CertiK, a leading smart contract and blockchain audit company, announces today that it has completed a formal security audit of Terra, the company that has designed an algorithmic stablecoin to power the next-generation payment system on the blockchain. Terra’s mainnet, which went live in April, is a Delegated Proof-of-Stake (DPos) system that utilizes the Cosmos SDK and … [Read more...] about CertiK successfully completes full security audit of the Terra protocol

BitPay, the largest global blockchain payments provider, today announced Refundo, a leading provider of tax related financial products, is making federal and state tax refunds available in Bitcoin directly to taxpayers through BitPay’s Payouts. Refundo taxpayers can receive all or a portion of the federal and state tax refunds in Bitcoin using Refundo’s CoinRT product. … [Read more...] about PR: BitPay partners with Refundo for federal and state income tax refunds in bitcoin

On Thursday, Microsoft Corp. announced a series of new Azure services and developer technologies that put advanced capabilities spanning AI, mixed reality, IoT and blockchain in the hands of developers. The company will share these and additional advancements in hybrid cloud and edge computing at its Microsoft Build conference to empower developers. … [Read more...] about PR: Microsoft delivers new advancements in Azure from cloud to edge ahead of Microsoft Build conference

Leading life sciences and healthcare companies Pfizer Inc., McKesson Corporation, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, and Premier Inc. have joined the MediLedger Project Contracting and Chargebacks working group, a second working group running in parallel to the ongoing DSCSA working group started in 2017. MediLedger is an initiative of Chronicled, Inc., a San Francisco-based … [Read more...] about PR: Major life sciences and healthcare companies join Chronicled’s MediLedger Project working group

Institutional investors are finding appeal in digital assets and many are looking to invest more in digital assets over the next five years, according to new research from Fidelity Investments®. According to the survey, about 22% of institutional investors already have some exposure to digital assets, with most investments having been made within the past three years. Four in … [Read more...] about PR: New research from Fidelity finds institutional investments in digital assets are likely to increase over the next five years

Amazon Web Services Inc., an Amazon.com company, announced the general availability of Amazon Managed Blockchain, a fully managed service that makes it easy to create and manage scalable blockchain networks. Customers who want to allow multiple parties to execute transactions and maintain a cryptographically verifiable record of them without the need for a trusted, central … [Read more...] about PR: AWS announces general availability of Amazon Managed Blockchain

Insolar, a global technology company building innovative public and private blockchain solutions, has been accepted into the Berkeley blockchain ecosystem as part of the university's Blockchain Xcelerator program. The program brings together renowned academics and industry professionals to bring about further dialogue and advance blockchain knowledge. Speakers featured in the … [Read more...] about PR: Insolar accepted into Berkeley blockchain accelerator

BitBounce, a blockchain spam and email-access solutions provider, is launching a second token sale after raising over 31,000 ETH in 2017. The Credo presale will begin on May 8, 2019 while the main sale will begin on June 19. … [Read more...] about PR: Blockchain firm BitBounce to launch second token sale on May 8