
Ark Invest, a leading investment management firm led by Cathie Wood, has highlighted a pivotal development set to bridge the world of blockchain-based capital with the substantial U.S. mortgage market.
What Happened: According to Nick Grous, an associate portfolio manager at Ark Invest, the recent directive from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) instructing Fannie Mae (OTC:FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTC:FMCC) to consider cryptocurrency holdings, such as Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), for mortgage loan risk assessments marks “crypto's first step into U.S. housing: from wallets to mortgages.”