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

Texas Ready for $10M Bitcoin Purchase After Governor Signs Bill for State Reserve

The Lone Star State appears as if it will be the first in the U.S. to hold bitcoin.

Austin

Markets

BTC Bounces Back Above $102K After Iranian Strikes on U.S. Bases in the Gulf

Crypto investors don't seem fazed by the attacks.

Bitcoin (BTC) price today (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Bounce Fails, Tumbling Below $100K as Iran Reportedly Prepares Retaliation Against U.S.

Axios reported the White House is expecting an Iranian attack against U.S. bases in the Gulf region.

CoinDesk

Markets

HIVE Digital to Launch Canadian AI Data Hub With 7.2 MW Toronto Site Purchase

The site will host BUZZ HPC’s first liquid-cooled Tier 3 facility supporting AI training and cloud workloads.

Toronto (Credit: Unsplash, Getty Images)

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Markets

AVAX Stages Short-Term V-Shaped Recovery, Struggles to Maintain Momentum

The token is down 1.4% in the last 24 hours.

AVAX

Markets

TON Drops 3.1% as Volatility Rocks Crypto Market

The cryptocurrency shows short-term signs of stabilization after a V-shaped recovery pattern emerged.

TON

Finance

Coinbase Seeks SEC Approval to Offer Tokenized Stock Trading

The move could pit the crypto exchange against Robinhood and Schwab.

Paul Grewal, chief legal officer of Coinbase (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Heads Lower as Trump Threatens to Assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader

The U.S. President has called for Iran's unconditional surrender.

U.S. President Donald Trump (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Markets

AgriFORCE Launches Gas-Powered Bitcoin Mining Site in Alberta, Plans Expansion to 1 EH/s

AgriFORCE brings stranded natural gas online for crypto mining and compute with its new Alberta site.

Alberta (Credit: Unsplash, Kym MacKinnon)

Markets

AVAX Loses 5.8% After Rejection at Critical $20 Short-Term Resistance

Recent price action shows the Avalanche blockchain token struggling to maintain support in the $18.90-19.00 zone amid diminishing trading volumes.

CoinDesk