Tom Carreras

Jan 24, 2025 | coindesk.com | Tom Carreras |Aoyon Ashraf

What if you could put up your bitcoin (BTC) or ether (ETH) as collateral to buy a house? That’s essentially the idea behind real estate firm Propy’s upcoming sale, a condominium located in Honolulu, Hawaii, which is being sold at a starting price of $250,000. If they so choose, the prospective buyer will be able to take out a loan from Propy to acquire the property — as long as they provide 100% collateral in bitcoin or ether, and pledge the property as well.

Jan 18, 2025 | coindesk.com | Tom Carreras |Stephen Alpher

El Salvador shook the world in 2021 when President Nayib Bukele made bitcoin (BTC) legal tender, giving the cryptocurrency the same status as the U.S. dollar, the Central American nation’s official currency.

Jan 16, 2025 | coindesk.com | Tom Carreras |Danny Nelson

With U.S. President-elect Donald Trump only four days away from inauguration and new leadership coming to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), additional cryptocurrencies may soon join bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) and receive their own spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Of these, litecoin (LTC) is likely to be the first to receive the nod, according to Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart, two ETF analysts at Bloomberg Intelligence.

Jan 15, 2025 | coindesk.com | Tom Carreras |Aoyon Ashraf

With only a handful of days remaining until the second inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, crypto policy groups are readying to kick things into higher gear. Blockchain associations from eight U.S. states announced on Tuesday the creation of the North American Blockchain Association (NABA), an organization aiming to provide cohesive crypto policy recommendations to the federal government.

Jan 13, 2025 | coindeskjapan.com | Tom Carreras

ビットコインはここ数週間で大幅に下落し、多くのトレーダーの信頼を揺るがせている。だが長期投資家はますます強気になっているとWave Digitalのデビッド・シーマー（David Siemer）は述べた。 世界中の金融機関が、顧客に提供する暗号資産関連プロダクトの数を競い合っている。 シーマー氏は、仮に米国がビットコインの戦略的備蓄を実行しなくても、複数の国が実行すると予測している。 ビットコイン（BTC）が9万〜9万5000ドルのレンジで変動し、4週間前に記録した史上最高値から10%超下落しているなか、暗号資産ファンドや富裕層向け資産運用サービスを提供するWave Digital AssetsのCEO、デビッド・シーマー氏は、トレーダーの間には対照的な見方が広がっていると述べた。 すなわち、テクニカル分析からビットコインはもう一度下落すると考えるトレーダーと、強気相場はまだ終わっていないと考える長期投資家だ。Waveの顧客には、カルダノ（Cardano）の開発企業のCEO、チャールズ・ホスキンソン（Charles Hoskinson）氏などがいる。...