Tom Carreras

Tom writes about markets, bitcoin mining and crypto adoption in Latin America. He has a bachelor's degree in English literature from McGill University, and can usually be found in Costa Rica. He holds BTC above CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.

Tom Carreras

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Markets

Bakkt Shares Drop 35% After Loss of Two Major Customers

The company is also delaying the filing of its annual report.

Credit: Shutterstock

Coindesk News

Who Is Satoshi? Benjamin Wallace Goes Down the Rabbit Hole in New Book

“The Mysterious Mr. Nakamoto” is a thoughtful new investigation into Bitcoin’s origins.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - SEPTEMBER 22: A statue of Satoshi Nakamoto, a presumed pseudonym used by the inventor of Bitcoin, is displayed in Graphisoft Park on September 22, 2021 in Budapest, Hungary. The statue's creators, Reka Gergely and Tamas Gilly, used anonymized facial features, as Nakamoto's true identify remains unconfirmed. (Photo by Janos Kummer/Getty Images)

Tech

How Bitdeer Is Transforming Bitcoin Mining Machines

The Singapore-based miner has big plans to shake up ASICs with a new design and a greater commitment to transparency.

Bitdeer (Credit: Bitdeer)

Markets

Crypto Rally Doesn't Hold After Soft Inflation Data

Bitcoin managed a knee-jerk move above $84,000 after the U.S. CPI report, but returned to roughly flat for the day.

Calm waters. (Credit: Atte Grönlund, Unsplash)

Policy

Paraguay Is Only Waiting for Crypto Law: El Salvador’s Top Crypto Regulator

“From my perspective, Paraguay seems to have the groundwork laid for supervision, regulation, and taxation regimes," said CNAD President Juan Carlos Reyes.

Paraguay. Credit: Planet Volumes, Unsplash+

Policy

El Salvador Signs Crypto Regulation Agreement With Paraguay

El Salvador had previously entered an agreement with Argentina.

Juan Carlos Reyes of the National Commission of Digital Assets in El Salvador (CNAD)

Policy

How North Korea Launders Billions in Stolen Crypto

The Hermit Kingdom, which intelligence agencies say was behind the $1.5 billion Bybit hack, faces “offramping” challenges due to the size of its hauls.

Kim Jong-un, supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Credit: Alexander Khitrov/Shutterstock)

Policy

SBF Pardon Plea Tour Continues With Tucker Carlson Podcast Appearance

The former CEO of FTX claimed that he had a better relationship with the Republican Party in the lead-up to his exchange's downfall.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Belarus Looking Into Crypto Mining Following Trump's Reserve Plans

We have excess electricity. Let them make this cryptocurrency and so on," Lukashenko told Minister of Energy Alexei Kushnarenko

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. (Serge Serebro, Vitebsk Popular News/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Why this Crypto Hedge Fund Expects Bitcoin Dominance to Drop

The Trump administration will unleash a new era of crypto innovation, said ZX Squared founder CK Zheng.

BTC rebounds to $92K. (Paolo Feser, Unsplash)

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