Cryptocurrency news: May 2020

Crypto news: May 2020

Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, digital currency and central bank digital currency (CBDC) news from May 2020, collected from across Asia and Oceania, and also delivering need-to-know news from beyond the region.

ICYMI: Bitcoin Mining Map launched by University of Cambridge, visualising approximate geographic distribution of global hashrate
A primer on the approaching Bitcoin ‘halving’ event, via Mashable
A look at the impacts of the recent Bitcoin halving event on blockchain and digital commerce
ICYMI: Square, Twitter CEO’s payments firm, now allows users to buy Bitcoin automatically at set time intervals in Cash App via new Auto Invest feature
An intro to 30 of the CoinDesk 50, a selection of the most innovative, consequential and viable projects in the cryptocurrency and blockchain spaces
Cryptocurrency and social media: “In this scenario, cryptocurrency would replace fleeting ‘likes’ and ‘favs’ as compensation for network activity”
ICYMI: Andreessen Horowitz unveils second $515M cryptocurrency-focused fund in addition to existing $300M crypto fund
IVMS101 anti-money laundering messaging standard unveiled to impose uniform data model to be exchanged by virtual asset service providers alongside crypto transactions
ICYMNI: A retail digital currency is now one of the European Central Bank’s focus areas, with a preliminary report expected in the near future
Generation Crypto: To Generation X, Gen-Y and Gen Z, now add Generation C
ICYMI: France’s central bank and Societe Generale tested a blockchain-based digital euro, issuing $44M of covered bonds as security tokens and then settling in digital euros