It’s up, it’s down, and news about it is all around. The sentiments apply to bitcoin, and cryptocurrencies of all stripes —...
If it’s Friday, it must be the end of a wild week in the Wild West, where winded traders’ wondrous winnings are...
Reaching the peak interest among those in a particular industry just before it goes mainstream is something that’s happened on more than...
Distributed ledger technology (blockchain) has made significant headway this year, and people are starting to take notice. At the beginning of 2017,...
All is not running business as usual in the bitcoin realm. The digital currency that has been around for nearly a decade...
Security in the digital age is a goal for most retailers and consumers — and nearly everyone else in the business world. When...
Bitcoin came onto the scene nearly a decade ago in 2009 and has slowly been making strides in the financial world ever...
On Monday, bitcoin prices hit a record high at $2,100 per coin. On Wednesday, the cryptocurrency hit another milestone at $2,416 a...
It’s been a rocky week for bitcoin — and we don’t just mean in terms of price. Actually, bitcoin’s price at the...
Bitcoin’s growing just about as fast as we can write about it — as are a number of other cryptocurrencies, for that...
Sometimes it pays to be volatile — but there’s always the nagging risk of losing it all. Bitcoin’s value keeps breaking through...
In the last few weeks, three separate bitcoin exchanges have reported a halt on processing transactions in dollars — the result of...
Bitcoin’s (BTC) riding high once again as the third week of April rolls to a close. BTC values are rising to approach...
The past week saw bitcoin (BTC) rise to near-record highs above $1,230, only to fall sharply during Thursday afternoon trading. At the...
A beacon of hope has emerged for bitcoin just in time for spring — and it’s brought up prices with it. While...
This past week proved once again that it’s tough to be a bitcoin fan. In another blow to bitcoin legitimacy, the U.S....
Bitcoin prices suffered further losses this past week. As the reality of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejection sunk in, concern...
It has been another wild ride of a week for bitcoin in the wake of the SEC ruling. At the tail end...
“What goes up must come down” is, unfortunately, the most appropriate proverb to open this week’s bitcoin tracker. It all started when...
This is not a drill. Bitcoin’s market cap is currently well over $20 billion as value rose well over $200 in the...
Officials from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reportedly met with the Winklevoss twins on Feb. 14, said Bloomberg, to discuss...
Is there an alternative, profound French phrase or two that can describe what investors have seen this week with bitcoin? Because “déjà...
Bitcoin prices rose relatively steadily this past week, overcoming investor skittishness seen the week prior when Chinese regulators doubled down on bitcoin...
After a couple weeks without major movement, investors and acquirers are showing interest in bitcoin. First, CoinDesk acquired San Francisco-based bitcoin and...
Bitcoin’s value just broke $1,000. Again. And then went below. Again. Then up and down again. (Anyone else feeling seasick?) Following relatively...
As retail pushes further into online spaces, many marketers and merchants alike are focused on clicks and open rates to measure the...
The price of the popular digital currency spent the week climbing back up after fears that China could crack down on its...
Bitcoin’s volatile tendencies were on full display this past week. After flirting with record highs just over one week ago, bitcoin fell...
This week’s Bitcoin Tracker is like a game of good news, bad news. To keep us in good spirits heading into the...
The second week of December saw bitcoin sit pretty solidly in the 750s and 760s after last week’s high point of $777...
Only two days in, and December has already been good to bitcoin. This week saw bitcoin’s price jump over its previous 2016...
In this week’s Bitcoin Tracker, bitcoin soars, then settles down and plans for its yearly sale abound. Switzerland gives bitcoin a hand...
It’s been a varied week for bitcoin. First, some positive news: Bitcoin’s upward pricing trend continues, more or less. It opened this...
Is there a run on bitcoin? Before you panic, know that the answer is “certainly not yet.” But after last week’s DDoS...
This week’s Bitcoin Tracker finds Russia’s resource-guarding of the ruble nixed by an acceptance of bitcoin, for now. Other news finds that...
The fallout from the Bitfinex hack, which cost the digital exchange $72 million, has customers losing 36 percent of the assets that...
Consider the difficulty in stashing an intangible digital currency into a swag bag. But then, hacking into bitcoin user accounts is no...
Anonymous is the name of bitcoin’s game. But Europe might like to make it less so. The European Commission would like to create a...
Bitcoin’s trump card may be Donald Trump. Yes, this is a very real story based on an actual Juniper Research study that...
On July 9, 2016, just eight days away, the bitcoin market is going to change. As for the impact of that change,...
What goes up must come down. A week ago, bitcoin had surpassed the $700 mark, and the headlines were giddy with excitement...
Is the concept of “experimenting with a digital dollar” the financial services industry’s version of the hula hoop? Flash in the pan...
Compared to 2015, bitcoin has had a stellar 2016. But when it comes to bitcoin’s price, it’s all relative. So before the...
Is bitcoin making a comeback? Oh, if we had a bitcoin for every time we’ve heard that question. Actually, that would be pretty...
The Mt. Gox bitcoin drama got a little more dramatic this week. As a quick refresher, Mt. Gox is the now-defunct bitcoin exchange that...
Good intentions gone bad? “Robin Hood Hacker Donates $11,000 of Stolen Bitcoin to Help Fight ISIS.” This is a real story and...
President Barack Obama and his administration get a lot of demands, to say the least. Stop ISIS, bring peace to the Middle...
Get your popcorn ready. News broke earlier in the week that Craig Wright, the 45-year-old Australian computer scientist/engineer, would finally come out...
Benjamin Lawsky, the former New York state financial services chief, certainly wasn’t a fan of bitcoin or virtual currencies. But now, he...
Bitcoin plus blockchain plus banks still seems like an unlikely combination, despite news that JPMC and Citigroup have completed their tests about using...