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

Bitcoin Slips Under $94K as Stocks Try to Shake Last Week's Jitters

Macro uncertainty combined with carnage in most of the rest of crypto is weighing bitcoin down.

COLD STORAGE: A polar bear on the archipelago of Svalbard, where the Bitcoin Core code repository will be kept in an abandoned mineshaft. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Policy

U.S. Marshals Service Can't Say How Much Crypto It Holds, Complicating Bitcoin Reserve Plan

The agency has been plagued with procedural and organizational issues for years.

Credit: Getty Images

Markets

Costa Rica Makes First Foray Into Crypto with New Bitcoin ETF

It will mark the first time that Costa Ricans will have access to any type of crypto investment product through the country's banking system.

Toucan in Costa Rica. Credit: Zdeněk Macháček

Markets

Bitcoin Hashrate Growth Slows Amid Tough Market Conditions for Smaller Miners

The latest MinerMag report shows a slowdown in Bitcoin hashrate growth amid shifting market conditions.

Bitcoin ASIC miner (CoinDesk Archives)

Coindesk News

El Salvador Dispatch: How Bitcoin Taught a Nation to Dream

The Central American nation is on a roll. This year’s Plan B conference was electric, featuring famous speakers from abroad as well as native Spanish content.

Sunset in San Salvador. Credit: Ricky Mejia, Unsplash

Markets

SafeMoon to Launch Memecoin on Solana After Burning Most of SFM Supply

SFM holders will have an opportunity to sell their tokens despite current low liquidity levels.

Credit: Jp Valery, Unsplash

Coindesk News

El Salvador Dispatch: The Origins of the Bitcoin Experiment

El Zonte inspired Bukele to make bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador. CoinDesk visited the surfing village to see how it’s developing.

A small river divides El Zonte in half. You can easily cross the stream from the beach if you don’t mind getting your feet wet. Credit: Luis Rodriguez, Unsplash

Coindesk News

El Salvador Dispatch: Searching for Bitcoin City, the Modern El Dorado

President Nayib Bukele vowed to build Bitcoin City on the Conchagua volcano. CoinDesk went looking for signs of construction.

The Conchagua volcano facing the Gulf of Fonseca (Esaú Fuentes González, Unsplash)

Coindesk News

El Salvador Dispatch: Berlín, the Bitcoin Marvel Hidden in the Mountains

Berlín, a city of 20,000 people, is home to El Salvador’s second Bitcoin circular economy. “Bitcoin City already exists. It’s called Berlín,” said one resident.

Berlín’s Bitcoin Community Center, viewed from the street. (Credit: Tom Carreras)

Finance

Real Estate Firm Propy Is Rolling Out Crypto-Backed Loans to Buy Houses

Bitcoin and ether holders can get loans to acquire tokenized properties — and use their crypto as collateral.

Natalia Karayaneva (Propy)