Bitcoin divorce, Jane Croft, writing in  Financial Times 02/06/2014  points out warnings from lawyers, that Bitcoin is fast becoming the weapon of choice for hiding assets in a divorce battle. Because of Bitcoin’s relative anonymity many husbands are choosing to use it as a medium of investment and thereby avoiding a full disclosure of […]

Are the end-times coming to Bitcoin? Putting aside the wild rides in valuation, the last few days have seen the three top exchanges halting withdrawals, a reported heist of $2.7 million, and the exploitation of a flaw in the Bitcoin protocol. Silk Road 2.0, a black market drug-trading site based on untraceable Bitcoins, reports that […]

The price of Bitcoin reaches a new high this week, nearing and passing $300 on major exchanges.  It’s a big moment for Bitcoin. The digital currency has gotten an official nod from the overseer of U.S. currency in the form of a primer out of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Senior economist François R. […]

A Texan man has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for running a Bitcoin Ponzi scheme. The SEC filed the lawsuit against Trendon Shavers, who founded Bitcoin Savings and Trust (BTCST) and offered and sold investments in the virtual currency through the internet using the monikers ‘Pirate’ and ‘Pirateat40’. The SEC alleges […]