Crypto Real Estate

What Crypto Real Estate does

Crypto Real Estate is a privately held, Tallinn-based online marketplace founded in 2021 that enables the listing, discovery, and purchase of real estate using cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether, and USD Coin. The platform operates as a two-sided global marketplace connecting crypto-holding buyers with property sellers, real estate agencies, and developers, and currently lists more than 2,200 properties spanning residential, commercial, and land categories across 50+ countries in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, the Americas, Africa, Australia, and the Caribbean. Its core product is a single unified marketplace, built on WordPress with cryptocurrency payment integration, that also supports tokenized property listings.

The business generates revenue through transaction commissions on completed real estate deals, although commission rates are not publicly disclosed. Crypto payment processing is enabled through integrations with BitPay and Binance, and the platform has assembled a partner ecosystem spanning luxury developers (DAMAC Properties, SOBHA), global brokerages (Engel & Völkers), legal and compliance providers (Mattereum, Lexidy), and supplementary crypto financial services (xMoney/Utrust, CoinRabbit, VAF, hayvn). The company is led by co-founders Michael Shlayen (CEO), Eli Ziv (CTO), and Nicholas Frimpong-Manso (CBDO), and operates with a lean team of 1–10 employees.

The platform's go-to-market combines self-serve marketplace browsing, SEO-optimized property listings, content marketing via its blog and news sections, and partner-originated supply from agencies and developers. No funding rounds, revenue figures, customer logos, regulatory actions, or M&A activity are disclosed in the available source material, representing a significant information gap for investors. The platform differentiates itself as a first-mover global marketplace specifically designed for crypto-denominated real estate transactions, with no disclosed AI/ML capabilities and no native mobile applications.

Name

Crypto Real Estate

Legal name

Crypto Real Estate

Website

https://cryptorealestate.cc

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Crypto Real Estate is a Tallinn-based global online marketplace, founded in 2021, that enables buyers to purchase residential, commercial, land, and tokenized properties using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies across 50+ countries, connecting crypto-holding buyers with property sellers, agencies, and developers worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cryptocurrency Real Estate Marketplace

NAICS

Lessors of Real Estate (5311)

SIC

Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Tokenization Platforms (FSADAEAC)

Keywords

• Cryptocurrency real estate
• Property marketplace
• Bitcoin property transactions
• Crypto payment real estate
• Tokenized property listings

Headquarters

HQ city

Tallinn

HQ country

Estonia

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Transaction Commission: The platform charges commission fees on completed real estate transactions. Commission rates are not publicly disclosed on the website.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Crypto Real Estate operates a global online marketplace that lists residential, commercial, and land properties from third-party sellers, agencies, and developers, and enables buyers to complete purchases using cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether, and USD Coin. The platform aggregates more than 2,200 listings across 50+ countries and supports property submissions directly through the site.

Product overview

Crypto Real Estate operates as a single unified marketplace product—a global real estate platform that connects buyers, sellers, agencies, and developers worldwide. The platform enables property transactions using cryptocurrency as payment, with over 2,200 properties listed across residential (apartments, condos, houses, villas, penthouses), commercial (hotels, offices, complexes), and land (plots) categories, as well as tokenized properties.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Crypto Real Estate Marketplace A global online marketplace that aggregates property listings from sellers, agencies, and developers, and enables buyers to browse, favorite, submit, and transact on real estate priced from approximately $10,000 to $250,000,000 using Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether, and USD Coin across 50+ countries.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and major.

• BitPaycoreTechnology or IntegrationBitPay cryptocurrency payment processor integration enables the platform to process Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency payments for real estate transactions, providing payment processing infrastructure.
• BinancecoreTechnology or IntegrationBinance cryptocurrency exchange integration provides access to cryptocurrency exchange services and potentially payment processing capabilities for the platform's real estate transactions.
• CoinRabbitminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCryptocurrency lending platform partnership providing financial services to platform users.
• DAMAC PropertiesmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor UAE real estate developer listing luxury properties on the platform for cryptocurrency purchase.
• SOBHAmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational real estate developer listing properties on the platform for crypto transactions.
• Engel & VölkersmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGlobal real estate brokerage firm listing premium properties on the platform.
• LexidyminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLegal services partner for Portugal real estate transactions, assisting with legal processes for crypto property purchases.
• VAF (Virtual Asset Finance)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerVirtual asset financing services partner for the platform.
• hayvnminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCryptocurrency payment solutions partner.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Propy: Propy is a blockchain-based real estate marketplace that facilitates cross-border property purchases with crypto, including tokenized titles — directly competing with Crypto Real Estate's crypto-denominated property marketplace model.
• RealT: RealT tokenizes individual US rental properties into fractional tokens tradeable onchain, overlapping with Crypto Real Estate's tokenized property listings and crypto-native real estate investor target audience.

Broad incumbents

• Roofstock: Roofstock is a large online marketplace for buying and selling investment rental properties and has expanded into tokenized single-family rentals via Roofstock onChain, competing for the same crypto-investor demand pool as Crypto Real Estate.
• Sotheby's International Realty: Sotheby's International Realty is a global luxury real estate network that has publicly accepted crypto for high-end properties, competing for the same crypto-wealthy luxury buyer segment that Crypto Real Estate targets.
• Christie's International Real Estate: Christie's International Real Estate is a global luxury brokerage affiliate network with documented crypto payment acceptance for high-end homes, overlapping with Crypto Real Estate's premium crypto-buyer value proposition.
• Engel & Völkers: Engel & Völkers is a global real estate brokerage listed as a major channel partner of Crypto Real Estate; comparable because its scale and brand mean it could internalize crypto acceptance and compete directly.

Emerging players

• Reental: Reental is an emerging tokenized real estate platform offering fractional property investment paid in crypto, overlapping with the tokenized listing portion of Crypto Real Estate's marketplace.
• ShelterZoom: ShelterZoom offers blockchain-based real estate transaction and document management tools aimed at buyers, sellers, and agents — comparable as a tech-enabled, crypto-adjacent real estate transaction platform.

Others

• BitPay: BitPay is a core crypto payment processor for Crypto Real Estate and serves as infrastructure across many merchants accepting crypto, including real estate — comparable as enabling infrastructure rather than a direct marketplace competitor.
• Coinbase Commerce: Coinbase Commerce provides crypto payment acceptance for merchants including real estate sellers, supplying the same payment-rail function that BitPay does for Crypto Real Estate's marketplace.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CryptoVillas
• Facebookfacebook.com/cryptorealestate.cc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cryptorealestate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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