Christie’s International Real Estate Launches Bitcoin Division

Christie’s International Real Estate, one of the largest luxury brokerages in the U.S., has launched a division focused on handling property transactions in digital currencies like bitcoin, as reported by The New York Times.

> JUST IN: One of the largest US luxury brokerages, Christie’s International Real Estate, becomes the first major brokerage to create a division to “exclusively” handle property sales made in Bitcoin & crypto. — Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) July 24, 2025

The new division, led by Aaron Kirman, CEO of Christie’s Southern California, aims to facilitate transactions without banks, allowing buyers and sellers to use digital currency exclusively.

This initiative follows several high-value bitcoin and crypto property sales, including a $65 million property in Beverly Hills. Christie’s is currently listing over $1 billion worth of homes for sellers willing to accept bitcoin as payment.

Aaron Kirman noted, “The trend was obvious — crypto is here to stay. It’s only going to get bigger over the next few years.”

The launch coincides with increasing federal support for digital assets, highlighted by President Trump’s signing of the Genius Act to regulate stablecoins and the House’s passage of the Clarity Act to ease restrictions on the crypto industry.

Chris Hanley, owner of Invisible House, commented that accepting cryptocurrency reflects an openness to innovative buyers, many of whom are wealthy crypto investors looking to diversify their real-world assets.

Bitcoin transactions are being utilized in real estate to maintain buyer privacy, often through LLCs funded with digital currency. Kirman stated some sellers may never learn the identity of the buyer, emphasizing the success in protecting buyer identity.

Current properties available for bitcoin transactions include the $118 million La Fin mansion in Bel Air and the nearly $18 million Invisible House in Joshua Tree. Discussions are also in progress with banks to explore bitcoin-backed financing.

In the latest episode of Bitcoin for Corporations, host Pierre Rochard, along with Elías Sacal, CEO of Murano Global Investments, discusses how Bitcoin is revolutionizing traditional real estate investment models.

This post, “Christie’s Opens Bitcoin & Crypto Real Estate Division For Luxury Housing Market,” was written by Oscar Zarraga Perez and first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine.