bitcoin

Financial players have largely shunned the web-based 'crytpocurrency' for being too volatile

The fintech startup democratizes access to gold purchases

The unit broke the $1,100 barrier on the Bitcoin Price Index

It remains unclear whether such currencies will ever gain mainstream acceptance

Hackers took roughly $350 million in bitcoins at Tokyo's MtGox exchange

Michel Espinoza faced money laundering charges for attempting to sell $1,500 worth of bitcoins

Volume stolen amounts to about 0.75 percent of all bitcoin in circulation

From Saturday, instead of 25 bitcoins up for grabs globally every 10 minutes, there will be just 12.5

Money was stolen from a project called Decentralized Autonomous Organization

Bitcoin is a virtual currency that is created from computer code

The news ends years of speculation about a person who until now has gone by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto

The head was charged with embezzlement amid fraud allegations over disappearance of hundreds of millions of dollars

Karpeles is suspected of artificially creating about $1.0 million in Bitcoins

Micro-financing through bitcoin may be ‘halal’ because cryptocurrency doesn’t incur interest