Coinbase Is Turning Bitcoin Wealth Into Access to Mortgage Credit

Someone can own $500,000 in Bitcoin and still face a surprisingly conventional problem when buying a home: not having enough cash for the down payment.That mismatch says something about how far Bitcoin has come — and how far it still has to go.Crypto has become much easier for traditional investors to own. Spot ETFs provide exposure through brokerage accounts, institutional custodians hold the asset and public companies carry it on their balance sheets. But ownership is only one function o