The order directs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to develop proposals that include digital assets — without requiring borrowers to convert them into U.S. dollars before loans close.

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.

The directive is “in keeping with President Trump’s vision to make the United States the crypto capital of the world.”