Market Outlook

Investment fund CoinSeed announced that it has acquired $5m worth of BitFury’s 55 nanometre bitcoin hardware.

Ethereum is no altcoin; it is an operating system for altcoins, say developers.

A Florida man has been charged with selling a deadly toxin to US agents through Black Market Reloaded.

The bank is hosting an event to discuss bitcoin, following its private "summit" on the cryptocurrency in San Francisco.

Another major online retailer has announced that it is now accepting bitcoin. This time it's TigerDirect.

The NYDFS has announced the witness list for its upcoming hearings on virtual currency.

Emails from top Google executives suggest that the search giant may well be considering some kind of bitcoin integration.

New York-based social e-commerce platform Fancy, a website known as the "Pinterest for shopping," is now accepting bitcoin.

San Diego-based adult entertainment provider Naughty America will accept bitcoin for payments beginning 24th January.

Cryptoledgers, like those utilized in bitcoin and litecoin, are not merely one-dimensional, one-trick ponies relegated to simple fiat exchanges.

Could company-branded altcoins be on the horizon? Humint thinks so.

The co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz sees enormous potential in digital currencies like bitcoin.