Tagged: hedera hashgraph

December 13, 2023 @ 10:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The HBAR Foundation and Archax have shared plans to enhance their partnership by expanding support for HBAR staking, the native cryptocurrency of the Hedera network, as well as the pursuit of further tokenisation projects. Building on the recent addition of HBAR to its crypto spot… Read More

December 20, 2022 @ 6:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Hashgraph Association has announced the funding of its first round of projects for its innovation program. Based in Switzerland, the Hashgraph Foundation aims to accelerate the adoption of its distributed ledger technology.  Hashgraph states there are three cohorts of 12 projects each which will… Read More

April 14, 2022 @ 8:42 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The HBAR Foundation and Dropp, a digital micropayment transaction platform enabling payments both in FIAT ($USD) and cryptocurrency, today announced a grant that will help Dropp develop its business. “Dropp is a revolutionary technology that solves the incredibly large business problem of hefty fees associated with low-cost… Read More

January 19, 2022 @ 10:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Hedera Hashgraph says it will open-source its blockchain technology during 2022. Simultaneously, the Hedera Governing Council reports that it has voted to purchase the intellectual property rights to the Hashgraph consensus algorithm from Swirlds, Inc., the original creator of the Hashgraph consensus algorithm and founding… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 7:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The HBAR Foundation today announced a partnership with Indian composer, producer and musician A.R. Rahman, to create content for a new NFT music platform focused on India’s independent music community. It is providing a grant and organizational support for development and growth of the NFT… Read More

November 30, 2021 @ 6:48 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

South Korea’s Shinhan Bank today announced it has completed the development of a proof-of-concept, with a global megabank outside of Korea, to improve the remittance process through the use of stablecoins. It is built on the Hedera network, leveraging stablecoins and focused on international remittances…. Read More

November 5, 2021 @ 3:37 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

hashport looks to improve decentralized network interoperability through several methods when it launches Nov. 9. The company said it achieves this balance by eliminating the need for a native network token, acting as a decentralized public utility, while harnessing the power of the Hedera Consensus… Read More

October 27, 2021 @ 4:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hedera Hashgraph reports that DBS, an international bank based in Singapore, has joined its Governing Council. This is the first Asian bank to join Hedera on its mission to expand the utilization of its enterprise blockchain ecosystem. DBS is expected to be integral in guiding… Read More

October 12, 2021 @ 9:19 am By JD Alois  |  

A new partnership between Hex Trust and Hedera Hashgraph will aim to provide banks, financial institutions, and institutional investors with a safe, and compliant way to integrate HTS-based tokens into the operations of their digital assets. Hex Trust will be using the Hedera Token Service… Read More

September 14, 2021 @ 7:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hedera Hashgraph, the “most used,” sustainable, enterprise-grade public network for the decentralized economy, reveals that the Indian Institutes of Technology Madras (IITM) has become the latest member of its Governing Council. The technology-focused University has joined a rotating Council of “up to” 39 international  organizations… Read More

September 8, 2021 @ 1:49 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Distributed ledger technology is capable of having a tremendous impact on the efficiency of capital markets, and for Standard Bank Group, Africa’s largest bank by assets under management, it will start with its fixed-income division, DLT innovation analyst Gideon Rossouw said.  Rossouw recently listed 10… Read More

August 26, 2021 @ 6:20 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

GK8 a cybersecurity company offering custodian technology for managing and safeguarding digital assets, announced this week its proprietary end-to-end custody solution, designed for banks and financial institutions, is now available for institutional customers that want to offer custody of Hedera’s native HBAR and HTS-based tokens…. Read More

August 19, 2021 @ 9:49 am By JD Alois  |  

The London School of Economics (LSE) has joined the Governing Council of Hedera Hashgraph, an enterprise-focused blockchain that seeks to offer a solution to less efficient forms of distributed ledger technology. The Council provides “decentralized governance” for the public ledger and comprises up to 39… Read More

August 8, 2021 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Hedera Hashgraph has shared an update on their plans to go Carbon negative. The Hedera Hashgraph team notes that public blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLT) have “ushered in a new era of the web.” We now have the infrastructure required to… Read More

May 27, 2021 @ 2:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

AllianceBlock has announced a collaboration with Hedera Hashgraph. The two firms said they will join forces to advance the global financial ecosystem through DeFi solutions. Simultaneously, AllianceBlock announced the launch of the AllianceBridge, interoperability product – a blockchain agnostic feature. The bridge will use the… Read More

May 10, 2021 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Regtech ALT/AVE is leveraging Hedera Hashgraph to target paper waste within the financial services industry. According to a note from the company, their new service docStribute has been launched to distribute mandatory, regulated documents to customers, offering an alternative to sending documents to customers via… Read More

April 15, 2021 @ 11:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dr. Leemon Baird, Founder and Chief Scientist at Hedera Hashgraph, an ecosystem focused on developing enterprise-grade business applications, has revealed that they’ve just hit their first billion transactions on the Hedera Hashgraph mainnet (in only 19 months). Baird also noted: “And it keeps accelerating. A… Read More

March 4, 2021 @ 9:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hedera Hashgraph, an enterprise-focused blockchain ecosystem, has announced that Électricité de France S.A. (EDF) has joined the Hedera Governing Council. EDF is a top global utility company with customers around the world. EDF is the 19th Council member, joining a growing network global enterprises and… Read More

February 24, 2021 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Standard Bank Group, the largest African bank by assets, has partnered with Hedera Hashgraph, to address issues regarding the development of cross-border trade. Standard Bank will establish the continent’s first Hedera network node, according to a release. Hedera is an enterprise-ready blockchain that is designed… Read More

January 15, 2021 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Hyland, a content services provider for organizations across the globe, announced earlier this week it has joined forces with Hedera Hashgraph, an enterprise-grade public ledger, to presented a proof of concept to the Texas Secretary of State to evaluate blockchain technology for the purpose… Read More