Bitcoin Scams Hit Major Online Marketplaces

The brave new world of cybercurrency continues to roil. The front–runner for challenging the old standard of bank-backed (or hard asset-backed) money is reeling from several major hits lately – and that includes a rash of Bitcoin scams that have trapped users trying...

The Dogecoin: Stealing the Bitcoin’s Show?

Can the Dogecoin give the Bitcoin a run for its (pun intended) money? Although it’s only been around for a little over two months, the newly created digital money has already made headlines at Sochi’s Winter Olympics, where a devoted Reddit group used it to raise...

The Bitcoin: Real Money or a Payment System?

Bitcoin’s identity crisis continues, as the upstart digital currency makes more inroads into traditional commerce the world over, triggering government bans and prompting financial experts to question whether Bitcoin will behave like a regular currency capable of...

Bitcoin Exchange CEO’s Arrest: What Next for Digital Money?

The recent arrest of Bitcoin exchange entrepreneur Charlie Shrem is putting the upstart cybercurrency back in the news. It’s a move that has Bitcoin advocates claiming persecution, and providing more evidence for theories that governments and institutions that see the...