Even among highs and lows, the demand for Bitcoin has been getting more attention. $3.7 billion worth of Bitcoin options will expire today, an all time record for the cryptocurrency. Here's what that means for the market.

While research on extraterrestrial life has been going on for decades, it’s recently become more difficult for scientists to find the computer hardware they need because the hardware is being used for mining cryptocurrencies.

The Information Commissioner’s Office took down its website after it emerged that the site was hijacked by hackers to mine cryptocurrencies. The hack has affected about 4,000 websites including government websites. Here’s how they did it.

Nobody could have predicted the exponential rate by which Bitcoin would rise in both value and popularity.