BITCOIN

As part of the Silk Road investigation, NY U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced the seizure of $28 million in bitcoins that belonged to Ross Ulbricht, the alleged Silk Road owner.

Bitcoin's value topped $200 - thanks to an approval from the Chinese search giant.

A dangerous new walware threatens to forever deny the user access to his or her files unless a ransom in bitcoins is paid to the hacker within 100 hours.

A vendor in the Sheep Marketplace, another Deep Web site, is commemorating Silk Road with special ecstasy pills bearing the Silk Road logo.

Silk Road, the popular online black market, was shut down by the FBI and its owner, Ross William Ulbricht, was arrested on Tuesday.

Atlantis, the underground black market seen as a competitor to Silk Road, has been shut down for “security reasons.”

A Vancouver-based Bitcoin exchange is hoping to bring the digital currency to the mainstream by installing the world's first bitcoin ATMs.

The Bitcoin Foundation met with representatives of several government groups, including FinCEN, the FBI, IRS, and Federal Reserve.

The Bitcoin Foundation said any wallet app that relies on Android to generate a random number key is at risk.

A Texas judge ruled that Bitcoin is a currency in a case involving a Ponzi scheme.

The popular virtual currency has encountered its first major stumbling block.

A Texas man is accused of running a Bitcoin-related Ponzi scheme and using the proceeds to pay for personal expenses.

Record gold imports into China are likely this year, said the global industry association for gold mining companies.

The Winklevoss twins row out to deeper waters as they put their collective heft behind virtual currency Bitcoin.

American startups embraced Bitcoin early, but the Web-based currency is more popular in China, which could leave the U.S. at a disadvantage.

As online payment systems proliferate, the U.S. Federal Reserve has cast a wary eye.

The account name of an undercover officer, "tostealeverything," allegedly didn't raise red flags at Liberty Reserve.

Liberty Reserve allegedly facilitated the transnational movement of large sums obtained by criminal activities.

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.