Bitcoin

Japanese retail giant Rakuten to enable bitcoin payments and darkcoin rebrands to DASH.

Darkcoin to change name to DASH - digital cash - to "better represent" its platform.

Rakuten's move will see it join Amazon.com and travel agency Expedia in accepting the digital currency.

IBM could end up developing a bitcoin alternative.

Stripe is leading an online payment revolution by removing clunky interfaces and systems and allowing anyone to set up a business online

Bitcoin price continues rise towards $300 as 3D Hubs announces partnership with BitPay.

Bitcoin price rallies as a $116m funding round for the secretive startup 21 is revealed.

Bitcoin price continues to rise, as researchers claim it could offer solution to net neutrality.

Torrent service accused of secretly bundling bitcoin miner into latest update and Silk Road auction.

Bitcoin price surge stutters following a week of sustained market growth.

Price of bitcoin continues to surge as market cap moves towards $4bn for first time since January.

Defence policy researcher Emerson Brooking says Anonymous should receive bitcoin from US government to fight Isis.

Bitcoin rises a further 7% over the last 24 hours to take price above $275.

CEO Adam Tepper dies in an accident, while Russian MP is critical about bitcoin.

Russian MP Andrei Svintsov says all cryptocurrencies were created by US intelligence agencies.

"He lived his life to the beat of his own drum," said Adrian Przelozny, leading tributes.

Bitcoin price surges as Kim Dotcom looks to bitcoin as a payment solution for Mega.

Kim Dotcom has hinted that bitcoin could be the solution to Mega's payment problems after Paypal pulled support

Digital currencies combined with mobile technology may reshape mechanisms for making secure payments, says central bank.

Bitcoin price remains stable as Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten hints at bitcoin acceptance.

Hackers investigating Mt Gox publish report detailing activities of automated bot.

Thousands of merchants using Stripe's payment platform could accept bitcoin with a single line of code.

Dell announces roll-out of bitcoin acceptance to the UK and Canada through Coinbase partnership.

Bitcoin stable, while Morgan Spurlock turns to cryptocurrency for his latest insider investigation.

Bitcoin price continues run of stability despite major difficulties for two major exchanges.

Kim Dotcom plans new internet involving the blockchain and thieves steal bitcoin ATMs

Price of bitcoin surges over weekend but falls 10% in the space of a few hours following Bter hack.

Cryptocurrency exchange BTER offers bounty of 720 bitcoins for help recovering the stolen funds.

Bitcoin price surge sparks market-wide resurgence, as reports suggest Google will integrate bitcoin.

Hong Kong lawyer calls MyCoin scandal "classic Ponzi scheme" but dismisses calls for bitcoin ban.