Bitcoin in the Headlines

Bitcoin in the Headlines: Mt Gox Erupts Again

It's been a great week in terms of coverage for bitcoin naysayers, as Mark Karpeles' recent arrest served to add to bitcoin's tarnished reputation.

This week's media coverage, though interrupted by the launch of Ethereum's decentralised app network, largely scrutinised bitcoin's reputation.

This week saw the media playing a role in the ongoing rebranding of some of bitcoin's core use cases under the term "blockchain technology".

Despite big names entering the bitcoin conversation this week, press coverage faded as bitcoin's price fell and eurozone uncertainty subsided.

By Pete RizzoHul 17, 2015

The fires of one of bitcoin's hottest recurring debates raged on this week, with its potential use as a safe haven asset coming under the microscope.

As Greece gets to grips with its upcoming bailout referendum the media has taken its coverage of bitcoin to a whole new level.

Bitcoin could do no right this week as its use cases took a back seat to its still-prevalent association with the dark web.

Bitcoin has been scrutinised in the past, but this week's criticism took a rather unexpected – and perhaps questionable – sense of humour.

The BitLicense may have dominated media coverage this week, but a deeper dive show many of bitcoin's larger problems linger on.

Despite featuring its fair share of salacious material this week's news cycle was more mature in its assessment of bitcoin as a financial technology.

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