is it all about SpaceX?”

The auto business is foundering as Q4 2025 revenue fell to $94.8 billion from $97.7 billion in 2024—the first annual decline in company history. 

Net income plunged 61% year-over-year in Q4 and 46%…

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