eCash Monthly Recap - May 2025eCash Monthly Recap - May 2025eCash Monthly Recap - May 2025

✨ May 2025 marked the first-ever issuance of a USD-backed stablecoin $MUSD by a U.S. public entity on eCash, a network upgrade, and major updates across the ecosystem. Here’s a full recap of the month’s key moments. 👇
🌟 Key Highlights - News/Media 🗞️

📣 The Tinian government in the Northern Mariana Islands 🇲🇵 became the first-ever U.S. public entity to issue a USD-backed stablecoin—launching it on the eCash network! 👇
https://x.com/eCashOfficial/status/1924305179806994624
https://x.com/eCash/status/1923186013003829658
🗞️ “Stablecoin bill passes in Northern Marianas as House overrides veto”
🗞️ “The Island That Could Issue America’s First Stablecoin”
🗞️ “MUSD brings P2PCash back on Track”
📝 Beyond Speed: The Transformative Potential of Instant Finality
📝 PayButton for WordPress: Instant Website Monetization
🎙️ Humans of eCash: Amaury Séchet @deadalnix
https://x.com/eCash/status/1921846479532007756
🌟 Key Highlights - eCash Network Upgrade

The eCash network upgrade scheduled for May 15th has been completed. ✅⚙️
https://x.com/eCash/status/1923008749611958626
ℹ️ If you missed the May 15th network upgrade, you must upgrade your eCash node to version 0.31.4 or later to reconnect to the correct chain. ✅
🌟 Key Highlights - Bitcoin ABC Node Software

🛠️💻 @Bitcoin_ABC released version 0.31.5. This release introduced AssumeUTXO—a new performance feature that lets eCash nodes sync faster by trusting a precomputed UTXO snapshot.
Learn more: https://e.cash/blog/introducing-assumeutxo-faster-node-sync-on-ecash
🛠️💻 @Bitcoin_ABC released version 0.31.4. This release adds a checkpoint after the May 15 eCash network upgrade.
🛠️💻 @Bitcoin_ABC released version 0.31.3. This release contains some minor bug fixes and performance improvements.
Download it here: https://www.bitcoinabc.org
🌟 Key Highlights - eCash Ecosystem

🚀 PayButton launched the PayButton WordPress plugin in the WordPress plugin directory!
https://x.com/eCash/status/1926508627155624290
🚀 Firma introduced a new feature allowing users to buy $FIRMA for $USDT / $USDC and redeem $FIRMA for $USDT!
https://x.com/firmaprotocol/status/1925958026478952593
🚀 PayButton released PayButton-WordPress-Plugin v3.1.0!
https://x.com/thepaybutton/status/1921328522087321620
🚀 PayButton released PayButton-WordPress-Plugin v3.2.0!
https://x.com/thepaybutton/status/1925198552697045062
🌟 Key Highlights - Cashtab Wallet
📄 Added support for BIP21 on the send screen allowing users to create shareable payment links and QR codes with preset XEC or FIRMA amounts 👇
https://x.com/eCash/status/1920897422122791160
🎨 Revamped header style for improved XECx and FIRMA management
https://x.com/CashtabWallet/status/1922483674303418376
💸 Added support for parsing FIRMA USDT buy/redeem transactions
🛠️ Continued development of the strongly-typed ecash-wallet library
⚙️ Added support for auto-selection of the fastest Chronik node for optimal performance
https://x.com/Alitayin/status/1919584450696118713
🌟 Key Highlights - Electrum ABC Wallet
🚀 Electrum ABC 5.4.2 was released, bringing native support for Trezor One (with updated firmware) and improving the Trezor firmware management menu.
https://x.com/eCash/status/1924852146039627844
✨ eCash Avalanche Network Overview

Total Staked: 267B XEC
Number of Nodes: 90
Number of Peers: 67
🌟 Key Highlights - Community & Milestones
🥳 Officially secured the premium 𝕏 handle @eCash!
https://x.com/eCash/status/1924898794224685544
That wraps up this month! 🙌
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