cryptocurrency market

The company's platform allows people to buy and sell cryptocurrency. It had just gone public last year.

Facebook's plans for a new digital currency have sent Chinese monetary officials scrambling. Since 2014, China's central bank has been looking into launching a cryptocurrency too.

The former Soviet nation of Georgia now consumes more power in mining cryptocurrencies than the United States. What's going on?

There are hundreds of digital currencies worldwide. The price of the largest, best known one just plummeted by 50 percent. Now, investors are watching for a boom — or a bust.