Real Estate

Crypto mortgages let the crypto rich leverage their cryptocurrency holdings to buy real estate without cashing out (Unspash, modified by CoinDesk).
Crypto Mortgages: How You Can Buy a House Using a Crypto-Backed Loan
Digital asset-backed mortgages let house buyers use their crypto holdings as collateral.
Crypto mortgages let the crypto rich leverage their cryptocurrency holdings to buy real estate without cashing out (Unspash, modified by CoinDesk).

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BAYC Team Raises $285M With Otherside NFTs, Clogs Ethereum
The virtual land rush for the ape-centered metaverse project has already cost traders more than $176 million in fees alone.
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Dubai Real Estate Developer to Accept Crypto Payments Amid UAE Push for Crypto Hub Status
Several of the world's biggest crypto exchanges have flocked to the emirates in the last few months.
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Abra CEO Bill Barhydt appears on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk TV screenshot)
Propy Teams With Abra to Offer Property Purchases Backed by Crypto
Earlier this year Propy sold an NFT-backed home for $650,000.
Abra CEO Bill Barhydt appears on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk TV screenshot)

House model on a Bitcoin symbol on wooden cube (Getty Images)
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.
House model on a Bitcoin symbol on wooden cube (Getty Images)

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Shiba Inu's Metaverse Will Feature More Than 100K Land Plots
Developers have decided to use Ethereum's native cryptocurrency, ether, as a land pricing token.
Shiba Inu (Pixabay)

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EmpireDAO Is Building a WeWork for Web 3
EmpireDAO’s organizers will be leasing 36,000 square feet in Manhattan for what they hope will be NYC’s most desired coworking space for crypto builders.
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NFT-Linked House Sells for $650K in Propy’s First US Sale
The company is merging real estate with NFT lending and has plans to expand its U.S. offerings.
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Crypto News Roundup for Jan. 24, 2022
With crypto markets further slumping and a look at how virtual real estate in the metaverse works, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.
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The real world has real scarcities, unlike the metaverse.
Metaverse Scarcity Isn’t Real
Because scarcity in the metaverse is arbitrary and artificial, the values created with virtual real estate and NFTs are not the same as in the physical world, argues EY’s Paul...
The real world has real scarcities, unlike the metaverse.