Bitcoin

Policy

Increasing Number of People, Firms Using Bitcoin Despite Volatility

Not just popular among hackers and anarchists

Reason Staff | 12.9.2013 1:30 PM

Policy

China's Biggest Search Engine Stops Accepting Bitcoins

Move comes after the government banned financial institutions from using the cryptocurrency

Reason Staff | 12.9.2013 9:40 AM

Economics

Bitcoin: Regrets, Triumphs, Going for the Gold, and Bank of America Takes Notice

Brian Doherty | 12.6.2013 5:55 PM

Policy

Bitcoin-Related Company Sued for Not Providing Equipment

Accused of taking the money and folding

Reason Staff | 12.6.2013 5:40 PM

Policy

Kentucky Town Agrees To Pay Police Chief In Bitcoin

Jess Remington | 12.6.2013 10:21 AM

Culture

Lamborghini Dealership in California Starting to Accept Bitcoin

Why not?

Reason Staff | 12.6.2013 9:00 AM

Policy

French Central Bank Warns of Risks Related to Bitcoin

Says the cryptocurrency's price is inherently unstable

Reason Staff | 12.5.2013 1:10 PM

Policy

Ron Paul: Bitcoin Could "Go Down in History as the Destroyer of the Dollar"

"There will be alternatives to the dollar, and this might be one of them"

Reason Staff | 12.5.2013 8:30 AM

Economics

Value of Bitcoin Falls After Chinese Government Issues Warning To Banks

Say there is a high risk that the cryptocurrency can be used for criminal activities

Reason Staff | 12.5.2013 8:20 AM

Policy

Donate to Reason in Bitcoin, You Kooky, Decentralizing, Alt-Culture Freakazoids!

Matt Welch | 12.4.2013 6:08 PM

Culture

96,000 Bitcoins Stolen From Sheep, Effort to Track Them Down Underway Online

Millions of dollars worth of BTC

Reason Staff | 12.3.2013 7:10 PM

Economics

Bitcoin Tops $1,000

11 months ago one Bitcoin worth a little over $10

Reason Staff | 11.27.2013 1:10 PM

Economics

Bitcoin Boosters Offering Black Friday Deals

For the cryptocurrency lover in your family

Reason Staff | 11.25.2013 4:50 PM

Economics

Bitcoin Prices Reach So High Users Can Fund Space Trips

Scott Shackford | 11.22.2013 6:30 PM

Economics

Virgin Galactic to Accept Bitcoins

Fund your space trip!

Reason Staff | 11.22.2013 5:40 PM

Culture

University in Cyprus to Accept Bitcoin for Payments

Can pay for tuition and school fees

Reason Staff | 11.21.2013 4:10 PM

Politics

FEC Won't Allow Bitcoins for Donations

Request by the Conservative Action Fund whether they could accept them

Reason Staff | 11.21.2013 3:00 PM

Economics

Bitcoin's Price Goes for Rollercoaster Ride

From $500 to $900 and back in a single day

Reason Staff | 11.19.2013 3:40 PM

Politics

Bitcoin: More than Money

The digital protocol promises to change more than just the future of currency, despite government attempts to rein it in.

Jerry Brito | 11.19.2013 7:00 AM

Politics

Crowdfunding Site Promotes Assassination of Political Figures

Officials are going to love that

Reason Staff | 11.18.2013 4:20 PM

Economics

DOJ, SEC Call Bitcoins "Legitimate Instruments"

Uh oh

Reason Staff | 11.18.2013 3:40 PM

Economics

Agorism Cashes In! Some Perspective on a $500 (and Soaring!) Bitcoin

Brian Doherty | 11.18.2013 11:27 AM

Politics

Senate Committee To Hold Hearing on How To Regulate Digital Currencies

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Reason Staff | 11.18.2013 8:40 AM

Economics

Bitcoins Big in China

Realtor now accepting them to keep that housing bubble going

Reason Staff | 11.14.2013 7:00 PM

Bitcoin

18-Year-Old Says $1 Million in Bitcoin Stolen From His Bank, Doesn't Want to Go to Police

Considers giving them the bitcoin keys tantamount to giving them the bitcoins

Reason Staff | 11.9.2013 11:15 AM

Economics

Bitcoin Price Hits a New High as the Virtual Currency Grows in Popularity

J.D. Tuccille | 11.6.2013 12:20 PM

Economics

EBay Considering Accepting Bitcoins

For use with PayPayl

Reason Staff | 11.4.2013 6:50 PM

Economics

For Those Who Like Their Bitcoins Anti-State, the "Dark Wallet" from Cody "3D-printed weapons" Wilson

Brian Doherty | 10.31.2013 1:05 PM

Policy

Feds Seize Millions in Silk Road-Related Bitcoins

Get their hands on Ross Ulbricht's wallet

Reason Staff | 10.26.2013 11:15 AM

Economics

First Bitcoin ATM to Go Live Next Week in Vancouver

At the entrance to a coffee house

Reason Staff | 10.25.2013 4:00 PM

Economics

Bitcoin: Apparently Valued for Much More Than Buying Illegal Things Online

Brian Doherty | 10.21.2013 12:10 PM

Politics

Economist Predicts Governments, Financial Institutions Will Begin Campaign Against Bitcoin

MIT's Simon Johnson

Reason Staff | 10.14.2013 7:40 AM

Economics

Silk Road Fans Give the FBI a Tip, and an Earful

J.D. Tuccille | 10.7.2013 4:51 PM

Politics

What Does the Silk Road Seizure Mean for Bitcoin?

Is the currency really only good for black markets?

Jerry Brito | 10.7.2013 1:30 PM

Policy

FBI Could End Up with 5 Percent of All Bitcoins

Thanks to Silk Road Seizure

Reason Staff | 10.4.2013 7:20 PM

Economics

Silk Road Bust: The Rothbardian Connection, the Bitcoin Bounce, and The Nuts and Bolts of the Case Against Alleged Mastermind Ulbricht

Brian Doherty | 10.3.2013 6:34 PM

Policy

Silk Road Shutdown Leaves Some Dealers With Debts

Worried about repercussions

Reason Staff | 10.3.2013 8:10 AM

Policy

Bitcoin Values Plunge, But Recover, Following Silk Road Shutdown

Bitcoins the common currency for the online black market site

Reason Staff | 10.2.2013 7:30 PM

Politics

FBI Raid Silk Road, Arrest Owner

Allege narcotics, hacking, and money laundering conspiracies associated with the online marketplace

Reason Staff | 10.2.2013 12:30 PM

Politics

"Silk Road" Shuttered, Alleged Operator Arrested: Shutdown Government Still Managing To Destroy Honest Commerce [UPDATED with Soliciting Murder Accusations and How He Was Caught]

Brian Doherty | 10.2.2013 12:23 PM

Economics

Bitcoin Maverick Looking to Start New Alternative Currency

Known as "Ripple"

Reason Staff | 9.30.2013 2:10 PM

Economics

World's Largest Bitcoin Exchange Out $10 Million

Mt. Gox's troubles continue

Reason Staff | 9.16.2013 2:40 PM

Economics

Bitcoin Kiosks Coming to Five Canadian Cities

Similar to an ATM

Reason Staff | 9.9.2013 2:30 PM

Economics

Litecoin Seeks To Be Silver to Bitcoin's Gold

Another promising digital currency to vex the authorities

Reason Staff | 8.30.2013 4:50 PM

Economics

Report: Bitcoin May Not Provide Complete Anonymity

Unless you're careful to cover your trail

Reason Staff | 8.29.2013 3:00 PM

Policy

Senate Committee Looking Into Regulating Virtual Currencies

For some, lack of control and regulation is part of the appeal

Reason Staff | 8.27.2013 9:00 AM

Economics

China Invests Heavily in Bitcoin

Even as the U.S. government tries to stifle the alternative currency

Reason Staff | 8.21.2013 7:20 PM

Economics

Germany Prepares To Tax Bitcoins

You gotta find 'em first

Reason Staff | 8.20.2013 1:16 PM