Bitcoin

Bitcoin value passes landmark value as crypto-currency gains wider international acceptance.

A hard drive containing £4m of bitcoins is buried in a recycling plant in Newport, south Wales.

Bitcoin Black Friday deals encourage users to actually use their bitcoins like a real currency.

Cyber criminals have stolen $1m worth of bitcoins from Bips, a leading European exchange and wallet service.

Alistair Charlton investigates litecoin, the crypto-currency looking to ride the wave of bitcoin's success.

Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic accepts bitcoins as payment for commercial space flights.

Ransomware programme Cryptolocker lowers the price victims must pay in wake of soaring bitcoin value.

University of Nicosia now accepts bitcoins as payment for tuition fees, and is to launch digital currency masters.

The value of bitcoin is in its tehcnology, not the currency itself, claims gold and currency investor Axel Merk.

The value of bitcoin passed $900 after positive reception from US government agencies at Senate hearing.

A website has raised almost £50,000 in bitcoins to assassinate chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke.

The value of one bitcoin soared over $600 on Monday ahead of a US Senate hearing to investigate if it is a viable currency.

The bitcoin boom is not restricted to buying and selling - there is money to be made in selling mining equipment too.

Bitcoin value smashed through $400 barrier, as unprecedented growth continues ahead of US Senate hearing.

Virtual currency's value soared to $400 per coin on 13 November from $13 in January.

The online attack on Czech exchange comes just days after Chinese exchange disappears.

Winklevoss twins claim Bitcoin is 'gold 2.0' and its value will grow 100 times from current $4bn market cap.

Chinese Bitcoin exchange BGL has vanished from the web, taking more than £2.5m worth of coins with it.

Bitcoin's value passes $300, up from $150 a month ago, as fears of boom-and-bust are reignited among analysts.

Bitcoin miners spend thousands of dollars securing hardware to maintain the virtual currency network.

The machine was installed by Bitcoiniacs, with a view to install more around Canada.

ATM is operated by Nevada-based Robocoin and Vancouver's Bitcoiniacs.

The shutting down of Silk Road may have impacted the value of Bitcoin momentarily, but it is here to stay and help criminals around the world.

Bitcoins accepted at Birmingham escort agency in bid to increase worker safety and client anonymity.