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Despite being a decentralized project, which presumably should result in faster and more efficient development, Bitcoin has been experiencing a decline in its development pace in 2015.

TransferB, a startup looking to disrupt the international money transfer market using Bitcoin, has won the 2015 Deloitte Top Technology Talent Competition, Deloitte Ireland announced on Tuesday.

There are the Bitcoin pics that make news headlines (typically piles of shiny tokens that people think are bitcoins), and then there are the Bitcoin pics that make the social rounds.

Bruce Fenton is a well-known Bitcoin activist in the crypto community. The Managing Director and founder of Atlantic Financial Inc. and Boston Gulf Advisors Group, more recently Bruce has been voted into the Bitcoin Foundation as executive director.

Leading a US$50 million investment round, Goldman Sachs has shown that it finds Boston-based Circle Internet Financial, Inc.’s global vision promising.

Michael Dean is host of the Freedom Feens podcast, but more importantly, he was one of the earliest (and loudest) advocates of Namecoin as a decentralized DNS system.

21 Inc. plans to embed ASIC bitcoin mining chips into everyday devices, BitGo is said to be patenting Bitcoin’s multi signature capabilities, and more news.

In response to a lengthy NY Times article, the Casa Rosada’s Community Manager posted on the @CasaRosadaAR Twitter account what would soon echo throughout social networks: “Apparently bitcoin is disrupting our economy now (?)”

Cointelegraph spoke with Leon Li, CEO of Huobi to discuss its new tool connecting bitcoin and the traditional stock market, why the Chinese yuan doesn’t actually comprise 80% of BTC trading.

Multi-function crossover ATM operator Planet Capital has announced that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is joining its board as an advisor and director.

Bryan Micon, operator of the closed down bitcoin-fueled poker site Seals With Clubs, has been charged by the Nevada Attorney General with operating an unlicensed gambling enterprise.

Most people have no idea what their average cost per coin is and without knowing your cost, how can you make educated financial decisions?

Goldman Sachs has joined a round of funding for Circle, Purse.io has integrated with Shapeshift.io, SilkRoad trial judge rejects retrial demand and more news.

I know many of you have no issue encrypting emails with PGP — no confusion copying and importing others’ keys. No trouble remembering to back up your private keys when you switch to a new computer.

Dutch Bitcoin exhange CleverCoin introduced leveraged trading this week, making it the first European exchange to offer this trading option.

New U.S. SEC Regulation A+ rules regarding equity crowdfunding coming to effect at the end of May 2015 are set to open the gates for crypto-equity and small business crowdfunding, no investor accreditation necessary.

In the space of little more than one short year, Cointelegraph has risen to become one of the leading names – and major brands – in cryptocurrency media. How did it happen?

FreeSpeechMe is a free and open-source browser plug-in that lets Firefox users do what was previously rather difficult to achieve: surf dot-bit (.bit) domains.

Announcing the launch of a financial product called “Bitcoin Tracker One”, XBT Provider has created the world’s first regulated Bitcoin exchange-traded note.

Bitcoin startup TransferB wins the 2015 Deloitte Top Technology Talent Competition, New York Times reporter announces new book on Bitcoin, Coinbase expands to the UK, and more news.

In an unexpected partnership for a cryptocurrency business, Ripple has announced a partnership with fiat-based money transfer operator Western Union.

As the Internet has exploded with information sharing, it has diluted the privacy that we cherish in our offline lives. Here are three apps that can help you bring privacy to your online life.

Catherine Bleish on her family’s “Uncoinventional Bitcoin Bus Tour” across the USA. The self-styled “Blush Family” - John and Catherine Bleish and their two children traveled from Philadelphia to Texas using only cryptocurrency for payments.

Bitcoin Price Analysis from Cointelegraph

The judge in the Silk Road trial denied a motion from Ross Ulbricht’s defense for a new trial despite federal agents’ alleged corruption, Richard Branson will organize a summit to discuss Bitcoin and more news

Cointelegraph is calling for the digital currency community to come together and join our relief effort for victims of the recent Nepali earthquake.

Bitstake, a cryptocurrency exchange startup, offers a wide range of solutions to the 178 million people of Nigeria.

Online retailer Overstock has filed for permission to issue US$500m in stocks using distributed blockchain technology.

The number of Bitcoin merchants has risen, the value of Bitcoin startups has increased and most importantly, awareness of Bitcoin has increased in countries with poor banking or financial systems.

The National Bank of Ukraine held a meeting last week to discuss ways of “[improving] the performance of international payment systems in Ukraine” and easing up regulatory constraints for new market entrants.