The regulator of the United States' largest mortgage provider has ordered that cryptocurrencies be listed as mortgage assets.

In a landmark shift for the U.S. housing finance system, the Federal Housing Finance Agency has issued a directive ordering Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to formally consider cryptocurrency as an asset i

A move by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would open up a new, and untested, path to getting home loans in the midst of an affordability crisis.