Bitcoin

Some unresolved issues haven’t received as much attention as those related to federal securities laws.

The lack of guidance from the IRS makes it a daunting task.

As the IRS steps up its scrutiny of virtual currency, reporting the transactions correctly is essential.

Given the steep rise in the price and use of virtual currencies, expect clients to have questions.

Those hoping that Bitcoin's 10-year anniversary would be much sweeter than Lehman's have been proven wrong.

A growing chorus of firms such as Fidelity, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs have announced plans for a variety of services around cryptocurrency trading.

The proposals failed to show how exchanges would “prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices," the commission said.

The SEC, wary of bringing crypto to the masses, postponed a decision last week from VanEck and SolidX and rejected a proposal from the Winklevoss twins.

Part of the problem stems from how slow regulators have been to define their views of virtual currencies.

The SEC called into question the ability of the cryptocurrency’s exchanges to sufficiently police trading.

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.