In addition to verifying transactions in a trusted, decentralized manner, Bitcoin mining also creates new Bitcoins to add to those already in circulation. This method of transaction verification is ...

Carla Tardi is a technical editor and digital content producer with 25+ years of experience at top-tier investment banks and money-management firms. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a leading ...

Below is the definition of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: “The CPI represents changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban ...

The speculation around bitcoin is the “very definition of a bubble,” Credit Suisse Group AG Chief Executive Officer Tidjane Thiam said as the currency exceeded $7,000 for the first time. “From what we ...

"Something that goes up 700 percent in a year – it's by definition speculative. So anybody who thinks they're buying something that it's a stable investment is deluding themselves." The financial firm ...

One of the most talked about issues with respect to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is exactly how they are to be legally defined. The Internal Revenue Service has ruled that, for tax purposes, ...

Traders remain spooked by the crypto market’s historic liquidation event which has intensified bitcoin’s 20 per cent decline ...

Dr. Rettler is an assistant professor of Philosophy at the University of Wyoming. In this essay, I want to clarify and respond to a prevalent assertion regarding bitcoin — that “bitcoin has no ...

Anyone with access to a wallet’s private keys has access to all the cryptocurrency stored in that wallet. Bitcoin wallets can be hardware devices similar to USB sticks, or they can be digital apps ...

The constant adjustments to the measuring stick of inflation mislead and confuse those looking for a sound store of value. Below is the definition of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) by the U.S. Bureau ...

"From what we can identify, the only reason today to buy or sell bitcoin is to make money, which is the very definition of speculation and the very definition of a bubble." Criminal use of bitcoin is ...