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Smartlands Platform Launch: Tokenizing the Real Economy in Europe With a First-Mover Advantage
19.4.2021
In April, Smartlands will launch an alternative investment platform for buying and selling tokenized shares of real-world assets. The platform, built on the Stellar open-source network, will first focus on issuing security tokens that represent a suite of high-yield real estate listings based...
Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran Advocates Getting Rich by Investing in Real Estate, Not Cryptocurrencies
17.4.2021
Shark Tank star Barbara Corcoran, the entrepreneur who turned a $1,000 loan into a billion-dollar real estate empire, says she will get rich by investing in real estate, not cryptocurrencies. The American investor takes every extra dime she has and puts it in real estate, emphasizing that she will...
Vesta Equity and Algorand breathe new life into real etate tokenization
8.4.2021
Vesta's new platform gives homeowners the ability to convert equity into digital assets that can then be sold to accredited investors without compounding interest
Real Estate Billionaire Buys Bitcoin, Accepts BTC for Rent Payment at His Residential and Retail Properties
8.4.2021
Billionaire real estate mogul Rick Caruso has revealed that his company has invested in bitcoin for its treasury and will begin accepting the cryptocurrency for rent payment at its properties. Among the tenants of one of his properties is Elon Musk’s Tesla. Caruso said, “We believe that...
Tesla's landlord accepts crypto; will Elon Musk pay rent in Bitcoin?
8.4.2021
Elon Musk will accumulate Bitcoin, but will he spend it? The Tesla CEO now has the chance to pay his rent in BTC following its adoption by the real-estate firm he uses
Bubble or a drop in the ocean? Putting Bitcoin's $1 trillion milestone into perspective
3.4.2021
Bitcoin is relatively small compared to stocks and real estate, and those holders might reinvest dividends in other assets
Nifty News: NYT says NFTs in pandemic-fueled bubble, Polkamon eggs produce $1M gas ...
31.3.2021
NYT likens the NFT bubble to the plague induced “tulip mania” of the 1600s, Polkamon NFTs generate more than $1 million in gas fees, and a man fails to sell 50% of a house as an NFT
Canadian Company Mogo Offers Bitcoin Rewards for Clients Engaging in a New Mortgage or Refinancing
31.3.2021
On Monday, the publicly-listed Canadian company Mogo announced the firm is extending the bitcoin rewards program applied to the firm’s prepaid Visa card to the operation’s Mogomortgage product. Mogo members leveraging the Mogomortgage platform can earn up to $3,100 in bitcoin if they...
Tokenized real estate inches forward despite legal, technical hurdles
26.3.2021
A rowdy virtual panel showcased the hurdles and promise of real estate on chain
Domestic and Foreign Buyers Acquired a ‘Tokenized’ Apartment in a Spanish City by Paying With Ethereum
26.3.2021
National and foreign buyers acquired a “tokenized” apartment in Spain with ethereum, which involved a domestic crypto exchange and a real estate investment firm. The city of Sevilla was the scenario for the crypto deal between the parties. Transaction Was Worth Over $64,000 According...
Canadian Condo Company Invests in Bitcoin, Hopes to Become ‘Self-Sustaining Real Estate’
19.3.2021
A few months ago a trend started where well known businesses like Microstrategy, Square, and Tesla started adding bitcoin to their company balance sheets. Now a Canadian condominium company has decided to invest in bitcoin in order to replace some of the firm’s reserve fund with crypto....
Spanish Real Estate Agency Begins Accepting Bitcoin Payments for Properties in the Canary Islands
11.3.2021
Crypto adoption keeps spreading among the real estate industry in Europe, specifically in Spain. Recently, a leading agency in the Canary Islands announced it would start accepting cryptocurrency payments. Firm Praises Bitcoin’s Decentralized Nature According to Digital Sevilla, Piso Barato...
A St Louis home is being auctioned off as an NFT on Mintable
11.3.2021
An NFT representing a 50% share in a St Louis home has been put up for auction on Mintable — but is it as good as a title deed?
tZERO and Earn partner up for real-estate backed digital securities liquidity
4.3.2021
Earn is expected to provide extra liquidity to the tZERO platform through exposure to its issuers of property-backed digital securities
Spanish Real Estate Agency Offers an Apartment in Barcelona for Sale in Bitcoin- Taxes Must Be Paid in Fiat
26.2.2021
A Spanish real estate platform has listed its first-ever property for sale for cryptocurrency. The offer is entirely online, and whoever wants to buy the apartment in Barcelona must pay in bitcoin. Anyone Interested Can Pay 3.5 BTC for the Property Per an official announcement, Idealista is seeking...
Here Comes the Virtual Real Estate Boom
16.2.2021
With NFTs taking off and the real real estate market buffeted by COVID-19, virtual worlds like Decentraland could be well placed to capitalize
Blockchain Firm Labs Group Taps Enjin to Tokenize Real Estate Assets
6.2.2021
The year has started with a batch of announcements regarding tokenization in various sectors. On this occasion, a blockchain gaming platform announced its collaboration with Labs Group to issue non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of real estate assets. Global Real Estate Market Is Valued at $228 Trillion...
Pioneering Aussie engineer refinances home loan using DeFi in a single day
3.2.2021
After hitting a wall with banks, a borrower has turned to DeFi to pay off his mortgage
Mad Money’s Jim Cramer Advises $731M Powerball Jackpot Winner to Put 5% in Bitcoin
25.1.2021
Mad Money host Jim Cramer has provided some investment advice aimed at the latest Powerball jackpot winner of $731.1 million. He recommends putting 5% of the jackpot in bitcoin alongside several other investments, such as gold and real estate. Jim Cramer Says Put 5% of Powerball Jackpot in Bitcoin...
German real estate group issues $24M bond using Stellar blockchain
14.1.2021
Major German real estate group Vonovia has used the Stellar blockchain to transfer the ownership of real estate rights