digital currency

[Edit 11:11 am PDT:] Tim Draper, partners with Vaurum, announced today that they were the mystery winners of all 30,000 Btc in the recent auction by the US Marshals Service. In…

Thanks to a surge in buying on Tuesday, Bitcoin managed to pull off a win for the week by posting higher prices on strong volume. The six month chart keeps…

This has been another week of disappointing price action for Bitcoin enthusiasts. On the five day chart, Bitcoin prices have dropped from near $455 down to $445. The good news,…

It’s fascinating to watch Bitcoin evolve, as more players begin to understand the technology. Law enforcement, financial regulators, investors, big banks, Congress, and now the US military are all struggling…

Despite an unusually quiet span with no bad news, the price of Bitcoin has struggled since the IRS announced it was property and that gains would be taxed as simple…

Every week is interesting when it comes to Bitcoin — but some weeks are more interesting than others, and this week was full of surprises. Mt. Gox, the Bitcoin exchange…

If Bitcoin were an adolescent human being it would find itself in therapy, for life. In the space of a month it’s been ridiculed by the likes of Goldman Sachs,…

Another week — and another Bitcoin exchange announces it got robbed, and ceases operations. Flexcoin shut down after revealing that a hacker stole all 896 Bitcoins in its online vault.…

In our regular column about Bitcoin, we follow the growing pains of a new type of digital currency, sometimes called cryptocurrency. Bitcoin has experienced ups and downs lately, mainly down.…

Bitcoin, the digital currency wave of the future, has experienced a tumultuous week that saw a major exchange disappear, and Bitcoin prices crash on world markets and then bounce back…