
Opinion by: Margaret Rosenfeld, chief legal officer of Everstake
The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) recent directive to explore how cryptocurrency might be data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://cointelegraph.com/news/fannie-mae-freddie-mac-recognize-crypto-assets-mortgage-risk-assessments” title=”null”>included in single-family mortgage risk assessments is a welcome and long-overdue step.
If implemented, it could allow long-term crypto holders to use their digital assets when qualifying for a mortgage without being forced to liquidate them.
To realize its potential, the resulting proposals must reflect how crypto actually works. And that means recognizing the legitimacy of…

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