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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BitInstant which was in operation from 2011 to 2013, before shutting down "temporarily" in July, was a site that allowed users to buy and sell Bitcoin. The indictment cites emails exchanged between ...

Brooklyn-based BitInstant, a startup that provides temporary credit in order to make Bitcoin transactions faster, has raised an undisclosed sum Brooklyn-based BitInstant, a startup that provides ...

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.

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 ...

Mr. Shrem's Twitter photo. In a scene out of a Scorsese film yet to come, self-described "Bitcoin evangelist" Charlie Shrem was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport on charges that he ...

Hours after MasterCard quashed rumors that it was talking to BitInstant about releasing a Bitcoin-based debit card, BitInstant has issued its own statement, officially announcing what it calls the ...