Want to Invest In Bitcoin? Here’s What You Need to Know

Bitcoin has captured America's imagination. Whether or not the cryptocurrency will ultimately turn out to be a good investment or just a passing fad remains to be seen. Indeed, in the past several months Bitcoin prices have enjoyed a run-up that makes the 1999 tech bubble look staid by comparison. That excitement -- the promise of sudden riches or sudden ruin -- has a lot of people wondering how a bitcoin investment actually works.