Key Takeaways Coinbase and Better launched a mortgage product that lets qualified buyers pledge Bitcoin or USDC to help fund a cash down payment. The structure pairs a standard conforming mortgage with a separate privately financed loan secured by crypto. The launch points to a broader push to turn digital assets into usable collateral inside traditional finance. Crypto has spent years promising utility. This week, one of its clearest real-world tests arrived in a form far less flashy than memec ...

Tether Hires Accountants KPMG And PwC Ahead Of U.S. Expansion Stablecoin issuer Tether has hired leading accounting firms KPMG and PwC as it prepares for an aggressive expansion into the U.S. market.  Media reports say that Tether has hired KPMG to carry out an audit on its $185 billion U.S. dollar-pegged USDT (CRYPTO: $USDT) stablecoin.  Tether has engaged PwC to prepare its internal systems ahead of the audit.  More From Cryptoprowl: The hiring of the accounting firms comes as Tether prepares for full f ...

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Most investors watched and waited when shares of the stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group fell this week. Not ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood. As Benzinga reports, the multi-millionaire founder bought $16.3-million worth of Circle (NYSE:CRCL) shares on the way down — after selling Circle stock a few days earlier. Must Read Her investment firm’s flagship ETFs — ARK Innovation ETF (BATS:ARKK), ARK Next Generation Internet (BATS:ARKW) and ARK Blockchain & Fintech Innovation (BATS:ARKF) — snapped up (1) 161, ...

Coinbase and Better Home & Finance have operationalized the first conforming crypto-backed mortgage in U.S. history, allowing borrowers to pledge Bitcoin or USDC as collateral for a Fannie Mae-backed home loan without liquidating their positions. The product plugs directly into the $12 trillion U.S. residential mortgage market, not as a niche private offering, but as a GSE-conforming instrument backed by the same federal infrastructure that underwrites more than half of American home purchases. The surf ...

Circle Internet Group (NYSE:CRCL) is one of the 12 Best Stocks to Buy According to Billionaire David Abrams. Circle Internet Group (NYSE:CRCL) does not feature in the 13F portfolio of Abrams Capital Management for the fourth quarter of 2025. The fund, which held a stake in the company comprising 275,000 shares in the second and third quarter of 2025, has sold off this position completely, per the fourth quarter filings. Circle operates as a platform, network, and market infrastructure for stablecoin and b ...

Prospective homebuyers who have invested in certain cryptocurrencies will be able to use their holdings as collateral to fund their down payment on a home as part of a new mortgage offeringProspective homebuyers who have invested in certain cryptocurrencies will be able to use their holdings as collateral to fund their down payment on a home as part of a new mortgage offering.Real estate services company Better Home & Finance Holding Co. plans to roll out the crypto-backed mortgage sometime in the next thre ...

COIN stock is moving. See the chart and price action here. How The Structure WorksThe crypto is moved into a dedicated custody wallet, allowing borrowers to avoid selling their tokens and potentially triggering capital gains taxes while still unlocking value for the down payment.The crypto-backed second lien is sized at roughly a 40% loan‑to‑value (LTV) ratio, meaning a borrower could obtain about a $100,000 loan against $250,000 worth of Bitcoin or USDC on deposit. The conservative advance rate provides th ...

Bitwise CIO Says Circle Could Be Worth $75 Billion by 2030 Crypto asset manager Bitwise says that Circle (NYSE: $CRCL), issuer of USDC (CRYPTO: $USDC), could be worth roughly $75 billion by 2030, as stablecoin adoption and interest-driven revenue continue to scale. According to a weekly Bitwise CIO memo published on Wednesday by Matt Hougan, the estimate assumes the stablecoin market will grow to $1.9 trillion by 2030, with Circle maintaining its current 25% market share. Hougan says Circle’s business mod ...

America’s housing market is undergoing a structural shift, one that goes beyond interest rates and inventory shortages. The way buyers qualify for homes, and what counts as usable wealth, is starting to change. Data published by Redfin on March 26 underline the strain. Pending home sales have slipped, mortgage rates have climbed above 6.5%, and economic uncertainty tied to the Middle East conflict is keeping buyers on edge. At the centre of that shift is a growing mismatch between traditional financial ...