Bitcoin’s price has slipped to around $105,100, down 5.75% in 24 hours, wiping nearly $120 billion from its total market cap. Yet, while most investors retreat, billionaire real estate mogul Grant Cardone is buying more — and a new Solana-powered Layer 2, Bitcoin Hyper, is rising to give BTC what it never had: speed.
When fear takes over the market, the contrarians step in. This week, Grant Cardone — known for turning $300 million of real estate into a multi-billion-dollar empire — quietly added another 200 BTC through his investment firm, Cardone Capital. That follows a 300 BTC purchase just days earlier.
In his latest interview with Bitcoin Magazine, Cardone called Bitcoin “a multiplier of wealth,” drawing a bold comparison between money and attention: both must be captured, stored, and multiplied to build enduring value.
“Saving cash doesn’t save your wealth — it erodes it,” Cardone said. “Fiat goes down in value the longer you hold it.”
Cardone’s strategy blends traditional income streams with digital assets in a uniquely structured model. Instead of buying Bitcoin directly with idle cash, he funnels monthly rental income from income-producing properties into BTC, transforming tenants’ payments into long-term digital holdings.
Each fund starts with about 15% allocated to BTC, gradually rebalancing to a 50/50 mix between real estate and Bitcoin over several years. The logic? Real estate brings stability; Bitcoin brings exponential upside.
“Our renters are buying the investors Bitcoin,” Cardone explained. “It’s real estate merged with Bitcoin, not backed by it.”
In essence, Cardone Capital becomes a “MicroStrategy for real estate investors”, offering exposure to BTC without requiring custody, private keys, or direct trading.
Bitcoin’s sharp drop this week wasn’t random. After a confirmed descending triangle breakdown, BTC/USD extended losses toward the projected $105,000 and $103,500 support zones.
Both the 20- and 50-period EMAs slope downward, reinforcing bearish momentum, while RSI sits near 25, flashing oversold conditions.
Analysts now see BTC consolidating between $103,500 and $107,400, forming a short-term base before the next directional move.
Resistance remains heavy at $107,500 and $110,800, and failure to reclaim these levels could drag BTC to the $101,600–$99,000 range.
Yet, despite the gloom, institutional accumulation — led by investors like Cardone — signals confidence that this correction may form the foundation for Bitcoin’s Q4 recovery.
As whales quietly accumulate, the developer world is moving just as fast.
Enter Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) — the first Bitcoin-native Layer 2 powered by the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM).
Its mission: combine Bitcoin’s immutability with Solana’s ultra-fast execution layer.
The project has already raised $23.9 million in its presale, positioning itself as a bridge between BTC’s security and Solana’s scalability.
“If Bitcoin built the foundation, Bitcoin Hyper is building the highway,” the developers say.
It’s Solana speed, Bitcoin security — payments, DeFi, NFTs, and meme coins, all backed by BTC’s original chain.
Grant Cardone’s bet represents capital confidence, while Bitcoin Hyper represents technological evolution. Both point to one truth: Bitcoin’s narrative isn’t shrinking — it’s expanding.
On one side, old-money investors are using real-world assets to buy digital ones. On the other, next-gen builders are reprogramming Bitcoin itself to compete with Ethereum and Solana.
The result? A self-reinforcing cycle — as liquidity migrates from property and TradFi into BTC, innovation layers on top, multiplying its utility and network effect.
Near-term, Bitcoin may continue to flirt with the $100K line before regaining momentum. But beneath the surface, whales are accumulating, developers are building, and capital is compounding. That’s not the sign of an ending — it’s the signal of a new phase.
2025 may be remembered as the year Bitcoin’s ecosystem split in two — and both halves grew stronger: the old world turning its cash flows into digital gold, and the new world turning that gold into programmable money.
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