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Bitcoin may be maturing into a period of relatively boring stability after a volatile last few months: Experts
•Bitcoin rallied 25 percent in April after crashing 70 percent from a high near $20,000 late last year.
Cryptocurrency marketplace Coinbase shuts down Wikileaks' Shop account for violating its terms of service
Ians •Google Chrome's web policy permitted cryptocurrency mining in extensions as long as it is the extension's single purpose and the user is adequately informed about the mining behaviour.
Bitcoin value plunges below $13,000; sees its worst days since 2013
•Bitcoin is known to go through wild swings. In November, it tumbled almost 30 percent in four days from $7,888 to $5,555.
Coinbase to investigate accusations of insider trading after a sharp increase in bitcoin cash price hours before official support was announced
•Trading in bitcoin cash will be suspended until 1200 ET (1700 GMT) Wednesday, a Coinbase status page showed.
Bitcoin shoots up by 60 percent in over one week to settle at $16,000; debate over bubble-burst intensifies
•Bitcoin climbed as high as $15,995 on the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange BTC=BTSP, up more than 14 percent on the day.
Coinbase raises $100 million to become first bitcoin startup with $1 billion valuation
•Digital currency exchange Coinbase announced on Thursday that it has raised $100 million in so-called "Series D" funding led by US venture capital firm IVP.
Fidelity now allows clients to use its website to view cryptocurrencies
•The initiative is a rare example of an established financial services company warming up to cryptocurrencies.
Bitcoin software code split could lead to the creation of a clone virtual currency called 'Bitcoin Cash'
•Anyone owning Bitcoin before the split will have access to an equal amount of Bitcoin Cash for free, which they can trade for fiat currencies.
Blockchain technology may increase productivity in government and industry
Ians •A recent report released by the CSIRO explored plausible adoption scenarios of Blockchain in Australia by 2030, while another took a technical approach exploring design alternatives for Blockchain systems in uses such as remittance payments and agricultural supply chains.
Coinbase reports an outage due to increase in trading volume and traffic
Fp Archives •Despite Monday's fall in price, bitcoin still was up more 170 percent so far this year. At the same time that bitcoin dropped, another digital currency ethereum soared to record highs on Monday. Ethereum, which has the second-largest market capitalization behind bitcoin, soared to $373.