Bitcoin

A controversial plan to fix bitcoin’s network congestion suffered a setback after attackers used a newly-discovered bug to crash the software.

If the Federal Reserve and other central banks began issuing their own digital currencies, they could benefit consumers, boost the economy and fight financial crime. But not without risks to cybersecurity, individual privacy — and possibly bank profits.

You may not know it by looking at bitcoin’s recent price surge, but the infrastructure underpinning the world’s most popular virtual currency is teetering.

U.S. regulators rejected an exchange-traded fund based on bitcoin, wiping out weeks of gains for the digital currency as investors speculated the Securities and Exchange Commission would approve the security.

The question is more than academic. At stake is the role blockchain technology can play in lowering the costs of raising money.

Users of virtual currencies like bitcoin are backing an industry group to oppose tax authorities’ efforts to collect detailed information about the customers of a popular digital currency exchange.

The two leading contenders vying for the cryptocurrency crown both have serious backing, but the technology is still developing and the endgame is still a ways away.

Banks have signaled bullishness for blockchain tech. But some say ignorance is leading to ill-informed choices.

Some of the bank's large institutional investors say it hasn't done enough following the scandal; digital currency tops bullion price for first time.

Banks have traditonally lagged behind in embracing innovation, though blockchain provides the opportunity to quickly ramp up digital services.

The acquisition of Cryptowatch is the most recent in a series of deals struck by Kraken in the last year.

IBM's work with Northern Trust and Hyperledger and Microsoft's alliance with JPMorgan and others show the different approaches the tech giants are taking with the technology.

China's role in the in bitcoin market has increased in recent years as its citizens are among the virtual currency's leading traders and miners.

China’s central bank is holding a closed-door meeting with several domestic bitcoin exchanges on Wednesday, people familiar with the matter said, heightening concerns that regulators will tighten their oversight of trading in digital currencies.

The German bank's head of corporate and investment banking is reportedly looking to leave; analysts are worried that a bitcoin fund might set off "irrational exuberance" among investors.

Bitcoin exchange and digital wallet provider Coinbase has received a virtual currency and money transmitter license — commonly known as a BitLicense — from the New York State Department of Financial Services.

Wells Fargo faces an economic environment that may not be particularly suited for the way the bank is structured. Also: are you brave enough to make bitcoin a part of your retirement portfolio?

The goal of Deloitte's new blockchain-focused lab in New York is to turn proofs of concepts into real solutions.

Bitcoin extended Friday’s tumble amid concern China will tighten rules on the digital currency to curb capital outflows.

Bitcoin prices plunged as much as 23 percent from Wednesday’s all-time high, according to Bloomberg data, as some traders took gains and investors celebrated a rally in the yuan.