(AP) One of the world’s largest charities says it will begin accepting donations in the virtual currency bitcoin. United Way Worldwide said Monday that it will accept bitcoin donations for the charity’s innovation fund through the San-Francisco-based wallet service Coinbase. ...

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A former drug vendor on the Silk Road website, Jacob Theodore George IV, 33, of Edgewood, Maryland, on Friday was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to six years in prison. According to his plea agreement, from at least ...

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Federal regulators are warning consumers about the risks of using virtual currencies such as Bitcoin.

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Opinions on the virtual currency bitcoin have been mixed, from enthusiastic evangelists to skeptical authorities, and everything in between.

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The leaders of a Baltimore area web development company are setting out on a new venture, and it’s all about Bitcoin.

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The co-owner of two bitcoin-related Websites is paying $50,843 to settle federal civil charges that he sold shares in the businesses without registering them as securities offerings.

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Just days after Maryland authorities warned consumers to use caution with bitcoin, a leading source in finance has taken steps to increase awareness about the increasingly popular virtual currency.

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Maryland regulators are now warning consumers that using virtual currencies is risky, but that doesn’t mean bitcoiners were unaware.

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The man Newsweek claimed is the creator of bitcoin has hired a lawyer in an attempt to clear his name, repeating a denial he made to The Associated Press more than a week ago that he has never had anything to do with the digital currency.

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The once dominant Bitcoin trading platform Mt. Gox stopped transactions this week, and the virtual currency’s dollar value dropped. But local Bitcoin enthusiasts saw a silver lining.

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