The potential of alternative currencies and payment protocols lies in not only the promise of faster, cheaper money exchange and financial transactions but also the creation of a new paradigm for… Read more »
Stripe, a payments provider for emerging startups, is exploring new types of currency transactions starting with bitcoin. It’s launched a bitcoin pilot among its customers, which it plans to expand into… Read more »
Circle, which is vying with Coinbase to be a major early player in the bitcoin space, announced a major funding round and new investors on Wednesday. It now has a product… Read more »
Bitcoin is still in its growing phase, and it’s now Silicon Valley and the bitcoin community’s responsibility to explain it, said Marc Andreessen in a panel at CoinSummit. Read more »
The soaring price of bitcoin likely minted many new millionaires last year. They owe the tax man some of their profits, but no one is sure how much. Read more »
MtGox really is a gift that keeps on giving: now in the throes of bankruptcy, the audit-averse Bitcoin exchange said late Thursday that it has found 200,000 bitcoins in an “old-format”… Read more »