Bitcoin

Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash’s most fervent supporters are at it again and Twitter has become a bitter battlefield. The latest victim? The @Bitcoin Twitter account.

The agency should consider exempting some registered cryptocurrency exchanges from state money transmission laws.

The agency should consider exempting some registered cryptocurrency exchanges from state money transmission laws.

This year could be a pivot point for blockchain to move past proofs of concept to adoption, propelled by strong investor interest. But many still see the tech as being three to four years away from going mainstream.

The cryptocurrency and blockchain related failure rate is comparable to other technology startup categories and manageable with the right due diligence, writes Cahill Puil, founder of the consultancy Byte Media Group.

The funding round comes on the heels of what BitPay cited as a record year in 2017 in processing more than $1 billion in bitcoin payments.

Elizabeth Rossiello heard that cryptocurrencies would be the next big thing so she founded BitPesa. And while she benefited from the initial craze around bitcoin and blockchain, her company also shares bitcoin's reputational wounds.

Early Bitcoin adopter Reddit stopped accepting payments with the largest digital currency.

Confusion over whether certain digital currency transactions are considered securities is shutting many U.S. investors out of initial coin offerings and spurring illegal behavior.

Confusion over whether certain digital currency transactions are considered securities is shutting many U.S. investors out of initial coin offerings and spurring illegal behavior.