Venezuela Slashes Zeros From Currency to Fight Inflation
Venezuela attempts to combat economic illiteracy with more economic illiteracy.
Bitcoin
Don't Blame Bitcoin for Russian Hacking
Cybercurrencies are not as anonymous as you might think.
Can Bitcoin Become the Global Monetary Standard?
With its supply permanently capped at 21 million units, Satoshi Nakamoto's invention may turn out to be the best form of money ever conceived.
Fed Chair: Cryptocurrency Investors Are 'Unsophisticated'
Chairman Jerome Powell says they are putting their money in risky, unbacked investments built on reckless speculation.
Why Shouldn't a Free American Carry Hundreds of Thousands of Bucks in a Trader Joe's Paper Sack?
Entrapment prosecution of bitcoin exchangers highlights government's war on privacy.
What Happens If Cryptocurrency Technologies Are Regulated as Securities?
The SEC is getting serious about initial coin offering (ICO) oversight.
Venezuela Relaxes Rules for Expats Sending Desperately Needed Money Home to Their Families
The country has liberalized one aspect of the disastrous capital controls established by Hugo Chavez in 2003.
3 Steps to Buy and Store Bitcoins Anonymously
A handful of best practices can go a long way toward shielding your transactions from government spies and other malevolents.
Balaji Srinivasan: Technology Will Lead to a Borderless World
The Silicon Valley entrepreneur says cryptocurrencies, virtual reality, and mobile devices are helping individuals escape failed institutions.
Maybe the Government Won't Screw Up Bitcoin After All
Regulators seem to recognize the need for restraint.
If You Bought Drugs on the Silk Road Using Bitcoin, the Feds Might Know Who You Are
If buying drugs online feels easy, you're probably doing it wrong.
Free Banking for Bitcoin? How the Lightning Network Could Help
How do we scale the system for broad use?
U.S. Marshals Will Auction $52 Million of Bitcoin Seized Through Asset Forfeiture
More than 3,800 Bitcoin will be auctioned on January 22, including those taken from vendors on cryptomarkets like SilkRoad and AlphaBay.
Is Bitcoin the Death of Fiat Currency?: Podcast
Q&A with Michael Goldstein and Pierre Rochard of the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute.
Is Bitcoin in a Bubble, or Is It Massively Undervalued?
Evaluating the current cycle of buzz
Venezuelan Bitcoin Miners Must Register With the Government
Will a new regulatory framework help stop extortion and police abuse, or will it set the stage for a brutal crackdown?
Bitcoin Confuses Alan Greenspan
Mainstream economists were trained to believe that currencies need to be managed by central banks. So this new form of money is...hard to grasp.
Read Why People Are Giving Reason Donations as Large as $75,000 in Bitcoin!
Notes from satisfied and/or snarky customers, and a last-ditch attempt to loosen some of your crypto-riches!
Bitcoin Sends Elite Economists Into Glorious Fits of Confusion
Joseph Stiglitz is the George Costanza of economists: Every instinct he has, do the opposite.
In Search of the Elusive Bitcoin Billionaire
Bitcoin is booming. Libertarians were there first. So where are all the cryptocurrency tycoons?
You Probably Should Have Bought Bitcoin, Because It's Almost at $10,000
Libertarians understood the power of bitcoin early on. Now it's booming. So where are the cryptocurrency tycoons?
Bitcoin's Crazy Price Rise Might Lead Owner of Bankrupt Former Exchange Mt Gox to Crazy Profits
Customers lost billions in bitcoin, and former operator Mark Karpeles could gain well over half a billion.
Bitcoin and the Blockchain Will Stomp Out Wall Street Fraud
Q&A with Caitlin Long, a former Morgan Stanley managing director, cryptocurrency enthusiast, and recent convert to Austrian economics.
Can Bitcoin Buy Freedom?
As the cryptocoin hits new record highs in value, bitcoin money thinks of buying a free country.
Bitcoin Is Free Speech: Why Jamie Dimon Was Wrong and Governments Can Never 'Close It Down'
Cryptocurrency is just code, and code is just speech, which is why in the U.S., at least, it's protected.
How a Blue Butterfly Stamp Brought Down One of the Dark Web's Biggest Marijuana Vendors
Operational security remains the Achilles heel for dark web drug vendors.
Bitcoin's Blockchain Tech Could Be the Answer to Voter Fraud
The technology promises to be a secure and efficient way of confirming voter ID.
How Should Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies Be Taxed?
Proposed legislation would be a boon to users dealing with very complex regulations.
Can Ethereum Overcome Its Immense Technical Problems? [Podcast]
Princeton Computer Science Professor Michael Freedman on why scaling this blockchain-based computing platform will be so difficult.
DOJ Claims Responsibility for Shutting Down Cryptomarkets AlphaBay and Hansa
"This ranks as one of the most successful coordinated takedowns against cybercrime in recent years," says Europol's Rob Wainwright.
Did Police Just Take Down the Biggest Dark Web Drug Market in History?
Alphabay has been down for more than a week. A series of raids and arrests suggests it's not an exit scam.
Phoenix Neurologist is Charged With Selling Bitcoin Without a License
Federal application of banking law to bitcoin nets another victim.
The Silk Road Is Dead, But the Internet's Illicit Drug Economy Is Alive and Well
A new U.N. report finds cryptomarkets comprise a bigger chunk of the global drug trade than ever before.
Princeton-Trained Computer Scientists Are Building a New Internet That Brings Privacy and Property Rights to Cyberspace
Meet the developers behind Blockstack, who are using blockchain technology to reconfigure the web. It'll make NSA mass data collection impossible.
Silicon Valley Startup Lets Users Move Money Without Government Interference By Turning Their Phones Into Stand-Alone Banks [Reason Podcast]
Q&A with Abra founder and CEO Bill Barhydt on bitcoin as "regulatory arbitrage."
Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin Trading Surges in Venezuela
"How can you stop software running on the internet?"
Venezuelan Police Arrest Eight Bitcoin Miners in Two Weeks, and the Country's Leading Bitcoin Exchange Suspends Operations
Authorities uncover a warehouse with 11,000 mining computers drawing enough electricity "to power a whole town."
Four Bitcoin Miners Arrested in Venezuela
Three men and one woman were charged with "electricity theft" and "internet fraud."
How the IRS Could Cripple Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency startup Coinbase has been scrupulously compliant with government demands, until the IRS asked for millions of innocent customers' records.
Bitcoin Exchange User Tries to Stop IRS From Forcing Coinbase to Give Up Customer Information
IRS is acting in bad faith and overreaching, argues motion to quash its subpoena seeking a wide range of information about the bitcoin exchange's customers.
Venezuelans Don't Believe in Bitcoin. They Need Bitcoin.
Pragmatism trumping ideology is a positive sign for cryptocurrency.
Governments Trash Cash, Making Alternative 'Money' More Attractive
Bitcoin, gold, and other unofficial means of exchange get free marketing from idiotic officials.
Court Allows IRS to Order Bitcoin Exchange Coinbase to Give Up Their Customers' Identities
Attempts to make sure the feds can successfully tax pseudonymous bitcoin transactions getting serious.
Donate to Reason Because Our Journalism Helps Poor Venezuelans AND Teen Sexters
Stories that inspire others to generate bitcoins for the victims of socialism and legal representation for cellphone Romeos.
