The virtual currency bitcoin continues surging to new highs as a frenzy of investors get in on the action. WSJ's Paul Vigna explains what you need to know, and how to invest should you want to join the mania. Thousands of customers of Coinbase, one of the largest bitcoin-related firms dealing with the public, may have suffered repeated, incorrect duplicate charges on their digital-currency purchases, the firm said Friday. The San Francisco-based startup acknowledged the problem and said customers would be compensated. Dan Romero, vice president and general manager at Coinbase, said it was hard to know how many customers had been affected, though he suspected it was in the thousands.

Source: Wall Street Journal February 16, 2018 20:03 UTC