The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) is not yet able to access the €52m in Bitcoin seized as part of a recent drugs investigation as the codes to access the cryptocurrency are missing.

Bitcoin is well known for its wild swings in value by now, but there could be more behind this latest spike than meets the eye, writes Tom Wilson.

Two letter bombs exploded at two separate locations in the Netherlands but nobody was hurt in the incidents, which police blamed on an extortionist who had demanded payment in bitcoin.

In early 2013, the website BitcoinTalk asked users to select a slogan for the embryonic cryptocurrency. The winner was ‘magic internet money’, with runners-up ‘in crypto we trust’ and ‘you asked for change, we gave you coins’.

The Criminal Assets Bureau has seen a growing trend of criminals using crypto-currencies to transfer ill-gotten assets and to facilitate international fraud.

Bitcoin tested 15-month highs, yesterday, after jumping more than 10% over the weekend, with analysts ascribing the spike to growing optimism over the adoption of cryptocurrencies after Facebook unveiled its Libra digital coin.

A Dublin man wanted in the United States for alleged hacking theft of more than $2m in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has been granted bail by the High Court.

A year ago, I wrote on my views of cryptocurrencies.

Monetary inventions are nothing new, and despite warnings that the cryptocurrency revolution is a sham, millions worldwide remain excited by it, writes Robert J Shiller.

Gardaí are to use evidence seized from the darknet in forthcoming high-profile prosecutions against organised crime groups.

Britain’s financial watchdog has warned that companies offering services linked to cryptocurrency derivatives must meet all relevant rules in the regulator’s handbook or face sanctions.

An Irish Psychologist specialising in clinical hypnosis has claimed reports in CNBC and The Wall Street Journal plus other international media outlets that hypnosis can help remember forgotten passwords is more science fiction than science fact.

The use of cryptocurrencies for money laundering and terror financing could set Irish crime detection back 20 years, an accountancy body has warned.

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has warned professional accountants to keep up-to-date with developments around cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.

One of Northern Ireland's largest homebuilders is to accept the digital currency Bitcoin.

Cryptocurrencies continued to hurt whipsaw investors, sending bitcoin to its lowest level since October before recovering, as worries over tighter regulation by US authorities and central bankers elsewhere gave traders fresh reasons to exit after a brutal start to 2018.