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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

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

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

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

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

March 18, 2020 @ 9:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Hedera Hashgraph an “enterprise-grade” distributed ledger technology (DLT) that seeks to solve many of the issues plaguing existing iterations of blockchain, has received a nice endorsement of sorts. Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) has joined the Hedera Governing Council.  Wipro is an India-based IT company. Wipro operates… Read More

September 17, 2019 @ 7:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hedera Hashgraph, a decentralized public network where “anyone can carve out a piece of cyberspace to transact, play, and socialize in a secure, trusted environment,” has released its mainnet. Supported by Fortune 100 companies including Boeing, IBM, and the Telekom Group, Hedera Hashgraph aims to… Read More

August 29, 2019 @ 8:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Hedera Hashgraph, “an enterprise-grade public distributed ledger platform” that seeks to address many of the shortcomings of current iterations of blockchain, has scheduled “Open Access” to its mainnet beta for September 16th. On that date, any developer may start creating apps on the Hedera platform…. Read More

August 12, 2019 @ 10:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Hedera Hashgraph, a speedy blockchain that seeks to power enterprise services, has added IBM and Tata Communications to its Governing Council. Hedera reports that curretntly there are 39 multinational entities participating on the Council as it pursues the “next generation” distributed ledger technology (DLT). Council… Read More

April 10, 2019 @ 11:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Hedera Hashgraph has boosted its executive team with a prominent appointment. According to a release, Hedera has hired Ari Paul, CIO and co-founder of BlockTower Capital, as an advisor. BlockTower is a leading investor in digital assets and participated in the Hedera offering last year…. Read More

February 28, 2019 @ 3:12 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Hedera Hashgraph, a next-generation public ledger designed to have highly diversified governance and the most distributed consensus at scale, today announced it has named Brett McDowell as the Founding Executive Director and Vice Chair of the Hedera Hashgraph Governing Council.  Last week Hashgraph announced its first… Read More

February 20, 2019 @ 8:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Speedy blockchain Hedera Hashgraph has announced the first members of the Hedera Hashgraph Governing Council. The group will guide changes to the software run by Hedera distributed nodes over time. Hedera says the initial Council members will be Deutsche Telekom, DLA Piper, Magazine Luiza, Nomura Holdings,… Read More

February 6, 2019 @ 12:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hedera Hashgraph has announced the appointment of Lionel Chocron as their Chief Product Officer. Chocron was most recently at Oracle where he led their emerging technology (ie blockchain, IoT, AI) solution efforts. Depending on how you exactly measure it, Oracle is the 2nd largest software provider in the world…. Read More

December 25, 2018 @ 9:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, speedy blockchain Hedera Hashgraph, announced the launch of its initial Community Testing Program. According to the company, the first phase of the program allows developers and individuals to test the mainnet and testnets and earn up to 1000 hbars, Hedera’s native cryptocurrency. The… Read More

August 28, 2018 @ 3:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Speedy blockchain provider Hedera Hashgraph has announced the launch of their mainnet. While not  quite publicly accessible today, the state of ledger has been cryptographically hashed, according to a blog post by Leemon Baird and Mance Harmon. The founders explain; “We remain highly focused on building… Read More

August 1, 2018 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Hedera Hashgraph, a super fast iteration of distributed ledger technology (DLT or blockchain) has raised $100 million from both institutions and high net worth individuals. The new funding round is said to have delivered a whopping $6 billion valuation to the emerging Fintech firm. Management, and… Read More

May 3, 2018 @ 9:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Crypto Invest Summit (CIS) in Los Angeles this week, rebranded from previous “Crowd” events, was a standing room only conference this year. Organizers sold out of tickets in the last weeks as demand was high for the cryptocurrency / blockchain focused gathering. More than… Read More