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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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)

Policy

El Salvador's Bukele Says Bitcoin Purchases Won't Stop Due to IMF Deal

A clause in the country's recently-completed IMF financing deal suggested a prohibition against El Salvador accumulating any additional bitcoin.

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador (Ulises Rodriguez/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images).

Markets

AI Firm CoreWeave Files for IPO, Citing $1.9B in Revenue

The company is expected to raise $4 billion at a $35 billion valuation.

cloud servers (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Major U-Turn in Crypto Markets Sends Bitcoin Back Below $87K

The U.S. stock market has turned lower as well ahead of coming tariffs against major trade partners.

(Mark Basarab/Unsplash)

Markets

Hut 8 Reports $331M Net Income in 2024 While Expanding AI Infrastructure

The bitcoin miner held over 10,000 bitcoin at the end of last year.

ASIC miner (Credit: Shutterstock)

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