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Bryan R. Smith for The New York Times Charles Shrem, 24, made millions in the virtual money Bitcoin. A few weeks before his arrest at Kennedy Airport, Charles Shrem was standing behind the Manhattan bar he invested in with some of his Bitcoin fortune, buzzing about his big plans for t...
Mt. Gox, a Japanese company, was previously the largest Bitcoin exchange in the world. A major player in the Bitcoin universe was struggling to stay alive on Monday, raising questions about whether there is a fundamental flaw in the computer program that underlies the virtual currency...
Mt. Gox, a Japanese company, was previously the largest Bitcoin exchange in the world. A major player in the Bitcoin universe was struggling to stay alive on Monday, raising questions about whether there is a fundamental flaw in the computer program that underlies the virtual currency...
Lucas Jackson/Reuters From left, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss greet Benjamin M. Lawsky, New York’s top banking regulator, at a hearing on Bitcoin. The next phase in the development of virtual currencies like Bitcoin was highlighted at a hearing last week conducted by Benjamin M. Lawsk...
Keith Bedford/Reuters Marc Andreessen, a co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Editor’s note: Marc Andreessen’s venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, has invested just under $50 million in Bitcoin-related start-ups. The firm is actively searching for more Bi...
Gerard Til/Hollandse Hoogte, via Redux Charles Shrem, who co-founded an exchange for virtual money and spoke on the Bitcoin circuit, was arrested on Sunday. One of the most prominent players in the Bitcoin universe, Charles Shrem, was arrested by federal authorities on Sunday and accu...
Lucas Jackson/Reuters From left, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss greet Benjamin M. Lawsky, New York’s top banking regulator, at a hearing on Bitcoin. The next phase in the development of virtual currencies like Bitcoin was highlighted at a hearing last week conducted by Benjamin M. Lawsk...
Keith Bedford/Reuters Marc Andreessen, a co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Editor’s note: Marc Andreessen’s venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, has invested just under $50 million in Bitcoin-related start-ups. The firm is actively searching for more Bi...
