The greatest, most existential debate in the entire Bitcoin community revolves around how much (if any) cooperation there should be between the alternative currency network and state regulators. Fo...

The word "bubble" comes up a lot in discussion of Bitcoin. Bubble talk last peaked in April of this year, when the value of one Bitcoin soared from less than $100 at the start of the month to an all-time high of $266 on April 10.

Mark Karpeles is the man who built the world's largest bitcoin exchange. But now that the digital currency is reaching the mainstream, his success may slip through his fingers.

Hoping to convince the US federal government to block websites it deems harmful to business, the RIAA has submitted its list of “notorious websites” with an especially notable version which includes a dig at the digital currency bitcoin.

There are few disappointments in the Digital Age more conspicuous than our failure to "apply the Internet to money." Enter Bitcoin, the most ingenious system yet for settling online transactions.

We already knew that Chamath Palihapitiya, ex-Facebook executive, and founder and partner of The Social+Capital Partnership, was bullish on Bitcoins. But how bullish? He actually owns the equivalent of $5 million in Bitcoins, representing one of the largest positions in the world with the Winklevoss twins.

FOUR years ago Norwegian student Kristoffer Koch spent 150 kroner ($26.60) on a little-known internet currency called bitcoin. It was 2009 and he was working on his thesis about encryption when he came across the mysterious currency. He bought some for fun, then forgot about it.

The euro rose against the dollar on Friday, hovering close to a two-year high, as souring German business morale did little to dent bullish sentiment toward the euro zone common currency.

Three high school buddies from a tiny Canadian town say that they will flip the switch on the world’s first bitcoin ATM next week. It will operate near the entrance of a downtown Vancouver coffee house. Built by a Nevada company called Robocoin, the machine will trade bitcoins for cash and vice versa.

The Silk Road made a small fortune during its two and a half years as the web's biggest anonymous black market for illegal drugs. As of Friday, at least one $28.5 million chunk of that fortune now belongs to the FBI.

Chinese Internet giant Baidu is starting to accept Bitcoin as a payment method for its security services.

Despite shutdown of the illicit Internet marketplace Silk Road, the virtual currency Bitcoins shows great promise for a wide range of legitimate applications.

CoinX is a brand new Bitcoin exchange that just opened its doors, and we caught up with founder Megan Burton at the Money2020 conference in Las Vegas to learn what her company is all about.

What does the FBI plan to do with $80 million in Bitcoin, assuming they can seize it?

Bitcoin, a digital currency, has appealed to high-tech skeptics of government-issued money, as well as global criminals who are eager and able to capitalize on a totally free market. But mainstream investors are taking notice. Paul Solman reports on the potential, advantages and risks of this crypto-currency.

Declaring Bitcoin 'a virtual Wild West for narcotraffickers and other criminals,' the New York State Department of Financial Services is stepping into the sheriff's boots.