The Tokyo-headquartered Open House Group Co. Ltd. has expanded its acceptance of cryptocurrencies by global clients seeking to purchase residential real estate in Japan. The company is now accepting XRP, Solana and Dogecoin for property transactions. Earlier this...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: The past week has been a historic time within the cryptocurrency world. President Trump signed an Executive Order to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a US Digital Asset Stockpile, and he also hosted a crypto industry summit at the White...
A Manhattan office building has been listed for $28 million, but there’s a catch – the property owner will only sell it to a buyer who pays in cryptocurrency. Bisnow.com reports Okada & Co. acquired 111 West 24th Street in 2021 for $16 million. The following year,...
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has done an about-face on how banks can engage with cryptocurrency-related activities. In a statement released today, Acting FDIC Chairman Travis Hill stated the regulatory agency was “actively reevaluating our...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: The other day, I had a conversation with Bart de Brujin, the co-founder of EstateX, a new real estate platform tokenization platform. EstateX promotes itself as a “revolution in the real estate industry” – while I can’t vouch for a revolution in the...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
