Better and Coinbase have closed the first Fannie Mae-supported mortgage backed by Bitcoin in the United States. Processing Content The companies also confirmed plans to make the product available to qualified borrowers nationwide by this summer. Interested customers can currently apply to a waitlist, which has a projected $250 million in loan volume, a Better […]
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Cryptocurrency is no longer a peripheral line item in borrower financial profiles. Approximately 30% of American adults now own it. Global ownership has surpassed an estimated 500 million people. The total housing market has crossed the $1 trillion mark multiple times in recent years. These numbers mean that lenders, originators and the regulators overseeing them
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The real estate industry is preparing for the wrong disruption. For two years, brokerages, MLSs and trade groups have been consumed by the AI conversation. What tools to buy. Which workflows to automate. How to compete with ChatGPT-native upstarts. It’s a legitimate conversation, but it isn’t the one that’s about to redefine the business. The
Americans ages 60 and older filed 201,266 complaints with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in 2025. And they reported losses totaling $7.75 billion — a 59% increase over the prior year, according to the agency’s annual report. The average loss per senior victim was $38,500, with more than 12,400 older complainants losing more
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The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 1,008,597 complaints of cyber-enabled crime in 2025, with reported losses surpassing $20.8 billion — a 26% increase from the previous year. Real estate fraud alone accounted for 12,368 complaints and $275.1 million in losses, showing a continued and growing threat for housing professionals and their clients. Business
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Losses from real estate cybercrimes soared last year as criminals utilized more artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency scams, the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported. Processing Content The industry’s cybercrime losses topped $275 million in 2025, a 59% increase from approximately $174 million in real estate-related losses in 2024, according to the bureau’s Internet Crime Complaint Center.
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Rocktop Technologies has launched Rocktop Digital, a new business focused on digitizing and tokenizing mortgage and private credit assets to modernize how the assets are financed, owned and traded, the company announced Wednesday. As part of the launch, Dallas-based Rocktop Technologies promoted Brett Benson, previously its co-president, to CEO of Rocktop Digital. The move formalizes
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Better Home & Finance, the parent company of Better.com, is partnering with Coinbase to launch token-backed down payments for conforming mortgages. Processing Content Americans who qualify for a mortgage with Better will be able to use Bitcoin or USD Coin as collateral to fund their down payment through a private loan, the company announced in
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Figure Technology Solutions confirmed an anticipated consecutive-quarter drop in earnings but reported that its numbers were up compared to a year ago, before it went public. Processing Content The blockchain-based capital marketplace for consumer loans and crypto assets generated $15.2 million in earnings for the fourth quarter of 2025. That number was up 156% from
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Better is turning to crypto-linked capital to fund as much as $500 million in mortgages, betting the move can double originations and eventually push borrower rates below 5%. Processing Content The lender is partnering with Framework Ventures to tap funding through the Sky stablecoin ecosystem, positioning the platform as an alternative source of warehouse liquidity
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