Alternative Investing Report - March 13, 2026

*as of 3/12; Sources: S&P, BTC, FTSE, DJRE, 30YM

Bitcoin
Current price: $70,205.06 (Market cap: $1.4 trillion)

• I encourage everyone to lean into crypto, even if they’re afraid of it

• Just buy a dollar or a hundred dollars of Bitcoin to get involved in the asset class

• People should understand how a crypto wallet works, how digital currencies operate, because they aren’t going away

• The space is growing and getting bigger and everything will start to meld into one

Here’s a list of our past expert investment picks.

Reeve Collins is a pioneer in blockchain, stablecoins, and digital assets, with a legacy of creating category-defining innovations. After co-founding Tether, the world’s first stablecoin, and launching the first platform for NFTs, he helped shape two of the most transformative movements in Web3.

Reeve is currently the co-founder and chairman of: WeFi, an onchain infrastructure provider for banks | STBL, the next generation stablecoin protocol | and the pending chairman of ReserveOne, a publicly traded digital asset management company.

⚾ Modern baseball card record: A 2013 Aaron Judge Bowman Chrome Draft Superfractor signed 1 of 1 card sold for $5.2 million in a private sale, setting a new record for any modern day baseball card. The card was last sold for $157,200 in 2020.

📈 Mortgage rates rise: Thanks in large part to the Iran war, mortgage rates rose 11 basis points and are likely to continue going up as long as bond yields keep rising. All the positive momentum that the housing market saw when rates dropped below 6% is now likely to dissipate.

🏡 Housing construction data: Housing starts rose 7.2% monthly and 9.5% annually, buoyed by multifamily starts, which jumped by a unusually high 29.1% monthly and 56.9% annually. Single family starts actually declined, as did building permits and housing completions.

🪙 Oil trading on Hyperliquid: The crypto-based trading platform recorded nearly $1 billion in trading volume of oil-linked perpetual futures, helping boost the price of its token, which is up more than 20% over the past week.

🏢 The mall is back: Gen Z is leading a resurgence for shopping malls, as their global annual retail spending starts to outpace older generations. Those aged 18-24 spent 62% of their retail dollars in brick-and-mortar stores last year, compared to just 52% for those 25 and older, a good sign for the future of in-person retail.

🚀 Nuclear fission startups: VC investment in the sector more than quadrupuled and reached an all-time high in 2025, with big rounds from companies such as X‑energy, TerraPower, and Radiant leading the way.

Monday: 🎨 London art week, 📉 Unemployment rises
Tuesday: ⚾ Goldin weekend auctions, 💵 Private credit defaults
Wednesday: 🤖 European AI startups, 🏡 Existing home sales
Thursday: 📊 CPI inflation report, 🎨 Art market rebound

Have a great weekend!