As far as weeks go, this one held a great deal of drama and interest for the Bitcoin community. TigerDirect.com became the first major retailer to use BitPay to process bitcoins (in the wake of ...

Charlie Shrem, CEO of bitcoin exchange service BitInstant, has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a scheme to "sell and launder over $1m in bitcoins" through the now defunct online black ...

Bitcoin transfer company BitInstant has officially announced its Bitcoin-based debit card, which it calls the BitInstant Paycard, and has given explanations for why MasterCard denied knowledge of the ...

BitInstant which was in operation from 2011 to 2013, before shutting down "temporarily" in July, was a site that allowed users to buy and sell Bitcoin. The indictment cites emails exchanged between ...

Exchange service BitInstant is reportedly planning to bridge the gap between the digital world of Bitcoin virtual currency and the real world of debit/credit card payments. An unconfirmed source from ...

Charlie Shrem, the CEO of BitInstant, a popular bitcoin exchange used to turn cash in bitcoins, was arrested Sunday at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. Shrem was charged with ...

Regulation has been a hot topic in the Bitcoin community since the FINCEN guidance in March, and in the Bitcoin conference that took place this past weekend an entire quarter of the conference was ...

BitInstant is reportedly set to launch an international debit card based on the BitCoin virtual currency. According to BitInstant co-founder Charlie Shrem, the card would launch within the next six to ...

Well, BitInstant is insistent that it will launch a BitCoin debit card, but MasterCard is claiming it will not be part of the plans. After a mock up of the plastic made the rounds featuring the ...

The Bitcoin markets have been sleepy over the past week or two, and Bitcoin traders are starting to whine. What Wake me up when the markets move. But the Bitcoin markets may soon pick up again as a ...

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twin Harvard graduates who famously sparred with Mark Zuckerberg over the founding of Facebook and are now working as tech investors through Winklevoss Capital, are ...

Recently, BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem announced that his company would be releasing a new product: a Bitcoin prepaid debit card. The product is scheduled to come out in six to eight weeks, and would ...