Bitcoin Foundation

The Bitcoin Foundation was launched in 2012 as a way to provide legitimacy to bitcoin and cryptocurrencies at a time when they were relatively unknown. For two years, the foundation worked to lobby lawmakers, create public awareness and help bitcoin technology advance with the changing times....

Bitcoin received another blow to its image over the weekend, when newly elected Bitcoin Foundation board member Olivier Janssens announced that the Foundation was "effectively bankrupt" and accused the group's leadership of misleading the public. Janssens' claims have yet to be verified,...

The technology that powers bitcoin, blockchain, has been hailed by many as one of the greatest technological advances of the decade. Although bitcoin is still struggling to take hold as a mainstream currency, uses for the ledger-like technology of blockchain are already being explored for...

Scandals like the Silk Road trials and the Mt. Gox exchange collapse have severely damaged the public’s perception of bitcoin and slowed the rate of adoption considerably. Worries about security and stability have kept the average investor from using the cryptocurrency despite growing...

Charlie Shrem, the 24 year old co-founder and CEO of the Bitcoin startup company BitInstant, was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Sunday. He has been charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and contributing to anonymous drug sales. Shrem is also vice...