Market Outlook

People should be able to use bitcoin exchanges without interference from banks, according to a Chinese central bank official.

The price of bitcoin on Bitstamp has increased to above the level listed on Mt. Gox.

Just how progressive is Canada's view on bitcoin? Canadian law expert Matt Burgoyne takes a look.

Bitcoin auction site Bitmit has been deactivated and is being sold to the highest bidder.

You can now pay in bitcoin for a plot in Galt's Gulch Chile, a self-sustaining libertarian community.

A university in Cyprus has announced that it will accept bitcoin for the payment of tuition and other fees.

Alpha Technologies will start developing purpose-built ASIC mining hardware for Litecoin in partnership with Indian manufacturer Dexcel Designs.

Rabobank cancelled 99% of its customers’ transactions with bitcoin exchanges on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Yesterday's banking subcommittee hearing in the Senate included many suggestions that bitcoin should be regulated.

Polish bitcoin exchange Bidextreme.pl has been hacked and its customers’ bitcoin and litecoin wallets emptied.

Bitstamp has been experiencing difficulties over the past couple of days including software problems and a DDoS attack.

Don't bother running from regulation, said an agency director – because in the long term, there's nowhere to hide.