60 angel investors rally forces and raise $6.7M for Bitcoin startups

Today, a multi-city angel network and incubator dedicated solely to Bitcoin startups announced that it has raised nearly $6.7 million in about a week to fund Bitcoin startups.

Digital currency biz Liberty Reserve shut down, founder arrested

Digital currency Liberty Reserve has been shut down after U.S. and Costa Rican authorities arrested founder Arthur Belovsky in Spain.

Bitcoin startups get hotter: BitPay nabs $2M from Founders Fund & others

There's no shortage of money being thrown at digital currency Bitcoin. Now relatively young Bitcoin startup BitPay has announced that it has raised $2 million more in funding

Bad news for Bitcoin: CoinLab sues Mt. Gox for $75M after partnership fails

Back in late February, top Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox struck a deal to let Seattle startup CoinLab handle its U.S. operations. But now what looked like it would be a beautiful friendship has turned into an ugly mess.

E-sports league admits employee installed malware to ‘mine’ Bitcoins

A pro-gaming league made $3,700 "mining" for Bitcoins using malware they installed on their customers' PCs.

Hotshot investor Chris Dixon says ‘second wave’ of Bitcoin startups is on the way

Prominent entrepreneur and Andreessen Horowitz investor Chris Dixon is known for being ahead of the curve. The next thing he has his eye on: Bitcoin startups.

Fool me once: Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox falls after third DDoS attack this month

Bitcoin's main exchange, Mt. Gox, was taken offline by another denial of service attack today, showing it is really a barrier to Bitcoin's growth.

OkCupid is now letting users pay with Bitcoin

By allowing its users to pay for its service with Bitcoin, OKCupid is showing that it isn't quite sure what it's demographic is.

Following crazy fluctuations, Bitcoin prices on Mt. Gox stabilize at $100

After wild swings during the past week, prices for virtual currency Bitcoin appear to have stabilized at about $100 per Bitcoin on top exchange Mt. Gox.

Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox taken offline yet again by ‘stronger than usual’ DDoS attack

Leading Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has been knocked offline in another coordinated distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack just hours after the exchange re-opened following a huge price decline.

Mt. Gox is the biggest hurdle to Bitcoin’s legitimacy

Interest in the virtual currency Bitcoin has surged in recent months, but Mt. Gox -- the largest exchange -- is (for now) holding back Bitcoin from stability and legitimacy.

OpenCoin raises seed round so ‘anyone in the world can trade any amount of money in any currency’

OpenCoin is a startup building a simple, global, open currency system. Today, the company announced closing an angel round of funding to expand the Ripple protocol, a virtual currency and payments system that allows "anyone in the world to trade any amount of money in any currency."

Top Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox halts trading following massive price decline

Top Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, which facilitates more than 70 percent of trades, has halted trading for 12 hours following a gigantic decline in Bitcoin prices.

Bitcoin prices collapse over $100 in a matter of hours

Virtual currency Bitcoin has seen a massive rise in prices in the past few week, but today that growth was halted with a precipitous price decline of more than $100.

Don’t understand Bitcoin? This video explains it in less than 4 minutes

If you're new to the virtual currency Bitcoin, you've probably got a lot of questions. This video can answer most of them.

Likely riding a massive speculation wave, Bitcoin prices exceed $200

It's been a great past few weeks if you're a holder (or hoarder) of Bitcoins. The value of a single Bitcoin surpassed $200 today on the Mt. Gox exchange, yet another impressive milestone for the virtual currency.

Heyzap adds option to pay game developers with Bitcoin

Heyzap recently added the option to let game developers make or receive payments from its ad network in the increasingly popular electronic currency Bitcoin.

Coinbase phishing attacks are the 3rd Bitcoin security problem this week

Coinbase warned users about phishing attacks in a blog post this week after personal information is exposed in search engine results.