BITCOIN

What does Union Square Ventures’ Fred Wilson know about Coinbase that other investors might want to know?

Union Square Ventures principal Fred Wilson has led a $5 million investment in Coinbase in one of the biggest bets on Bitcoin yet.

The world's largest Bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, was sued by CoinLab for breaching a contract between the two companies.

To discover more about how bitcoins work, IBTimes found a New York bar that accepts the digital currency.

With Bitcoin values continuing to flux, one of the world's largest exchange faces hacker attacks, while another closes down for good.

As inflation continues to devalue the Argentine peso, citizens are gaining interest in the virtual currency bitcoin.

A recent Bloomberg.com headline claimed bitcoin mining is a "environmental disaster," but the relevant figures do not appear to add up.

"Facebook" founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are believed to own up to 1 percent of all bitcoins on the market.

Earlier this week, the bitcoin's value rose above $200 for the first time, a tenfold increase from its value in January.

Bitcoin has been all over headlines with its fluctuating value and a mysterious digital philanthropist.

A popular startup recently began accepting Bitcoins as form of payment, making the digital currency go more mainstream.

The Bitcoin, an emerging digital currency, is thriving in Cyprus despite -- or because of -- its banking woes.

A team of hackers claims to have stolen Mitt Romney's tax returns from PricewaterhouseCoopers' offices in Franklin, Tenn., and is threatening to release them to the public on Sept. 28 unless a $1,000,000 ransom is paid in Bitcoins, the online currency that is difficult to trace and identify. Mitt Romney Tax Returns Hacked? Alleged Ransom Asks For $1 Million In Bitcoins

In a leaked report, the FBI expressed its concerns about the complexity of tracking down the identity of anonymous Bitcoin users. But along with that, also released some tips for Bitcoin users to help them further protect their anonymity.

There has been news going around that popular digital decentralized currency Bitcoin is being targeted by a Trojan that steals funds from your Bitcoin wallet. Security firm Symantec warned the Bitcoin users on Friday about a Trojan, following an alleged hack on a Bitcoin user Wallet that cost him bitcoins, or about $500,000. What Symantec says is that the 'Infostealer.Coinbit' Trojan tries to find your wallet file and then mail it to the attacker.

Bitcoin is an awesome concept. But in recent weeks, it’s facing its first big challenge. Symantec reported that hackers are now trying to steal Bitcoins from legitimate users using a Trojan Horse.

Security firm Symantec warned people that they might end up like Bitcoin users ‘Allinvain’ whose digital wallet were targeted by a new Trojan to steal funds.

The world’s first virtual heist was recorded when a BitCoin user found that his virtual currency was stolen

It sounds almost surreal. A place where you can login and order marijuana to LSD, which will be delivered on your doorstep by the US Postal department, obviously clueless, after you pay for the drug through bitcoin. All you need to do is become a Tor network member and open a bitcoin account, both completely legal. Though online transactions and delivery to your address is part of the whole process, the authorities are struggling to shut down the drug store or identify the users. Word of the mou...

LulzSec now has 100,000 followers on Twitter. That’s pretty fast for a group that only gained notoriety after May 30 when it placed a phony story of Tupac being a live on PBS.

A Twitter post by Internet hacker, Lulz Security, who recently mocked the security system of Sony and FBI, stated that the group has received thousands of dollars as donation to continue its attacks.