Bitcoin

Bitcoin currently does not pose a threat to the stability of the U.S. banking system because lenders have mostly steered clear of taking positions in the virtual currency, a top U.S. banking regulator said on Wednesday.

The online brokerage firm E*Trade Financial will allow customers to trade bitcoin futures from Cboe Global Markets.

Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) began accepting bitcoin as a form of payment in January 2014, becoming the first major retailer to allow these forms of cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin’s recent success has put cryptocurrencies on the map, but they wouldn’t exist without technology.

In suburban Albany you can buy a car with bitcoin.

Major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase said on Wednesday it will investigate accusations of insider trading, following a sharp increase in the price of bitcoin cash hours before it announced support for the virtual currency.

Bitcoin fell more than 10 percent on Wednesday to a one-week low of $15,800 at cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp, losing almost one- fifth of its value from a peak hit just three days ago.

Actor Stephen Baldwin said if you have money that you don’t mind losing, invest in bitcoin.

Bitcoin was created as a social experiment on alternative money, Wolf of Wall Street author Jordan Belfort said in an interview with FOX Business’ Stuart Varney,

Former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair discusses mounting concerns of a bitcoin bubble.

Bitcoin futures received a lukewarm reception at its launch on the CME Group Inc on Sunday, although market experts believe a recent rally in the cryptocurrency has further to go.

Chicago-based CME Group, launched bitcoin futures trading on Sunday, one week after its smaller crosstown rival Cboe.

The world's largest exchange company is set to launch bitcoin futures this weekend, seeking to capitalize on the mania for the booming digital currency.

Bitcoin has risen from less than one penny in 2010 to a price of about $17,000 as I write this.

Bitcoin billionaires Cameron and Tyler have a challenge for Jamie Dimon, a critic of the virtual currency.

Bitcoin blasted to another all-time high of almost $18,000 on the Bitstamp exchange on Friday, up 9 percent on the day, as warnings grew over the risks of investing in the highly volatile and speculative instrument.

The head of one of Britain’s leading financial regulators put a warning out to bitcoin buyers late Thursday, saying the cryptocurrency is a “very volatile commodity,” and those who chose to invest should be prepared to “lose all their money.”

Bitcoin is a controversial investment: While many people have profited as the cryptocurrency has soared from relative obscurity to an investment worth over $16,000 as of Friday morning, many economists and business leaders continue to warn of a coming collapse.

Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne is hoping to use his original take in bitcoin to eradicate poverty around the world.

For some, the cryptocurrency market has become a fluke.