Bitcoin

Readers weigh in on the Federal Housing Finance Agency's leadership structure, react to a recent data-sharing debate, opine on whether banks should let consumers use their credit cards to buy bitcoin and more.

Large card issuers began banning cryptocurrency purchases on their cards in February. But fintechs are allowing consumers to purchase and invest in digital currencies, and they say the risk is minimal.

For years, bitcoin believers have tried to distance the digital coin from the perception that it's only used for criminal activity. New insights into Russian meddling in the U.S. election aren't helping.

The Swiss bank allegedly hired Chinese officials’ friends and relatives to win business; JPM asked “several dozen” employees to consider moving from London.

Facebook will continue to prohibit ads for other risky financial products including binary options and initial coin offerings.

Every transaction is traceable on the blockchain — though only to the addresses that initiated it. Compare this to Fedwire Funds Service and ACH payments, which don’t have this transaction history available, writes Bob Rutherford is the CEO and founder of Hedge.

The warning doesn't touch on blockchain's nonfinancial applications, where it is making more of an impact, contends Joseph Thompson, CEO and co-founder of AID:Tech.

Nyca Partners is now an investor in enterprise blockchain, but in 2014 it had doubts about the technology.

Warnings about "breaking the internet" and environmental harm don't take blockchain's ability to improve these factors into account, contends Vladislav Dramaliev, marketing lead at aeternity.

Square Inc. shares climbed to their highest price ever after New York granted the company a virtual-currency license, letting customers in the state buy and sell Bitcoin.