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How to Buy a House With Crypto: US Edition

Everything is on the table in our increasingly digital world. You can now even buy major assets like a home using cryptocurrency – assuming you understand a few caveats.

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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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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.

Maurizio Cattelan's "Comedian" presented by Perrotin Gallery and on view at Art Basel Miami 2019.

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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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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.

Russia's Central Bank