Homeland Security freezes account linked to Bitcoin exchange
Queena Kim May 17, 2013
In a blow to the fledgling digital currency, U.S. government officials have frozen an account tied to the world's largest Bitcoin exchange.
Bitcoin blow: U.S. government freezes funds to trade the digital currency
Queena Kim May 16, 2013
The U.S. has made its first move to crackdown on Bitcoin, by using anti-money laundering laws to freeze funds of the biggest Bitcoin trading exchange.
Cupcakes meet bitcoins
Kai Ryssdal Apr 17, 2013
Baker Jennifer Longson runs one of a handful of retail businesses that accept bitcoins as payment. Where some see twin bubbles, she insists cupcakes or bitcoins are sticking around.
Gold prices sink as inflation stays at bay
Diane Swonk Apr 11, 2013
Diane Swonk, chief economist with Mesirow Financial, joins Marketplace Morning Report host Jeremy Hobson to discuss the drop off in gold prices and whether there is such a thing as a safe haven anymore.
Confessions of a Bitcoin investor
Chau Tu Apr 29, 2013
A Marketplace engineer talks about his experiences buying and selling the virtual currency.
Bitcoin: Digital coin of the realm in Internet age
Sabri Ben-Achour Apr 10, 2013
Digital currency Bitcoin has grown sensationally, with 11 million Bitcoins worth nearly $2 billion in circulation. It's the ultimate Internet-age currency: Bitcoin circulates only online, trades anonymously and isn't regulated by any government.
Bitcoin continues to spike in the wake of Cyprus
Jeremy Hobson Apr 3, 2013
Whenever there's a big economic crisis, investors usually flock to the safety of gold or U.S. government bonds. But when things got crazy in the last couple weeks in Cyprus, it was something called Bitcoin that surged in value.
How Cyprus crisis has some thinking of Bitcoin
David Brancaccio Apr 2, 2013
Amid the banking crisis in Cyprus, an online-only currency called Bitcoin is getting new attention. How does the currency work and who regulates it?
Amazon to launch virtual currency
Jim Burress Feb 7, 2013
This week, the retailing giant said it will soon offer its own currency, called the Amazon Coin.
Get your drugs online
John Moe Jun 2, 2011
There's a website you can visit to buy all your drugs - heroin, LSD - you name it. It's called Silk Road, and you have to be pretty tech savvy to...
