2013-06-17 Bitcoin endures as others rise and fall

[lewisg]

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2013/06/17/bitcoin-endures-as-others-rise-and-fall.html

Exchanges where the fast-rising new digital currency trades have been hacked, and so have individual accounts. It’s been linked to illegal activity in underground cyberhaunts such as Silk Road, and sparked a move by the U.S. government to halt unregulated use.