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. Updated the bio, let's see if this gets translated...

Tom Carreras

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Markets

Ether Hits $4,000 as Coinbase Premium and Ethereum Active Addresses Surge

ETH surpassed the level for the first time since March.

Chart of ETH/USD

Markets

Memecoins Reach $140B Market Cap and Gain Ground in Crypto Economy

The memecoin sector was worth 11.21% of crypto market capitalization, excluding bitcoin and ether, as of Dec. 1.

DOGE loses key price levels. (Virginia Marinova/Unsplash)

Markets

Ether Rises 8% Amid Slumping Bitcoin Dominance

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said bitcoin is competing against gold, not the U.S. dollar, in an appearance on Wednesday.

ETH keeps rising. Credit: TradingView

Policy

One Year of Javier Milei: Why Argentinian Crypto Folks Can’t Get Enough of Him

Javier Milei isn’t a crypto president, but his fight against inflation has made him a darling of the Argentinian digital asset sector.

President of Argentina Javier Milei (Photo by Tomas Cuesta/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Could Hit as High as $124k Before Year-End, Says ARK Invest Analyst

"We are about 55% to 65% of the way" to the end of the bull market, ARK Invest Research Associate David Puell told CoinDesk.

Cathie Wood (Marco Bello/Getty Images)

Policy

Why Costa Rica Is Taking a Hands-Off Approach to Regulating Crypto

The Costa Rican government is keeping a watchful eye on crypto experiments in the country, says former deputy Jorge Eduardo Dengo Rosabal.

Birds in Costa Rica

Markets

Bitcoin Going to $140K Says Trio of AIs Managing $30M Investment Fund

Intelligent Alpha’s investment committee is composed of three AIs and the fund's CEO tries to stay out of their way.

robot hand holding dollar bills

Markets

The Subtle Way AI Data Centers Boost Bitcoin Mining Economics

The competition for cheap electrons could establish a floor for hashprice, or at least slow down hashrate growth.

A bitcoin mining operation. (Cipher Mining)

Markets

Bitcoin Makes New All-Time High of $94,000 as ETF Options Go Live

Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds options are making solid volume on their first day.

Bitcoin price on Nov. 19 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Can a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Move Forward Without Congress? Experts Disagree

The U.S. government already holds more than 208,000 bitcoin, but retaining it is more complicated than might be assumed.

Former U.S. President and now President-elect Donald Trump (Jon Cherry/Getty Images).