BitInstant which was in operation from 2011 to 2013, before shutting down "temporarily" in July, was a site that allowed users to buy and sell Bitcoin. The indictment cites emails exchanged between ...

The Silk Road is still claiming victims, today taking down BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem and Robert M. Faiella, a BTC broker, known as BTCKing or BTC-KinG. Police arrested Shrem, 24, yesterday at JFK ...

The US Department of Justice has arrested and charged Charlie Shrem, the 24-year-old co-founder and CEO of Bitcoin exchange BitInstant, with money laundering in connection with now-defunct online drug ...

Recently, BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem announced that his company would be releasing a new product: a Bitcoin prepaid debit card. The product is scheduled to come out in six to eight weeks, and would ...

The CEO of Bitcoin exchanger BitInstant has been arrested and charged with money laundering over allegations that he and another man sold more than $1 million in Bitcoins to buyers and sellers of ...

<strong>The UpTake:</strong> In spite of a recent wave of bitcoin related arrests this bitcoin entrepreneur, who is expected to enter a guilty plea later this week ...

Three bitcoiners have filed a class action lawsuit against BitInstant claiming the company misled them with false representations about its services. The class action complaint was received by ...

Hours after MasterCard quashed rumors that it was talking to BitInstant about releasing a Bitcoin-based debit card, BitInstant has issued its own statement, officially announcing what it calls the ...

Charlie Shrem, CEO of bitcoin exchange service BitInstant, has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a scheme to "sell and launder over $1m in bitcoins" through the now defunct online black ...

The Bitcoin markets have been sleepy over the past week or two, and Bitcoin traders are starting to whine. What Wake me up when the markets move. But the Bitcoin markets may soon pick up again as a ...