(Reuters) – Russian authorities have issued warnings against using Bitcoin, saying the virtual currency could be used for money laundering or financing terrorism and that
A hearing Tuesday on the regulatory future of Bitcoin instead turned into a forum on the shortcomings of the traditional banking industry. The hearing, called
Two Bitcoin entrepreneurs have been arrested and charged with money laundering by US authorities. Charlie Shrem, chief executive of New York-based BitInstant, and Robert Faiella,
BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem has been charged with laundering money for customers of online drug bazaar Silk Road. U.S. government agents have arrested BitInstant CEO
(Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan are sitting on a multimillion-dollar bitcoin gold mine. And it could get much bigger. Federal authorities hauled in 29,655
(Reuters) – China’s central bank warned on Thursday that financial institutions should not trade the digital currency bitcoin, saying that while it does not yet
The virtual currency bitcoin took a big step toward the mainstream on Monday as federal authorities signaled their willingness to accept it as a legitimate
(Reuters) – The price of the bitcoin digital currency dropped on Wednesday, after U.S. law enforcement authorities shut down Silk Road, an online marketplace used