Brooklyn-based BitInstant, a startup that provides temporary credit in order to make Bitcoin transactions faster, has raised an undisclosed sum Brooklyn-based BitInstant, a startup that provides ...

(CN) – Bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem and a Florida man sold more than $1 million in bitcoins to people trying to buy drugs on the Silk Road website, federal prosecutors say. According to a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mr. Shrem's Twitter photo. In a scene out of a Scorsese film yet to come, self-described "Bitcoin evangelist" Charlie Shrem was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport on charges that he ...

Three bitcoiners have filed a class action lawsuit against BitInstant claiming the company misled them with false representations about its services. The class action complaint was received by ...