This year was marked by great tragedy as well as great achievement. Here’s a look back at 2013 in photos and the events that shaped the past 12 months.
While bitcoins are worth more than $700 each, dogecoin is still in its infancy and is valued at a fraction of a dollar.
This is just bitcoin's most recent, massive valuation swing - giving weight to currency opponents who constantly cite its volatility.
BitcoinRichList ranks the wallets, and the largest contains more than 144,341 bitcoins.
The content sharing website has banned empty freaking-out posts on the virtual currency.
China has banned purchasing bitcoins with yuan, which sparked a 50 percent sell-off in the virtual currency.
A look at the options for those exploring the digital currency Bitcoin.
The transaction was the first time the digital currency has been used at the dealership for a purchase.
Two major Wall Street banks penned their initial thoughts on bitcoin as a serious global currency this week.
The central bank did not prohibit individuals from trading in the virtual currency.
A new interactive map shows businesses around the world that will accept bitcoins.
A student figured out how to use his college football sign to earn more than $26,000 in bitcoins.
A secret facility in Hong Kong is used to generate bitcoins.
Until now, the majority of bitcoins have not been used to make purchases, but Bitcoin Black Friday aims to change that.
A new study links the mysterious inventor of Bitcoin with Dread Pirate Roberts, the founder of Silk Road.
Virgin Galactic begins accepting bitcoins as payment.
Virgin Group founder Richard Branson announced that his space tourism company Virgin Galactic now accepts the virtual currency Bitcoin as payment.
A local police force in Swansea, Mass., recently had to pay $750 in Bitcoins to recover images and documents encrypted by CryptoLocker.
The virtual currency is having its moment in the sun, after high-profile hearings in Washington this week.
Three bitcoin companies have teamed up to help push the digital currency into the mainstream.
"Selfie" was named 2013's word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries. Last year's winner was gif.
A map at fiatleak.co shows how much money is being changed into Bitcoin, and which countries are investing