Bitcoin

From calling them a “fraud” to publishing a 71-page pamphlet: here’s how the bank’s view has evolved.

With massive amounts of electricity needed to run the computers that create bitcoins, large virtual currency companies have established a base in the North Atlantic island nation blessed with an abundance of renewable energy.

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim this week joined other business leaders in expressing skepticism about cryptocurrencies, likening digital currencies to “Ponzi schemes.”

IBM is making “major investments” in the blockchain technology.

Agents confiscated the digital currency as well as several gold and silver bars from a man’s home in Toledo, Ohio.

The Wikileaks’ founder may be rolling in Bitcoin cash.

The recent price fluctuation is evidence that the market is in a bubble, the investment bank said in a research report.

The regulatory clampdown continues to weigh on the cryptocurrency.

Banks in Britain and the United States have banned the use of credit cards to buy Bitcoin and other "cryptocurrencies."

Banks in Britain and the United States have banned the use of credit cards to buy Bitcoin and other "cryptocurrencies."

More credit-card issuers are ditching bitcoin.

Bitcoin has plunged to a 2 ½ month low, with a regulatory crackdown spooking cryptocurrency investors.

FBN's Hillary Vaughn on the growth of the legal pot industry, the perks for parents offered by tech companies and Samsung getting into cryptocurrencies.

What goes up must come down: Bitcoin has now halved its value in less than two months.

Major global insurers are starting to offer protection against cryptocurrency theft.

Such promotions are frequently deceptive, Facebook product management director Rob Leathern wrote on a blog post.

Not so fast! Cryptocurrencies can't rival the safety of gold.

Howard Schultz doesn’t believe bitcoin will be a common currency.

Hip-hop star Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson said he completely “forgot” that he accepted bitcoin for one of his albums four years ago, making him the latest millionaire of the cryptocurrency, with a stake reportedly worth more than $7.5 million.

British Prime Minister Theresa May took aim at tech companies and cryptocurrencies at the World Economic Forum in Davos.