Christie’s International Real Estate, one of the largest luxury brokerages in the United States, has launched a new division to handle real estate transactions in digital currencies such as Bitcoin, according to a report by the New York Times. This division allows buyers and sellers to complete transactions with digital currencies without involving the bank.
Just In: Christie’s International Real Estate, one of the largest luxury brokerages in the United States, will be the first major brokerage company to create a division that “exclusively” handles real estate sales created with Bitcoin & Crypto, the New York Times reports.
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The new unit, led by Christie’s CEO of Southern California, Aaron Kirman, was created after several major Bitcoin and crypto real estate sales. This includes a team of lawyers, analysts and cryptography experts to manage digital transactions.
The shift comes after millions of dollars in sales, including Bitcoin, including Beverly Hills’ $65 million property. Christie’s currently lists over $1 billion in homes where sellers are willing to accept Bitcoin.
“The trend was clear – Crypto will stay here,” said Aaron Carman, CEO of the Los Angeles-based Christie subset in an interview. “It’s only going to grow over the next few years.”
This development comes amid an increase in federal support for digital assets. President Trump recently signed the Genius Act to regulate Stablecoin, and the House passed a clear law aimed at ease restrictions on the crypto industry.
“Accepting cryptocurrency shows openness to innovative buyers, some of which are crypto billionaires and billionaires looking for diversifying real-world assets.”
Bitcoin is often used in real estate transactions to maintain privacy through Bitcoin and crypto-funded LLCs. According to Kirman, some sellers never learn the identity of the buyer. Buyers are completely bypassing banks using Bitcoin as their primary payment format.
“We’ve been really successful in protecting buyer identities,” Carman said. “And if my seller feels comfortable not knowing the identity of his buyer, God bless America.”
The properties currently listed for Bitcoin include Bel Air’s $118 million LA Finn Mansion and Joshua Tree’s invisible home, priced at around $18 million. There are also discussions with banks going on to explore Bitcoin-backed funding.
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