chicago is west of here as is wenatchee, washington. >> yeah, yeah. it's a few miles, what's that among friends? a-minus and a for tenure and a for 30-year demand even though it's a reopening originally auctioned off, two auction cycles ago 30 year bonds bought in a big way by investors look at the intraday chart dropped two basis points on 10s and 30s. go through it. 12 billion, 2.867, the yield at the dutch auction. that was below the low of today in the one issued market, lower yield, market price. bid to cover amazing. 11-year history on 30-year bonds and have no number closest the highest i have 71.5 sorry. 2.74 is best since january 13th. 71.5 on indirects blows the b e doors off. verse 8% on direct 8% the 10 auction average. the only minor fly wing in the ointment solid auction. this addresses that even though rates have gone up and it's a big story, investors like the concession and barreled in to do some buying. back to you. >> all righty. thank you very much, rick. >>> walmart is the latest company to give out bonuses and raise wages while c

michelle carus >> reporter: wenatchee, washington. hours east of seattle and surrounded by beautiful mountains. famous for its scrumptious apples and now famous for somethin. more than a dozen cryptocurrency companies have started ming operations like this one. mining is a process using extremely fast computer servers to solve complex mathematical equati e reward for solving those equations? bitcoin, a new digital currency. >> we have 1,800 servers in this location. they're confirming the network and racing to find the next group of bitcoins. >> reporter: malachi salcedo is producing five to seven bitcoins per day. he believes the underlying software network of bitcoin, known as blockchain, will become the payment system of the future. >> what businesses is it not going to disrupt? settlements, credit card services, paypal. >> reporter: but to run a mining operation like this one requires a lot of electricity. this requires 7 1/2 megawatts of power, enough to power 11,000 homes. that's why he's in wenatchee, washington, home to a seri

wenatchee, washington. caruso cs there.e >> it's the epicenter of bitcoin mining in the u.s., wenatchee, central washington in this company here they are mining five to seven bitcoins per day. there are a dozen bitcoin miners in this area why wenatchee? wexpinft t bak ela aerhere you might take something for your heart... or joints. but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brain-health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. >>> welcome back to "squawk box," everyone we've been watching the price of bitcoin on a daily if not hourly basis. check this out, the price of bitcoin under some pressure this morning, down by about 8% on one exchange based on what the south korea government said it plans to ban cryptocurrency trading. will governments not like it when it gets beyond a certain size and not allow it? the cryptocurrency craze has one real estate investor looking to sell as well, looking to unload a $45 mil

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