Digital currency exchange Bitstamp is partnering with independent payment processor Masterpayment for credit card processing and purchases of four cryptocurrencies.

Bitcoin’s eightfold surge in value this year is forcing Wall Street banks to balance clients’ interest in speculating on the cryptocurrency with executives’ skepticism about its future.

The digital-currency startup, which markets software to banks, appears keen to signal that it wants to play by the rules.

Cryptocurrency could be a strong fit for online games, which often develop their own realistic economies despite being cut off from mainstream currencies.

The incident will fuel the debate on Wall Street over whether digital coins are secure enough to enter the mainstream of finance.

The startup is betting that a venture offering safe storage of digital assets will entice billions from banks and other institutional investors.

Michael Lewis calls it a "pump-and-dump" scheme. Liz Ann Sonders says it's "the next kale." Should clients invest in cryptocurrencies?

Investors should ask questions about the market necessity of the coin, which economic model underpins it, and how transparent the company is being about its progress to date, writes Shidan Gouran, president and COO of Global Blockchain Technologies Corp.

There's talk of a bubble, but cryptocurrency creates value in different ways, so traditional market analysis doesn’t work, writes Mariam Nishanian, a representative for Dentacoin.

When a coder locked $150 million of digital currency stored in Parity digital wallets last week, many bankers probably saw it as another reason to ignore cryptocurrencies. Instead they should recognize the business opportunity (key custody) that the incident presents.

This might sound eccentric, but gamers are serious about virtual goods, which is being played out in the billions of dollars that they are spending each year on these items, writes Malcolm CasSelle, president of Worldwide Asset eXchange.

In July, one cryptocurrency company’s coding error helped hackers steal $30 million of the world’s second most valuable digital coin. Now, that company is facing more security problems.

CME Group plans to offer bitcoin futures contracts by yearend, a sign that financial institutions may be getting ready to trade financial products tied to digital currencies.

Cryptocurrencies will not gain widespread traction with corporations and governments as long as there remain crucial questions about their volatility, risk, volume and shadowy affiliations.

First there was bitcoin, then bitcoin cash — and now there’s bitcoin gold.

Cryptocurrencies will not gain widespread traction with corporations and governments as long as there remain crucial questions about their volatility, risk, volume and shadowy affiliations.

"Jamie Dimon gets paid to worry about bitcoin because he's a rent-taker," said Mike Novogratz, a former principal and macro fund manager at Fortress Investment Group. "The decentralized revolution is about going after the rent-takers."

Credit Suisse, State Street and several other banks are experimenting with a blockchain technology that could allow them to make corporate deposits more affordable to hold on their books.

The convenience of receiving payments within seconds, with the minimal transaction fees that bitcoin provides, means a lot to a business, writes Mariam Nishanian from Dentacoin.

Ripple announced several new customers Tuesday. The startup says its software, designed to compete with Swift, allows banks and others to send cross-border payments more quickly, transparently and cheaply.