Bitcoin transfer company BitInstant has officially announced its Bitcoin-based debit card, which it calls the BitInstant Paycard, and has given explanations for why MasterCard denied knowledge of the ...

BitInstant is reportedly set to launch an international debit card based on the BitCoin virtual currency. According to BitInstant co-founder Charlie Shrem, the card would launch within the next six to ...

Well, BitInstant is insistent that it will launch a BitCoin debit card, but MasterCard is claiming it will not be part of the plans. After a mock up of the plastic made the rounds featuring the ...

Exchange service BitInstant is reportedly planning to bridge the gap between the digital world of Bitcoin virtual currency and the real world of debit/credit card payments. An unconfirmed source from ...

Charlie Shrem, the CEO of BitInstant, a popular bitcoin exchange used to turn cash in bitcoins, was arrested Sunday at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. Shrem was charged with ...

Regulation has been a hot topic in the Bitcoin community since the FINCEN guidance in March, and in the Bitcoin conference that took place this past weekend an entire quarter of the conference was ...

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 ...

As far as weeks go, this one held a great deal of drama and interest for the Bitcoin community. TigerDirect.com became the first major retailer to use BitPay to process bitcoins (in the wake of ...

The Bitcoin community faces a major publicity crisis this week with the arrest of BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem on charges of money laundering for users of the digital black market known as Silk Road.

(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 ...