The Treasury report expected this fall will highlight benefits and downsides associated with bitcoin and other digital currencies.
Finding the current bitcoin price and conversion rates can now be done entirely in the Google search engine.
The Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust (COIN) would become the first virtual asset-based exchange traded fund.
The crypto-currency is legal to trade in Europe, but operating an unregistered bitcoin exchange is not.
Venture capitalist Tim Draper revealed himself as the sole winner of the nearly 30,000 bitcoins put up for auction by the U.S. Marshals Service.
The U.S. Marshals Service held an auction on Friday for 29,655 bitcoin seized during a raid on Silk Road, an Internet black-market bazaar where authorities say illegal drugs and other goods could be obtained.
Many are praising California's easing of its currency laws, but some fear it could pose a security risk for the tech-focused state.
Friday's auction was the first of its kind -- and one bidder says the bitcoins could go for 20 percent less than market price.
A leaked list, a test run and a sleepless insider. “It’s just one of those big plays that you have to be involved with if you’re a big player,”
Bitcoin interests will get a previously unimaginable marketing opportunity when two college football teams kick off the 'Bitcoin Bowl.'
Mt. Gox, once one of the leading exchanges for trading the digital currency, shut its website after saying it lost some 850,000 bitcoins - worth more than $500 million at current prices - in a hacking attack.
The virtual currency gained more than one-third in value last month.
The U.S. government seized the bitcoins in October when Silk Road operator Ross William Ulbricht was arrested.
EBay CEO John Donohue didn't give a start date but said PayPal would start using bitcoin for peer-to-peer payments.
The Colorado-based company is also the first subscription-based TV provider to accept bitcoins.
Members were unhappy that Brock Pierce, a controversial actor and former Disney child star, was named as a director.
EBay may be "actively considering" adding bitcoin to PayPal options, but critics say the cryptocurrency is not safe.
Bitcoin will play very important role in future according to eBay CEO John Donahoe.
The FEC allows donations up to an individual limit of $100 for each election cycle.
A DOD unit is exploring the role of bitcoin and other virtual currencies in financing terrorism.
For some, Bloomberg's bitcoin listing is the financial community's stamp of approval needed to view bitcoin as a worthy investment.
Curious MIT students and bitcoin enthusiasts have raised $500,000 in bitcoin, which they will give away this fall to undergraduate students to see what happens.