Exchanges


Markets

Fixing Bitcoin's shaky exchange infrastructure

Do Bitcoin exchanges need to decentralise to survive - and if so, what will make the newcomers successful?

bitcoin exchange chart

Markets

Seizure lifted on Bitcoin-24's German accounts

Lawyers for Bitcoin-24 say the seizure of the European exchange's German accounts has been lifted by the public prosecutor's office in Berlin.

default image

Markets

Mt. Gox bans anonymous currency deals

Mt. Gox will no longer accept anonymous accounts - the company is determined not to end up the next target of US secret service action.

Mt-Gox

Markets

Bitcoin exchanges need to grow up fast

Bitcoin exchanges shouldn't expect the same free ride from regulators that giant "too-big-to-fail" banks like HSBC have enjoyed.

money laundering

Markets

Coinbase adds paper wallets for bitcoins

Coinbase, a hosted wallet service for Bitcoin, is now letting advanced users create and print paper wallets directly from their accounts.

Coinbase Paper Wallet

Markets

CryptoCurrent shuts shop

CryptoCurrent has put its business on hold while it investigates the cost of getting properly licensed.

Closed sign in a shop window.

Markets

OKPay suspends Bitcoin processing

OKPay - the payment processing company - has told customers it will stop processing bitcoin transactions.

Stop processing bitcon

Markets

Chris Larsen: Ripple is HTTP for money

Chris Larsen wants to make waves with Ripple, his new combined altcurrency and payment network. But when will he make it open source?

Ripple

Markets

Liberty Reserve exchange shuts down, founder arrested

Liberty Reserve, a Costa Rica-based private currency exchange with its own digital currency, has shut down and its founder charged with money laundering.

Liberty Reserve Icon

Markets

UK firm promises Skype-style Bitcoin exchange

A company is promising to launch a decentralized exchange that's all about the client software, rather than the server. What are regulators going to do now?

bitcoin exchange