Convertible virtual currency is increasingly equated with the notion of real currency. Indeed, the increased acceptance of virtual currency as a payment method among retailers and consumers, the ...

BEIJING, Feb 6 (Reuters) - China vowed to further tighten its crackdown on virtual currencies on Friday and banned unauthorised offshore issuance of yuan-pegged stablecoins. Authorities will also ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Whatever your go-to online game, the chances are that these ...

Going on a quest to gather orbs sounds like a magical journey. Images of old-school Sierra adventure games come to mind. Well, bad news. In this case, it's a virtual currency earned by being a captive ...

Today, in a coordinated action with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ...

Earlier this week the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published a Primer on cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Buried with the document was an interesting statement. The CFTC said ...

LOS ANGELES -- Bitcoin, the world's most popular virtual currency, isn't like the quarters and bills that you might be used to. The currency is powered instead by lines of computer code that are ...

In an era where children are increasingly connected to technology, the need to protect their online safety has never been more urgent. The internet offers incredible educational opportunities and ...