BOSTON — It’s surely no fun getting grilled by lawyers from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. But Carlos R. Garza insists he was positively “frightened” when he was called to testify at the SEC’s regional office in Boston on ...

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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 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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Bitcoin burning a hole in your pocket?

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As he watched Bitcoin’s dollar value rise in the first four months of 2013, Brian Feldman, a Potomac native who lives in Washington, also noticed the growing popularity of his own virtual currency — Gratii.

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