The ascent this year of Bitcoin, a virtual currency forged through hardcore mathematics and buoyed by promises of financial liberation from banks, has been nothing short of mesmerizing. It is being ...

Evelina Toumpakari and Dmitriy Cherkashin, both graduate students in mathematics at the University of Chicago, say the dollar’s new arithmetic simply doesn’t add up for them. The dollar’s dramatic ...

Bitcoin's sharp rise in value this year has many questioning whether the virtual currency is sustainable in the long term The ascent this year of bitcoin, a virtual currency forged through hardcore ...