Charlie Shrem, once a rising star in the Bitcoin world, became the first prominent figure to face imprisonment due to his involvement in cryptocurrency. As the founder of BitInstant, one of the ...

BitInstant.com looked like a potential game-changer, an innovation that could nudge bitcoin into mainstream use. When the service opened up shop in summer 2011, it offered to exchange cash for ...

As the bitcoin entrepreneurs fight a former associate in court, their lawyer was ordered to pay a steep penalty. Bitcoin Takes A Blow: Mt. Gox, The Currency’s Largest Exchange, Goes Dark The exchange ...

Bitcoin backer Charlie Shrem pleaded guilty Thursday of knowingly transmitting money intended to facilitate drug trafficking on the “Silk Road” online underground market, the U.S. Attorney’s Office ...

Charlie Shrem, once a rising star in the Bitcoin world, became the first prominent figure to face imprisonment due to his involvement in cryptocurrency. As the founder of BitInstant, one of the ...