Bitcoin, the most popular cryptocurrency in the world, jumped to a four-month high through April 2, briefly breaching $5,000 on the Bitstamp exchange. The 15% climb puts Bitcoin above its lowest selling price of $3,400 in December of 2018 but a far cry below its trading high of $19,783.06 in December of 2017. The jump...

Check out the SEC’s Howeycoins.com for insights into red flags that could indicate scammers are at work.   It was a tough weekend for bitcoin trading. Weekend losses racked up on news that Coinrail, a South Korean crytocurrency exchange, was hacked to the tune of $42 billion in value. Bitcoin prices hit a 2-month low on Sunday, June 10, according...

Always prone to wild price swings, speculation turned south on bitcoin in the first quarter of 2018. Where it goes from here is unknown. On February 2, 2018, CNBC.com reported three bitcoin skids amid a broad cryptocurrency sell-off. The quarter-end brought further disheartening news of bitcoin hitting its worst first quarter in history with over $119 billion wiped from...