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

Gold Continues Correcting and That Might Be Good for Bitcoin

The two assets have had inverse-correlated ETF flows on four different days in the last week.

Gold (Credit: Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $97K, Strategy Hits 2025 High Ahead of Earnings Amid Capital Raise Speculation

Both bitcoin and the Nasdaq are above their levels just prior to President Trump's early April tariff announcements.

A mesmerizing Bitcoin animation, right next to an art gallery. (Credit: Tom Carreras)

Markets

Tether Finalizes Buying 70% of Adecoagro Stake, Securing Tokenization Ambition

The USDT issuer expands beyond crypto with a controlling stake in Adecoagro, a major Latin American producer.

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Markets

Crypto Rebounds From Early Declines Alongside Reversal in U.S. Stocks

The major U.S. stock market averages tumbled about 2% to begin Wednesday following underwhelming economic data.

U.S. President Donald Trump (Credit: Shutterstock/Evan El-Amin)

Tech

AI-Powered Court System Is Coming to Crypto With GenLayer

GenLayer Labs is building a protocol that uses AI models as judges, with the goal of providing reliable, neutral, third-party arbitration in record time.

GenLayer is building an on-chain court system. (Credit: Unsplash, Wesley Tingey)

Finance

Trump's Truth Social Mulls Launching Token for Subscriptions in Latest Crypto Push

The company also plans to forge ahead with its ETFs, which will include cryptocurrencies.

U.S. President Donald Trump wants the U.S. to accept the "gift" of negative interest rates. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Edges Above $95K, U.S. Stocks Remain Strong as Analyst Warns of 'Blind' Market

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced that the White House was finalizing a trade deal with an unnamed country.

The recent market downturn has made regulating crypto "politically possible." (Best Backgrounds/Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Holds Tight Despite Dismal Economic Data, Rising India/Pakistan Tensions

The Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index plunged to its lowest level since the COVID pandemic closed the economy.

Chart pointing upwards.(Frank Busch/Unsplash)

Markets

Tether's $770M XAUT Backed by 7.7 Tons of Gold in Swiss Vault, Says Company

Tether reported the first attestation report for its Tether Gold product under new El Salvador regulations as gold demand surges globally

Gold breaks $3,000 an ounce (shutterstock)

Markets

DOGE Mining Firm Z Squared to Go Public Through Merger

The merger with Coeptis (COEP), a biopharmaceuticals company, is expected to occur in Q3 2025.

Dogecoin perdió el impulso que había ganado previamente. (Shutterstock)