We are launching a new feature here at MoneyBeat: BitBeat, a daily round-up of bitcoin news, notes, and thoughts. The crypto-currency had a hectic 2013, and the new year is already shaping up as a manic one as well. So far, there has been a high-profile hearing on bitcoin’s future, and a high-profile arrest of a bitcoin apostle, and while the price has been stable so far, another wild rally, or brutal sell-off, could come at any moment.