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6:37 a.m. Oct. 5, 2015 - By Joseph Adinolfi

New York regulator grants banking charter to Winklevoss twins' bitcoin exchangeGemini Trust Co., the Bitcoin exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has been granted a banking charter by the New York Department of Financial services. The company is the highest-profile virtual-currency firm to receive a charter since the New York regulator issued a public order in March 2014 requiring certain virtual-currency exchanges to apply for such clearance. "We didn't apply for a BitLicense because we wanted to build an exchange that both Main Street and Wall Street could use and trust, so we decided to obtain a limited liability trust company charter in order to do so," said Tyler Winklevoss, chief executive officer of Gemini, in a company statement. The first charter was granted to itBit Trust Co. in May. In June, the regulator published its final rules outlining which virtual-currency companies must apply to the regulator for a so-called BitLicense allowing them to operate in New York state. It approved the first BitLicense, which involves a less stringent review process than does a charter, in September. Gemnini said its exchange will open for trading on Thursday. Regulators are applying greater scrutiny to virtual-currency companies. Last month,

9:30 a.m. Sept. 18, 2015 - By Mark DeCambre

Bitcoin is now officially a commodity, and some find that odd Cryptocurrency might even have the ingredients for a successful futures contractBit by bit, bitcoin is gaining in legitimacy. Each passing year has seen the digital currency garner more credibility in the world of finance.

2:11 p.m. Sept. 9, 2015 - By MarketWatch

Video: Bitcoin's blockchain technology explained in 2 minutesBitcoin continues to be a controversial digital currency. But the financial world is buzzing about new applications for the blockchain, the underlying technology that makes Bitcoin possible. Here's how it works.

11:52 a.m. Sept. 9, 2015 - MarketWatch

Visa, Nasdaq, others invest in Bitcoin startupWall Street is putting more money behind a technology it once dismissed as a fad. Some of the biggest companies in the financial sector have invested $30 million in Chain Inc., a San Francisco-based company that works with banks and other institutions to develop ways to trade and transfer financial assets using the system that underpins the virtual currency Bitcoin.

6:36 a.m. Sept. 2, 2015 - By Francine McKenna

Blythe Masters back in business with blockchain for banksMasters and her blockchain start-up get the profile treatment; ICE promotes its credit default swaps automated platform; Senate Democrats want the SEC to watchdog corporate political spending; Argentine central bank dictates local HSBC management change

12:30 p.m. Aug. 28, 2015 - By J. Cameron Morgan

How to create your family financial albumYou can use one simple school supply to get your financial house in order: a three-ring binder.

7:19 a.m. Aug. 28, 2015 - By Carla Mozee

Londons alternative cash turns shoppers into activists Just how easy is it to shop using alternative currencies?Alternatives to official money like the Brixton Pound have been springing up all over the globe. But how easy are they to use, and why do people use them?

7:51 a.m. Aug. 25, 2015 - By Jurica Dujmovic

6 services that make hackers rich Their skills are in high demandTheir skills are in high demand, says Jurica Dujmovi.

3:00 a.m. Aug. 18, 2015 - By Joseph Adinolfi

Some digital-currency startups are fleeing New York 15 exchanges block N.Y. state IP addressesAt least 15 digital-currency exchanges are blocking New York state residents from accessing their servicesand at least one that was founded in New York City has packed up and movedinstead of complying with new regulations.

11:03 a.m. Aug. 5, 2015 - By Matthew Lynn

Gold wont have been tested until the crap really hits the fan Nothing too awful has happened yet in Greece, China, UkraineGold hasnt fulfilled its role as a safe haven during the latest crises, but we havent had a real crisis yet, says Matthew Lynn.

8:47 a.m. Aug. 1, 2015 - By Silvia Ascarelli

Former head of Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange arrested in TokyoThe man who ran the now-collapsed bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox was arrested in Tokyo on Saturday, according to numerous press reports. Japanese police allege Mark Karpeles accessed the exchange's computer system and inflated his dollar account by $1 million. If found guilty, he could face up to five years in prison or be fined about $4,000. Karpeles denies wrongdoing, his lawyer said. Mt. Gox once accounted for 80% of all bitcoin trading. In early 29014, it blamed hacking attacks and software glitches for the loss of 850,000 bitcoins, worth about $500 million at the time. It filed for bankruptcy protection soon after.

7:03 a.m. July 31, 2015 - By Francine McKenna

Sheila Bair quits board of largest Spanish bankBair quits Santander board; Obama administration asks Supreme Court to look at insider trading decision; Influential central banker group says bank pay must support stronger ethics; Clintons defend apparent quid pro quo in UBS IRS settlement;

6:59 a.m. July 22, 2015 - By Victor Reklaitis

Goldmans Currie expects gold to fall under $1,000Gold on Wednesday is suffering through its 10th down day in a row, and plenty of the yellow metals detractors have been speaking up lately. Now Jeffrey Currie of Goldman Sachs has made fresh downbeat comments on gold.

5:42 a.m. July 22, 2015 - By Francine McKenna

SEC penny-stock scam charges may be related to J.P. Morgan computer hackThe New York Times ties SEC charges to additional criminal arrests and possibly the banks data theft

1:42 p.m. July 21, 2015 - By Christopher M. Matthews

U.S. charges five in cases connected to J.P. Morgan hack Four arrested in Florida and Israel while a fifth person is at largeFive people were charged Tuesday in connection to a cyberattack on J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. last year.

6:10 a.m. July 21, 2015 - By David Weidner

Why gold is falling and wont get up again The precious metal will rally again, but not with the same glitterThe precious metal will rally again, but not with the same glitter, writes David Weidner.

6:36 a.m. July 15, 2015 - By Robert J. Shilller

Markets still arent close to being perfectly efficient Financial singularity is a mirage, says Robert ShillerDespite advances in big data and powerful computers, markets are no closer to being perfectly efficient than ever, writes Robert Shiller.

10:55 a.m. July 10, 2015 - By Therese Poletti

Creator of surging Reddit rival Voat: We will avoid same mistakes Tiny forum Voat hopes to avoid Reddit issues, creator saysVoat, a small social news and forum site that promises no censorship, has become a refuge for angry Reddit users, but the sites creator tells Marketwatch he plans to avoid the mistakes made by others, including the so-called front page of the Internet.

Bitcoin Investment Trust started at outperform with $40 stock price target at Wedbush

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9:06 a.m. July 9, 2015 - By Therese Poletti

Is Ellen Pao snafu beginning of Reddits end? Opinion: Popular forum at risk of losing luster like many beforeEllen Pao, the poster child of sexism in Silicon Valley, is at the center of yet another controversy, this time in her role as interim chief executive of the popular discussion forum Reddit. The mess begs a few questions, but most importantly, does the clash between the company and its community mark the beginning of the end of one of the most popular online forums?

9:26 a.m. July 8, 2015 - By Joseph Adinolfi

Bitcoin price spikes after NYSE trading was haltedThe price of a bitcoin spiked Wednesday soon after trading on the New York Stock Exchange was halted because of a technical glitch. One bitcoin was trading just below $268 when trading was halted at 11:32 a.m, according to the Coindesk bitcoin index, a bitcoin-price aggregator. It quickly shot up to a session high of $272.26 before trimming its gains slightly. The exchange has said that trading was halted because of a technical glitch. It has yet to resume. Bitcoin was up slightly on the day ahead of the halt. It was last up 1.9% on the day.

12:41 p.m. July 2, 2015 - By Priya Anand

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7:01 a.m. July 2, 2015 - By Francine McKenna

For Greece, bitcoin is more talk than realityGreeks not flocking to first bitcoin ATM but promoters have planted the flag

6:26 a.m. July 2, 2015 - By Joseph Adinolfi

The technology behind bitcoin is being used in surprising waysEntrepreneurs and established companies are exploring how they can adapt the blockchain, the decentralized ledger that runs bitcoin, for other purposes. But there are still obstacles to widespread use.

11:00 p.m. June 30, 2015 - By Matthew Lynn

The real losers from a Greek exit wont be in Greece Greece will be fine, but the EU, the IMF, Angela Merkel will never live this downWhen the moment comes for Greece to leave the euro, the Greeks will be fine. The big losers will be the big official European institutions that bungled the crisis, says Matthew Lynn.

2:01 a.m. June 25, 2015 - By Kabir Sehgal

These bitcoin tunes will get you grooving to the cryptocurrency beat Bitcrooners sing the praises of alternative money exchangeColumnist Kabir Sehgal takes note of three bitcrooners who are spreading the bitcoin gospel in song.

3:38 a.m. June 16, 2015 - By Deborah Gage

Kleiner Perkins launches new seed fund to lure youthFund will invest in areas of technology including drones and virtual reality.

5:13 p.m. June 5, 2015 - MarketWatch.com

New fund makes it easy to trade bitcoins but it aint cheapThe exchange-traded Bitcoin Investment Trust trades at a 34% premium to NAV and carries a 2% annual fee.

4:32 p.m. May 19, 2015 - MarketWatch.com

Taking another bite out of bitcoinBlockchain, a public ledger of bitcoin transactions, is creating new alternative investment opportunities.

4:53 a.m. May 19, 2015 - By David Weidner

Look whos killing the great chiefs of Wall Street Technology will do to banking what Uber has done to taxisFinancial technology startups want to digitize just about every service Wall Street provides, writes David Weidner.

12:07 p.m. May 18, 2015 - By Joseph Adinolfi

Bitcoin just reached another milestone in its road to legitimacyBitcoin reached an important milestone Monday as it is the worlds first regulated security tied to the value of the cryptocurrency started trading on an exchange in Stockholm.

8:04 a.m. May 13, 2015 - By Sally French

Emojis are the new way to pay at Dominos You can now order a Dominos pizza by simply tweeting a pizza emojiDominos Pizza on Tuesday announced a tweet-to-order system, allowing U.S. customers to tweet a pizza emoji to place their order.

5:13 a.m. May 11, 2015 - By Shawn Langlois

One pundits stock-market top is anothers crude-oil bottom Critical intelligence before the U.S. market opensAs one bull run winds down, perhaps another is born. Heres why last weeks stock-market drop may be a taster of a bigger correction to come.

8:42 p.m. May 10, 2015 - By Bradley Hope

Bitcoin technology gets Nasdaq testNasdaq OMX is testing a new use of the technology that underpins the digital currency bitcoin, in a bid to transform the trading of shares in private companies, reports The Wall Street Journal.

4:05 a.m. April 30, 2015 - By Barbara Kollmeyer

Heres the wild card for a Fed hike this year Critical information ahead of the U.S. markets openThe dollar blowout continues this morning, and if this keeps up, it will help an interest-rate hike happen later this year, says Morgan Stanley. But thats also a real wild card.

7:01 a.m. April 7, 2015 - By Steve Goldstein

Rand Paul taking bitcoin donationsIn what appears to be a first for a presidential campaign, Rand Paul is accepting donations made in bitcoin.

6:00 a.m. March 31, 2015 - By Myra P. Saefong

This digital currency has an unusual gold spin Anthem Vault plans to launch the HayekCoin in MayAnthem Vault readies the launch of a large-scale digital currency backed by gold.

8:53 a.m. March 30, 2015 - By Robert Schroeder

Justice Department charges ex-federal agents with bitcoin money launderingWASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The Justice Department charged two former federal agents with wire fraud and money laundering related to stealing digital currency during their investigation of the Silk Road, a now-defunct online black market. The department said Monday that former agents Carl Force and Shaun Bridges were assigned to the Baltimore Silk Road Task Force, and that Force was arrested March 27. Bridges surrendered Monday. The Justice Department said Force used fake online personas and engaged in bitcoin transactions to steal from the government. Bridges allegedly diverted to his personal account more than $800,000 in digital currency, DOJ said.

11:57 a.m. March 23, 2015 - By Michael J. Casey

Nasdaq to provide trading technology for bitcoin marketplace New York-based startup Noble Markets says Nasdaqs involvement should dispel investor concernsNasdaq OMX Group agrees to provide New York-based startup Noble Markets with the technology to power a new marketplace to trade bitcoin and related digital-currency assets.

6:02 a.m. March 10, 2015 - By Michael Casey

Secretive bitcoin startup 21 reveals record funds, hints at mass consumer play21 says it has raised $116 million in venture funding, the most by a startup in the digital-currency sector.

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