From Bricks to Blockchain: How Digital Dollars Could Soon Rewire Global Real Estate

Digital currencies like Bitcoin, long associated with volatile trading and speculative finance, are increasingly being examined for a more utilitarian role in one of the world’s oldest and least digitized asset classes: real estate. From cross-border property purchases to fund settlements and rental payments, proponents argue that blockchain-based currencies could eventually streamline transactions that today remain slow, fragmented, and costly.

Real estate is uniquely exposed to the shortcomings of legacy financial infrastructure….