Tagged: hedera

March 12, 2022 @ 10:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The HBAR Foundation, an organization supporting development in the Hedera ecosystem by offering grants and resources to developers, announced the introduction of its Sustainable Impact Fund (SIF) to globally “grow the sustainability economy on Hedera.” The Foundation will work with initiatives that support key outcomes… 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

December 28, 2021 @ 9:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On Thursday, December 9, 2021, a “critical” zero-day exploit was reported in the widely used log4j2 library. The exploit “did not affect the Hedera network,” the platform’s developers claim while noting that “out of an abundance of caution, the Hedera team addressed the issue on… Read More

December 14, 2021 @ 9:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The HBAR Foundation and MetaVRse, a web-based, low-code 3D creation platform, today announced a partnership to build Metaverse solutions for the world’s largest organizations on the Hedera Network. The creation of the Metaverse will require tools that are easy to use and accessible, and MetaVRse… Read More

December 7, 2021 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The HBAR Foundation, the entity that aims to boost the development of the Hedera ecosystem, has announced a partnership with DECA4, a blockchain consultancy based in the UAE. The partnership is expected to help build and support decentralized projects in the Middle East on the… Read More

November 12, 2021 @ 4:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akt.io, the platform bridging decentralized finance (DeFi), wealth management and payment services, has announced its partnership with the HBAR Foundation in order to support their launch of the first DeFi app on the carbon-negative Hedera Network, which claims to be “the most used, sustainable and… Read More

October 28, 2021 @ 8:39 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

MoonPay, a global cryptocurrency payments solution, and the HBAR Foundation today announced US customers in most states can now purchase the Hedera network’s native token, HBAR, through MoonPay’s platform. The Hedera network is an increasingly popular, sustainable enterprise-grade public network for the decentralized economy. The… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 9:27 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Decentralized capital market AllianceBlock has launched the mainnet of AllianceBridge with initial support for Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Avalanche, and Polygon. There are plans to extend to Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible blockchains and non-EVM networks. AllianceBlock aims to provide regulated financial entities around the globe with… 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

December 17, 2020 @ 1:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    BitGo, a digital asset financial services provider, announced on Thursday it has launched an institutional-grade multi signature wallet solution. According to BitGo, the solution provides on-chain, multi-signature security fo Hedera’s HBAR token through its affiliate BitGo Inc. Additionally, BitGo Trust will provide insured,… Read More

September 16, 2020 @ 1:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

High-performance blockchain Hedera Hashgraph is reporting that it now is topping 1.5 million transactions a day – surpassing the popular Ethereum blockchain. Hedera notes that this is approximately 18x the number of transactions Ethereum achieved during its first year as a publicly available network. As… Read More

February 9, 2020 @ 3:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hedera Hashgraph, an enterprise-grade, public distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform, recently confirmed a strategic partnership with Armanino LLP, one of the largest accounting and business consulting companies in the United States. As noted in a press release shared with Crowdfund Insider, the partnership will allow… Read More