Saylor says combining cryptography and Bitcoin can help bring "cost and consequence" into the cyberspace The MicroStrategy chairman said public-private keys inscribed on Bitcoin can reduce bot ...

Security firm F-Secure has discovered a bot that compromises Twitter accounts to help in the generation of Bitcoins. Bitcoin is a decentralized virtual currency that was formed by programmers in 2009, ...

Fraudulent trading by MtGox bots have been blamed for the bitcoin bubble last November. Reuters Two computer algorithms have been blamed for fraudulent trading that artificially inflated the price of ...

Bitcoin did it again. The crypto king surged past its previous all-time high, fuelled by a perfect storm of regulatory tailwinds, rising institutional appetite, and growing optimism in global markets.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Last year, I took part in a noisy public debate about whether bitcoin is a beneficial innovation — or the ...