Nasdaq to provide trading technology for bitcoin marketplace: Report

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 08:56

Nasdaq OMX Group Inc agreed to provide a startup the core technology to power a marketplace for trading bitcoins and related digital-currency assets, the Wall Street Journal reported.

In boon for bitcoin, UK to regulate digital currency exchanges

Last Updated: Thursday, March 19, 2015, 09:10

Britain took a significant step towards becoming a global bitcoin hub on Wednesday as the government announced it would regulate digital currencies for the first time by applying anti-money laundering rules to exchanges.

Bitcoin: Here’s a 14-minute video that explains this enigma perfectly

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 08:59

Bitcoin, the digital currency that just a few years ago was virtually unknown is now showing some staying power.

Zebpay launches bitcoin mobile wallet in India

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 20:53

Tech firm Zebpay Wednesday announced launch of its 'bitcoin' mobile wallet in the country.

Regulator raps Australian bitcoin IPO hopeful for China social media marketing

Last Updated: Friday, February 13, 2015, 12:49

Regulators ordered Australia`s Bitcoin Group Ltd to stop making public statements about its plans to undertake the world`s first initial public offering of a virtual currency exchange after the company approached potential Chinese investors via social media.

Investors robbed of $11 mn Bitcoins in four years: Study

Last Updated: Saturday, January 31, 2015, 13:45

Frauds such as online ponzi schemes have skimmed at least $11 million in Bitcoin deposits from unsuspecting cyber customers over the past four years, a study says.

Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp suspends service after security breach

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 23:26

Bitstamp, one of the largest exchanges for trading the digital bitcoin currency, said it has suspended its service after a security breach on Sunday, resulting in loss of around 19,000 bitcoins.

Operator of bitcoin stock exchange penalized by US SEC

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 9, 2014, 09:00

The operator of a stock exchange that allowed clients to use bitcoins to trade in certain securities was ordered by U.S. regulators to pay $68,000 to resolve claims that he did not register the exchanges.

To grow, Bitcoin may need to shed its world of intrigue

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 04:20

"Charlie`s a good kid, and he serves good drinks," said Jacob Dienelt, who trades Bitcoins himself.

Top Bitcoin executives charged with money laundering in US

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 12:38

Two Bitcoin executives have been charged in the US with conspiring to commit money laundering by selling more than USD one million of the digital currency to users of an illicit online drugs bazaar 'Silk Road'.

Ransomware, scams and scoops predicted for 2014

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 21:48

Warning against the threats posed by ransomware such as Cryptlocker, AVG Technologies Australia security advisor Michael McKinnon has reportedly said that the emergence of such sophisticated modern malwares can result in scams and scoops.