If you're an enthusiast of both the Bitcoin currency and the Windows platform, you'll want to beware: there's a Bitcoin-specific trojan virus out there that will scan your computer for the unencypted wallet file and acquire your hard-earned digital capital.

Eric Schmidt compliments bitcoin, saying it is "a great idea". He also reveals that Google was working on a currency of their own which they were going to call Google Bucks. Eric says Google stopped work on their own currency because of legal issues.

Shopping in Kitchener, ON, Canada, saw this sign by the checkout addressing accepting American currency. Couldn't help but laugh.

Federal Reserve officials are considering a new type of quantitative easing that will allegedly attempt to boost the economy without accelerating inflation. Under the new approach, the Fed would print new money to buy long-term mortgage or Treasury bonds but effectively tie up that money by borrowing it back for short periods at low rates. And if you believe that will work, I've got a bridge to nowhere I think you'll be very interested in purchasing...

Up and coming investment guru, Kyle Bass recently disclosed a conversation he had with a senior Obama administration official. The official admitted the government’s economic strategy was to “kill the dollar” which Bass called “a dead answer.”

The FBI sees the anonymous Bitcoin payment network as an alarming haven for money laundering and other criminal activity—including as a tool for hackers to rip off fellow Bitcoin users.

That’s according to a new FBI internal report that leaked to the Internet this week, which expresses concern about the difficulty of tracking the identity of anonymous Bitcoin users, while also unintentionally providing tips for Bitcoin users to remain more anonymous.

No surprise here. It's noteworthy that it had to get this bad in the first place in order for it to even be reported.

The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) has made it official: After its latest two day meeting, it announced its goal to devalue the dollar by 33% over the next 20 years. But, an increase of 2% a year over a period of 20 years will lead to a 50% increase in the price level. It will take 150 (2032) dollars to purchase the same basket of goods 100 (2012) dollars can buy today. What will be called the “dollar” in 2032 will be worth one-third less (100/150) than what we call a dollar today.

"The virtual currency Bitcoin will "bounce back" after a hack attack caused its value to collapse, according to one of its senior developers."

Old child support debts could cost thousands of poor men their only income next year because of a policy aimed at reducing the cost to the government of mailing paper checks to pay federal benefits.