BREAKING: FHFA Greenlights Bitcoin as Collateral for Mortgage Reserves—Crypto Just Went Mainstream

The Federal Housing Finance Agency just dropped a bombshell—and it's got HODLers grinning. Bitcoin is now officially approved for mortgage reserve collateral, marking the biggest institutional crypto endorsement since ETFs hit the scene.

Game-changer or ticking time bomb?

This isn't some fringe fintech experiment. We're talking about Fannie and Freddie's regulator putting its stamp on crypto-backed home financing. Suddenly that 'digital gold' narrative doesn't sound so speculative when you can leverage your stack for a McMansion.

The fine print matters...

Expect strict LTV ratios and volatility buffers—no, you can't mortgage your meme coin portfolio (yet). But for high-net-worth crypto natives, this bypasses traditional capital hurdles. Banks might finally stop pretending your Bitcoin doesn't exist when assessing net worth.

Wall Street's watching closely...

As institutional adoption accelerates, this move could pressure other agencies to follow suit. The FHFA just handed crypto its most legitimate use case since Satoshi's whitepaper—assuming we all ignore that time a guy bought a house with 10,000 BTC in 2010.

One step closer to mass adoption—or just another way for banks to skim fees off your decentralized revolution? Either way, the housing market just got more interesting.

Crypto merges with TradFi – Will Bitcoin benefit more?

Naturally, the update drew swift reactions from crypto leaders.

For his part, Michael Saylor, Founder of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), praised the crypto inclusion.

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For perspective, JPMorgan Chase was the first largest U.S. bank to embrace crypto ETF for loan collateral.

With significant regulatory rollbacks from the Joe Biden era’s anti-crypto and debanking guidelines, more banks could embrace digital assets. 

A similar momentum has picked up in other jurisdictions as well, like South Korea and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A fully fledged global pivot could confirm Saylor’s outlook. 

Saylor added that the inclusion could primarily benefit Bitcoin [BTC]. 

“Future generations will remember this as the moment bitcoin entered the American dream.”

Most industry leaders have been echoing this line of thought, where BTC is used as collateral for liquidity, instead of holders selling their stash to cover bills.

In fact, according to Hunter Horsley, CEO of digital asset manager Bitwise, this trend could eventually reduce BTC sell pressure over time.

He projected a likely maturation and tapered sell-off when BTC peaks around $130K. 

Charles Edwards, founder of macro hedge fund Capriole Investment, is also inclined towards Horsey’s projection. Reacting to the crypto-backed loans update, he noted, 

“Millions of BTC now no longer need to be sold. Big news.”

Overall, the U.S. housing agency’s MOVE could reduce future selling pressure on BTC as it becomes key collateral for securing loans and liquidity without necessarily offloading one’s stash.