SecondMarket launching first U.S.-based investment vehicle exclusively devoted to Bitcoin. FORTUNE -- Bitcoin has gotten all sorts of attention this year, both from the media and regulators. For investors, however, it has often proven difficult to purchase meaningful amounts of the cr...
SecondMarket launching first U.S.-based investment vehicle exclusively devoted to Bitcoin. FORTUNE -- Bitcoin has gotten all sorts of attention this year, both from the media and regulators. For investors, however, it has often proven difficult to purchase meaningful amounts of the cr...
The proliferation of trading platforms is making it increasingly difficult for regulators to keep up with the pace of financial innovation. FORTUNE -- A technical malfunction on Thursday that halted trading on the Nasdaq is the latest example of how financial innovation has outpaced r...
The proliferation of trading platforms is making it increasingly difficult for regulators to keep up with the pace of financial innovation. FORTUNE -- A technical malfunction on Thursday that halted trading on the Nasdaq is the latest example of how financial innovation has outpaced r...
Prominent venture capitalist believes in the future of crypto-currency. FORTUNE -- Ben Horowitz, co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, is bullish on Bitcoin. Horowitz's comments came Thursday in Aspen during Fortune BrainstormTech, during a conversation on how techno...
The shady online currency is starting to gain legitimacy in certain parts of the world. When will the regulators catch up? By Cyrus Sanati FORTUNE -- HSBC and Standard Chartered may have gotten out of the money laundering and sanction-skirting game just in time. Bitcoin, a virtual onl...
New federal regulations make online currencies act more like traditional forms of cash. FORTUNE – Remember those days when Monopoly money was just play cash that bought everything in the game from railroads to houses? When the game was over, the value of that colorful paper currency s...
The shady online currency is starting to gain legitimacy in certain parts of the world. When will the regulators catch up? By Cyrus Sanati FORTUNE -- HSBC and Standard Chartered may have gotten out of the money laundering and sanction-skirting game just in time. Bitcoin, a virtual onl...