Jelurida Africa choses Lagos for its home base; Ardor platform will be at the NYC Big Apps Blockchain Challenge 2019 launch on May 13; Monthly newsletter gets a revamp; Ardor load testing enters day 17 with stable 100+ TPS and more than 140 million transactions; @ArdorBurnAccount is now operational; Lior Yaffe publishes “The Rating Sites Dilemma”

The Ardor Burn Account has been created. Any tokens sent to this account will be permanently locked.

Ten things you should know about the Jelurida Public License (JPL).

Jelurida has released version 2.2.3 of its Ardor blockchain-as-a-service platform aimed at simplifying the blockchain user experience and addressing industry concerns around securing private keys for accounts.

Ardor Version 2.2.3 now available with native Shamir Secret Sharing, log in with Aliases, and more; Jelurida opens office in South Korea; Ardor Learning Hub now includes improved API examples and SSS feature guides; NYC Blockchain Week event scheduled for Tuesday, May 14 - details TBA

Market making solution launches for IGNIS trading pairs on the Ardor Decentralized Coin Exchange; Ardor load tests show network stability with throughput reaching 160 TPS; Jelurida attends Synchronize 2019 and sponsors NYC blockchain meetup; Watch video of Lior Yaffe’s keynote on Java smart contracts from the recent Madrid seminar

Jelurida and Efficient Frontier, a trusted provider of liquidity and digital asset trading solutions, have developed a market making solution for IGNIS trading pairs on the Ardor decentralized coin exchange.

Jelurida establishes full-time Korean presence; Full Ardor nodes on Android are on the way; Watch video of Lior Yaffe’s keynote on cryptography from the “Enterprise Adoption of Blockchain” event; Odyssey Hackathon gets a dose of Jelurida; Java Barcelona Conference announces Jelurida as speakers on May 27-29

Coinfest Nigeria awards Jelurida; Ardor mapped in ITU DLT Standardization; Jelurida finds fundamental design flaws in Apollo's "privacy" features; Jelurida team members were in Madrid for several events and meetups; Ignis listed on Bilaxy Exchange

Henkel, a German manufacturer with leading positions in consumer and industrial businesses with more than 20 billion euros in sales, partnered with Jelurida to build the capacity of product and IT teams to understand, approach, and implement blockchain solutions.