Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin, litecoin, dogecoin and darkcoin all continue their steady recovery since last week's market-wide downturn.

Major cryptocurrencies have seen significant price swings due to concerns surrounding bitcoin's decentralised structure

A powerful bitcoin mining operation is threatening the very principles that the cryptocurrency is based upon

Almost 30,000 bitcoin seized from the online black market Silk Road are to be auctioned by the US Marshals Service

The price of bitcoin has plummeted after the US government announced the sell-off of 30,000 bitcoin seized from Silk Road

Expedia becomes the first major travel agency to accept cryptocurrency, as bitcoin is recognised by Yahoo and Google.

Travel site Expedia has become the latest big-name brand to integrate bitcoin into its payments system

Bitcoin remains relatively stable, darkcoin continues to rise and spaincoin sees a significant surge

Most major markets remain stable as Visa executive joins BitPay and Minecraft creator accepts dogecoin donations

California moves closer to granting cryptocurrency lawful money status, while UK charities could soon accept bitcoin

eBay CEO claims PayPal bitcoin integration is imminent, while a government worker is caught mining on a supercomputer

Bitcoin apps return to Apple's App Store, as a new study suggests the altcoin's price is driven by more than speculation

Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies suffer from a market-wide dip, while 50 Cent jumps aboard the bitcoin bandwagon

A year after a patent filing for a virtual currency known as iMoney, Apple has updated its App Store payment guidelines.

Allowing app developers to integrate cryptocurrency transactions could signal introduction of Apple's own iMoney

Apple updates App Store guidelines to include "approved" digital currencies, while banks fear rise of cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin's price surge shows no signs of stopping, reaching as high as $675 over the weekend

New bitcoin apps, ATMs and Facebook-integrated wallets are helping bring the digital currency into mainstream use

Fraudulent trading by MtGox bots have been blamed for the bitcoin bubble last November

Darkcoin's price plummets, police get cryptocurrency lessons and MtGox bots responsible for bitcoin bubble.

The price of bitcoin nears $600 as a new contender in the form of andinero enters the cryptocurrency sphere

The prolific rise of darkcoin, the first truly anonymous altcoin, has seen it become the fourth largest cryptocurrency

Bitcoin's value has surged significantly for the first time since April thanks to renewed confidence in the cryptocurrency

Bitcoin experiences spike in value, while Canadian cryptourrency maplecoin receives backing from unusual reserve asset.

As bitcoin stabilises, darkcoin continues its dramatic rise while the dogecar campaign saves someone's life.

As vertcoin make waves in the cryptocurrency markets, Japan cracks down on bitcoin crime while BitPay raises $30 million

Crypto markets remain stagnant, bitcoin emerges as potential new Scottish currency and Doge Vault is hacked.

Bitcoin political donations have been approved in the US, while a new cryptocurrency-themed radio station launches

As bitcoin finally halts a week-long slide, the SEC warns of the pitfalls of bitcoin investment and fraud.

Markets continue to slide amid continued uncertainty in China, as gold-backed cryptocurrency aims to end instability.