Market Outlook

Mike Caldwell first introduced physical bitcoins for purchase in 2011. He coined the name “Casascius” from an acronym for “call a spade a spade.”

Bitcoin isn't the only form of electronic money being mined, traded and spent these days.

San Francisco start-up Coinbase has completed a second round of funding of $5m for future development of its Bitcoin wallet and exchange platform.

Neither Dropbox nor bitcoin has been around for even a decade yet, but fans of the cloud-based storage site and the digital currency are eagerly pushing for the young twosome to get together.

The online porn industry has been an early adopter of bitcoins, so it's no surprise that a key trade event has added a special panel discussion on the currency's business implications.

A CoinDesk Q&A with Stan Stalnaker, founder of Hub Culture and the Ven digital currency.

The US-based bitcoin business CoinLab has taken the Mt. Gox exchange to court alleging the Japan-headquartered company did not fulfill an agreement signed in November 2012.

Cryptography expert Zulfikar Ramzan hosts a new series of educational bitcoin videos at Khan Academy.

Yet another bitcoin exchange has had the plug pulled on its bank account. Unlike Bitfloor, however, Canadian exchange Virtex is still operational ...

Backed by funding from his brother Barry, Alan Silbert launches BitPremier, a high-end marketplace for bitcoin's wealthy.

Amazon is launching its own currency later this month. Amazon Coins will only be exchangeable for Kindle applications and games and initially US only.

Giant bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has delayed plans to support the litecoin cryptocurrency, following another DDoS attack last month.