Mortgages


Finance

Figure Technologies Reveals Crypto-Backed Mortgage Products

Potential customers can now join the waiting list ahead of the launch next month.

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Finance

Crypto Lender Ledn Raises $70M in Series B Round, Readies Bitcoin-Backed Mortgage Product

The crypto lender is looking to reach over $100 million in bitcoin-backed mortgage originations.

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Finance

Second-Biggest Mortgage Provider in US Stops Accepting Crypto Payments

United Wholesale Mortgage’s announcement comes only about six weeks after it said it would begin offering a crypto payment option via a pilot program.

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Finance

US Mortgage Lender UWM Plans to Accept Bitcoin Payments

The Michigan-based company hopes to become the first nationwide mortgage lender to accept cryptocurrency.

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Finance

MakerDAO on Collision Course With Banking Regulators

As MakerDAO rolls out real estate loans, banking regulators are unlikely to ignore DeFi banks, our columnist says.

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Markets

Nasdaq-Listed Canadian Firm Mogo Launches Bitcoin Cashback Mortgage Program

Canada’s residential mortgage market is estimated at C$1.7 trillion.

Canadians can earn cashback on their mortgage to buy bitcoin.

Finance

How Bananas and Mortgages Can Explain the NFT Craze

A banana can be removed from its peel. A loan can be separated from the right to bill you every month. Now NFTs have cleaved bragging rights from artwork. What these things are worth is a matter of opinion.

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Finance

JPMorgan Provides $100M Financing Facility for Blockchain Mortgage Platform Figure

The facility covers both conforming and jumbo mortgages – loans in excess of the traditional lending restrictions.

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Policy

Bank of Russia Wants to Put Mortgage Issuance on a Blockchain

Russia's is eyeing use cases for blockchain even as proposed legislation will clamp down on crypto.

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Markets

'We'll Tokenize the House': Mortgages Are Coming to Ethereum This Summer

Fintech startup Fluidity plans to launch ethereum-powered mortgages in California and New York, CoinDesk has learned.

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