Bitcoin is a digital currency which operates free of any central control or the oversight of banks or governments. Instead it ...

President Donald Trump just held a pricey dinner for top owners of a cryptocurrency that bears his name. Meanwhile, lawmakers are working behind the scenes to regulate crypto on Capitol Hill. In other ...

Ransom notes for Savannah Guthrie's mom demanded millions in Bitcoin. Here's why criminals like it.

Bitcoin is the world’s first successful decentralized cryptocurrency and payment system, launched in 2009 by a mysterious creator known only as Satoshi Nakamoto. The word “cryptocurrency” refers to a ...

Not only is Bitcoin the first cryptocurrency, but it’s also the best known of the more than 5,000 cryptocurrencies in existence today. Financial media eagerly covers each new dramatic high and stomach ...