Traditional profits include fund management fees (charging around 1.0%–1.5% on unreturned capital), project development/construction/management service fees, trading/brokerage/financing fees, and performance sharing (carry), among others. The profit model for the cryptocurrency/digital asset sector includes: purchasing LINK and holding it, capital gains from its appreciation in value; using LINK for staking/validating nodes to earn staking rewards; and potentially participating in on-chain network governance or providing validation/node service income in the future.

By incorporating digital assets as part of the company's treasury, Caliber can provide a hedge or diversified returns for its balance sheet during fluctuations in the real estate/asset market; the digital asset strategy can also serve as a capital efficiency tool to enhance the utilization of funds. Meanwhile, such a layout can demonstrate the company's strategic vision for the Web3/blockchain ecosystem to investors, potentially leading to an increase in valuation or attracting investors focused on digital assets.

Directly affected cryptocurrency: Chainlink (LINK) The company publicly stated that its treasury will prioritize allocating LINK and may participate in its validation nodes/staking, which means that its buying behavior and long-term locking/staking actions may have a positive effect on the market supply and demand as well as the locking ratio of LINK.