Taking a look at what has, so far, been a bad year for Bitcoin.

The global price of the digital currency Bitcoin went on a roller coaster ride this week when the world’s biggest Bitcoin exchange was forced by China’s government to stop accepting deposits. Up to now, the exchange, BTC China, was the trading epicenter for the Bitcoin economy.

One advocate says we should stop thinking of Bitcoin as a currency and start thinking of it as a money transfer system.

The latest from Marketplace Tech host Ben Johnson.

A San Francisco doctor takes Bitcoin as payment for medical services.

A Silicon Valley startup is the PayPal of Bitcoin.

All this week, Marketplace Tech is looking at Bitcoin.

You got $95,000 in Bitcoin?

China's central bank officially barred Chinese banks from offering services connected to the virtual, digital currency Bitcoin. The government also issued a new set of regulations for Bitcoin exchanges in China.