The last few months have seen increasing notice being paid to Bitcoin (and the broader cryptocurrency space) by those that control the status quo. At first it was simple 'negative'-speak - "you'd

ROME (Reuters) - Banks should speed up the introduction of instant payments, whereby money is received immediately and around the clock, to counter the allure of digital currencies such as Bitcoin, a European

Check the context before uncritically accepting sensationalist conclusions. Let's start with a primer on how to write a sensationalist story that can be passed off as "journalism:" Locate

Loads of inaccurate statements made here, but interesting to follow what the mainstream is putting out there: Bloomberg Gadfly's David Fickling discusses what we can learn about bitcoin from the sale of

Ever-the Bitcoin bull, Max Keiser has declared that he thinks Bitcoin’s top will be $100,000. According to Russia Today, the network on which Keiser has a regular slot on global economics, Keiser stated

This infographic is the updated version of our best-known piece from The Money Project, an ongoing collaboration with Texas Precious Metals. It was first published in late 2015. Millions, billions, and

The Old Mutual Gold & Silver Fund, which manages $220 million of mostly precious metal equities, is jumping on the bitcoin wagon. The fund started buying in April with a mandate to allocate as much

What do gold bug Peter Schiff, banking executive Jamie Dimon, and epic investor Warren Buffett all have in common? As Bitcoin continues its meteoric rise, they all seem to be howling like wolves these

As the world’s leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin continues to show how relentless it is. Even after its most recent volatile rally, Bitcoin continues to defy the bubble rumor. It could well be the new digital

By Justin Spittler, editor, Casey Daily Dispatch To some folks, bitcoin is a speculation. To others, it’s a fad. But to the people of Zimbabwe, it’s a lifeline. That’s because Zimbabwe’s economy is a basket

Score one for the poetic irony pages. Two months after JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon lashed out at bitcoin, calling it a "fraud" which is "worse than tulip bulbs, warning it won't end well",

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mike Novogratz, the former macro hedge fund manager at Fortress Investment Group who has joined the mad dash for crypto-currencies, said on Monday that mainstream institutional investors

Amid the cataclymsic collapse of Bitcoin late on Friday night, the crypto currency suddenly saw a large buyer step in as prices plummeted below $6000. We now have an idea who that buyer of last resort

High inflation may be upon us say a new paper by Germany’s biggest bank, Deutsche Bank, according to a rough translation. “Historically, Fiat money systems are a rarity, and they are almost always associated

The USD price of Bitcoin just exploded higher - near $7900 - on heavy volume as CoinDesk reports The organizers of a controversial bitcoin scaling proposal are suspending an attempt to increase the block

If the ownership of bitcoin is as concentrated as some estimate, then the liquidity issue distills down to the actions of the top tier of owners. Whenever I raise the topic of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies,

Bitcoin is gearing up for what could be the biggest (and least understood) change to its software to date. Often called simply a "digital currency," bitcoin is best viewed as a protocol (a set

Prediction is a tricky business. It’s so easy to be wrong and so hard to be right. But that’s exactly what we’ll do here. Since we’re rapidly approaching the ten year anniversary of Bitcoin’s whitepaper

Centralized banking and all other forms of intermediary rentier skims are presented as solid. If history is any guide, these supposedly solid entities may well melt into air. Why is bitcoin considered

As the mainstream continues to embrace cryptocurrencies - much to the chagrin of Jamie Dimon et al. in the establishment - CME Group is "responding to client interest" and launching a Bitcoin