Bitcoin is Inspiring People to do Crazy, Paranoid Things
BY MARCUS GILMER As the value of cryptocurrency continues to skyrocket, so, too, does the number of crazy things people
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2018 Will Be the Year of Bitcoin’s Rivals
BY STAN SCHROEDER Bitcoin has had an absolutely insane year. At one point, its price was up nearly 2,000%, from
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Man Accidentally Threw Away $127 Million in Bitcoin and officials Won’t Allow a Search
By Shawn M. Carter| @shawncarterm James Howells, an IT worker living in the United Kingdom, knows exactly where his misplaced
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“Not a Credible Currency”: Japan’s Finance Minister Questions Bitcoin
By Joshua Althauser In a statement Tuesday, Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso claimed that the leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin has yet
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Start Worrying When Investors Borrow to Buy Bitcoins
If the cryptocurrency crashes, big deal. But if speculators went into debt, look out. By Noah Smith A financial mania
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Bitcoin and the Value of Financial Freedom
For all their flaws, cryptocurrencies will always be useful to people who want to avoid prying eyes. By Leonid Bershidsky
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NYSE Files to List Bitcoin ETFs, Bringing Cryptocurrency a Step Closer to Mainstream
The NYSE formally files with the Securities and Exchange Commission to list two ProShares bitcoin ETFs. Brown Brothers Harriman would
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Desperate Bitcoin Investors Who Forget Their Passwords Are Resorting to Hypnotherapy
By KESHIA HANNAM Help is in sight for that batch of early-Bitcoin-adopters who are sitting on untapped bounties because they’ve
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Why These College Students are Skeptical of Bitcoin
By Abigail Hess | @AbigailJHess CNBC recently spoke with college students at City Tap House, referred to simply as “Tap”
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Bitcoin is Falling
By Will Martin Bitcoin’s price dropped sharply on Wednesday, at one point falling below $17,000 a coin. The drop comes
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This Is the Best State in America to Mine Bitcoin
By CHRIS MORRIS While the vast majority of investors are buying Bitcoin via exchanges, it’s still possible to get the
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Bitcoin Is Not a Systemic Financial Risk, Say Top Economists
By DAVID Z. MORRIS A new survey finds that nearly 75% of a pool of top European economists do not
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Skyrocketing Fees are Fundamentally Changing Bitcoin
By TIMOTHY B. LEE Fees as high as $28 are destroying bitcoin’s value for small payments. Originally, one of bitcoin’s
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Nobel Winner Robert Shiller: Bitcoin Is Too ‘Ambiguous’ to Value
By Wolfie Zhao Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller believes there’s no clear way to put a price on bitcoin. “I
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Why the Bitcoin Craze is Using Up So Much Energy
By Chris Mooney and Steven Mufson The exploding price of the cryptocurrency bitcoin in recent months has triggered doubts not
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Bill Gates in 2014: Bitcoin is ‘Better than Currency’
By Kathleen Elkins| @kathleen_elk A handful of top investors have weighed in on the bitcoin craze, with some warning to
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‘Absolutely’ Reason to Believe North Korea is Amassing Bitcoin
The U.S. government revealed Tuesday that North Korea was behind the debilitating WannaCry hack earlier this year, demanding ransom in
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South Korean Cryptocurrency Exchange to File for Bankruptcy After Hacking
Reuters Staff SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean cryptocurrency exchange said on Tuesday it is shutting down and is filing
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Investor Warns a 50% Drop Could Happen Before the Next Boom
Bitcoin could plunge 50 percent next week, but the digital currency is likely to rise much higher in the long
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Big Transaction Fees are a Problem, but There Could be a Solution
People are currently paying $28 on average to make transactions using the digital currency, according to data by BitInfoCharts. One
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The Hidden Cost of Bitcoin? Our Environment.
WRITTEN BY Brad Jones Bitcoin mining reportedly accounts for more energy consumption than many of the world’s nations. The environmental
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One of the Co-Founders of Bitcoin.com Has Sold All of His Bitcoin
by Business Insider, Tom Turula Oldenburg sold all of his bitcoins and believes others will do the same when they
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One Economist says Bitcoin Could Hit $0 or $1 Million
By RYAN VLASTELICA A likely outcome is that it becomes “a niche product for a select group of enthusiasts,” economist
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Bitcoin is Big, but Fedcoin is Bigger.
By Campbell R. Harvey Over the past few weeks, investors have been flocking to bitcoin, the digital currency whose value
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The Bitcoin Boom: In Code We Trust
By TIM WU You don’t need brilliant financial analysis skills to notice that Bitcoin is in a bubble. It has
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3 Big Reasons the Bitcoin Bubble Could Pop Soon
By RYAN DEROUSSEAU Bitcoin prices hit $19,000 early Monday morning, as Bitcoin futures contracts began trading on the Chicago Mercantile
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Commentary: 3 Reasons Bitcoin Is Worth So Much Right Now
By SPENCER BOGART Bitcoin is a different kind of beast that can be difficult for people to understand. New things
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