--- title: Bitcoin | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/bitcoin/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/bitcoin/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Bitcoin ## Bitcoin *  Dec 28, 2018 ## [Why Bitcoin Matters for Freedom](https://time.com/5486673/bitcoin-venezuela-authoritarian/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Alex Gladstein *  Mar 1, 2018 ## [He's a Family Man. He Traded Bitcoin. And He Faced Years in Prison](https://time.com/5161663/bitcoin-sting-jason-klein-crypto-irs-money-transmitter/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Katy Steinmetz *  Jan 3, 2018 ## [The Blackboard Might Be the Most Transformative Piece of Tech in Education](https://time.com/5085686/the-blackboard-might-be-the-most-transformative-piece-of-tech-in-education/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by The Aspen Institute *  Dec 11, 2017 ## [Wall Street's Next Big Love: Bitcoin Futures](https://time.com/5058192/bitcoin-futures/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Bloomberg *  May 2, 2017 ## [Bitcoin Soars to Record High](https://time.com/4763114/bitcoin-record-high-japan/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Reuters *  Apr 4, 2017 ## [We Should Pay College Athletes](https://time.com/4724598/we-should-pay-college-athletes/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by The Aspen Institute *  Aug 4, 2016 ## [Meet the Startup Founder Who Wants to Use the Tech Behind Bitcoin to Revolutionize Wall Street](https://time.com/4437388/what-is-blockchain-chain-ceo-2016/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Lisa Eadicicco *  Jun 24, 2016 ## [Here's One Big Winner in the Brexit Chaos](https://time.com/4381748/brexit-currencies-plunge-bitcoin-rises/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Fortune *  Jun 22, 2016 ## [This Radical New Voting Idea Could Change Politics Forever](https://time.com/4375991/flux-blockchain-bitcoin-democracy-politics-australia/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Simon Lewis *  May 2, 2016 ## [Bitcoin's Creator Unmasks Himself](https://time.com/4313869/bitcoins-creator-identify-craig-wright/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Fortune *  Jan 4, 2016 ## [Why the Pentagon Can't Work Like a Business](https://time.com/4165944/pentagon-work-business/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by The Aspen Institute *  Dec 9, 2015 ## [Why It Doesn't Matter Who Invented Bitcoin](https://time.com/4143594/bitcoin-inventor-satoshi-nakamoto/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Fortune *  Dec 9, 2015 ## [The One Big Reason Why It Matters Who Invented Bitcoin](https://time.com/4142523/bitcoin-inventor-satoshi-nakamoto-craig-wright/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Alex Fitzpatrick *  Nov 5, 2015 ## [Here’s Why Bitcoin Is So Volatile Right Now](https://time.com/4101288/bitcoin-volatile/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Victor Luckerson *  Sep 18, 2015 ## [U.S. Government Is Calling Bitcoin Anything But a Currency](https://time.com/4040319/bitcoin-currency/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Fortune ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/bitcoin/","name":"Bitcoin"}}]}] ```