Bitcoin

The CFA Institute is adding the topics to its Level I and II curriculums for the first time next year.

More retirement investors are including cryptocurrency in their portfolio because it helps them achieve diversification.

About a quarter of advisors treat cryptocurrencies as something akin to gambling: "only worth investing money you can stand to lose.”

“Everyone who isn’t keeping keys themselves is keeping them with Xapo,” said Ryan Radloff of CoinShares.

The tax treatment of bitcoin and its ilk raises major questions.

Clients may be in the dark about the regulators new rules for taxing digital currencies.

Retirement investors who want to buy bitcoins in a self-directed IRA should ensure they are in control of their own private key.

The firm launched an asset management unit to manage the product, providing access to the estimated $450 billion digital currency market.

The products can offset potential losses from lowered state and local deduction limits.

So-called stable coins may be the “key to unlocking widespread adoption,” a virtual currency founder says.