October was a groundbreaking month for the institutional-grade @Hedera network.

From an HBAR ETF listing and network staking boost to Agentic DeFi and Verifiable AI for governments and enterprises - let’s dive in 🧵 The launch of @CanaryFund’s HBR ETF on the US stock market was a monumental achievement for the industry as a whole.

As the third cryptocurrency to get a listing, after only Bitcoin and Ethereum, the network's institutional-grade differentiators shone through.

Popular debates in crypto tend to focus on decentralization vs control.

What's often missed is discussion of how networks are developed to enable both institutions and retail alike.

That's where @Hedera comes in to play 🧵 First off, Hedera is governed by the likes of @Google, @IBM, @Nomura, @SBGroup, and beyond.

As council members they run nodes, explore use cases, and help govern the network.

This means institutions know exactly who validates transactions and that they are aren't sanctioned.

With the HBAR Faucet by @HashportNetwork, it's never been easier to explore the @Hedera DeFi ecosystem 🤝

Users can claim a small amount of HBAR to cover initial transaction fees such as DEX swaps, token associations, and beyond 🧵 The HBAR Faucet is the first mainnet token faucet and is being hosted by Hashport at .

Hashport is Hedera’s native bridge and complements other ecosystem bridges such as @StargateFinance.faucet.hashport.network

Today marks an acceleration of institutional-grade RWAs on @Hedera, with @SwarmMarkets bringing tokenized stocks like $AAPL, $TSLA, and gold natively to the network 🧵 This initiative allows for compliant, asset-backed instruments to be held and managed directly on Hedera, and in turn opens new opportunities for treasuries, institutions, and developers to diversify portfolios and drive adoption.

We’re excited to announce that AUDD, the Australian Digital Dollar stablecoin, has officially launched on the @Hedera network 🇦🇺

Through this integration, we look forward to driving digital payments throughout APAC and beyond 🧵 Leveraging the Stablecoin Studio, @AUDD_digital on Hedera benefits from the network’s enterprise-grade performance, including transaction finality in seconds, predictable fees of $0.001 USD per transfer, and a carbon-negative footprint.

On the second day of Hashmas, 2024 gave us @ProveAI, designed in collaboration with @Hedera GC member @IBM, as they migrated their flagship AI governance model from Casper to Hedera 2️⃣ Prove AI enables businesses to securely manage AI training data while ensuring compliance with evolving regulatory standards using Hedera’s highly secure and scalable infrastructure.

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We couldn’t be more excited to announce a new chapter for 2025, as we appoint @CharlesXAdkins as CEO, effective January 1, 2025, and will also be rebranding to Hedera Foundation.

This marks a pivotal moment for the Hedera ecosystem, as we strengthen our commitment to the community, DeFi, and an acceleration of AI, tokenization, and digital identity. As former President of @Hedera, as well as key roles at Polygon and Aptos, Charles brings deep web3 and leadership experience to the role of CEO, alongside a commitment to strengthen the Hedera ecosystem and community across DeFi, AI, DIDs, and tokenization.

Announced at #COP29, project developer 1MTN is set to make 50,000 tonnes of digital carbon forwards available for sale as onchain #RWAs via @evercityeco on the @Hedera Guardian 🤝 These digital carbon forwards - contracts for the future delivery of carbon credits - enable project developers to receive financing ahead of carbon credit issuance. This bridges the gap for projects needing to invest heavily today.

We're excited to announce that @UDPN_Official, the most advanced interoperable global payments network for regulated digital currencies, has integrated the @Hedera network to ease the development of programmable payment applications leveraging stablecoins and CBDCs 🏦 @UDPN_Official @hedera The Universal Digital Payments Network (UDPN) is a messaging backbone focused on interoperability between the fast-growing number of regulated stablecoins and CBDCs to enable seamless connectivity between any business IT system and regulated digital currencies.

In order for institutions to issue stablecoins, they need a best-in-class risk management experience ⛓️

That’s why @elliptic, the global leader in crypto asset risk management, integrated with the @Hedera Stablecoin Studio 🧵 @elliptic @hedera By integrating the Stablecoin Studio into Elliptic’s holistic screening and investigation solutions, this brings an additional layer of risk mitigation to issuers on the platform.

We’re excited to see the launch of @thriveprotocol's "Thrive Hedera" on the @Hedera network, a new system for rewarding value creation that's tailored for developers, content creators, and retail across the #HBAR community ❤️ @thriveprotocol @hedera As part of “Thrive Hedera”, we’ll be helping advise the development of the contribution and reward system alongside @ed__marquez from @hashgraph and @HBARPrice from @GRELF_.

We’re excited to announce that @CopperHQ, an award winning leader in digital asset custody, collateral management, and prime services, has integrated with the @Hedera network to enable institutional access to DeFi and custody of HBAR and Hedera Token Service (HTS) tokens 🏦 @CopperHQ @hedera As part of the integration, clients will be able to stake HBAR to validators of their choosing, and perform DeFi transactions from Copper’s MPC wallet infrastructure, via API and Copper’s DeFi platform Copper Connect.

We're excited to see that Major League Paintball (MLPB) has launched the MLPB Armory, a custom NFT marketplace for officially licensed collectibles, in collaboration with @_momental on the @Hedera network 🌐 @_momental @hedera MLPB is the governing body of professional paintball - a sport with a rapidly growing fanbase worldwide.

Through their new marketplace, the organization plans to turbo-charge fan engagement and take this league to the next level.

We’re excited to announce that @Elliptic, the global leader in crypto asset risk management, has now integrated with the @Hedera Stablecoin Studio, further opening the door for institutional issuers to leverage the open-source SDK 🏦 @elliptic @hedera By integrating the Stablecoin Studio into Elliptic’s holistic screening and investigation solutions, this brings an additional layer of risk mitigation to issuers on the platform.

NFT ecosystems on other networks are plagued with high, fluctuating, gas fees and issues around artist royalties ⛓️

On the @Hedera network, via @SentX_io, users experience best-in-class fees and royalties enforced on-chain - making it ideal for artists and collectors alike 🧵 @hedera @SentX_io Over the years we’ve seen issues on networks that do not enforce royalties at the protocol level.

This led to marketplaces abusing creators by cutting them out of royalties.

As a result, OpenSea developed optional tooling, an additional complexity, to enforce royalties.

Built on top of a network that has usability programmed at the base layer, the @Hedera ecosystem is home to the best user experience (UX) in the industry 🧵 @hedera By making the network as accessible as possible to the end-user whilst solving industry pain points - this is how we take crypto and web3 mainstream.

We’re excited to announce the launch of our pilot Request For Proposal (RFP) process to to deliver a more transparent, #Hedera community-supported element to grant giving 🤝 We're starting with two RFPs to meet specific ecosystem needs and developer teams everywhere are invited to apply. The community is invited to participate in discussion around the applications.

Leveraging the @Hedera network, the @Neuron_World #DePIN is revolutionizing service networks through its decentralized network (DSN) infrastructure to transform use cases ranging from drone flights, food delivery, video streaming and beyond 🌐 @hedera @Neuron_World By removing dependency on centralized service providers, Neuron is helping democratize access to service provision whilst creating a more efficient, cost-effective, and user-centric service ecosystem.

Healthcare data is considered up to 50x more valuable than financial data ❤️‍🩹

Recognizing this, @gethealthready on @Hedera enables patients with rare diseases and conditions to control their own data and make themselves discoverable for clinical research 🧵 Leveraging the #Hedera Consensus Service (HCS), HealthReady enables the verification of patient consent to access healthcare data, and patient-reported outcome verification and authenticity.

The HBAR Foundation had an active start to 2024, driven by our mission to foster innovation and scale adoption of the Hedera network.

Learn more about our achievements and future goals in this thread: Over the past few weeks, we've been listening closely to your feedback.

Thank you for your patience as we figured out how best to address the themes you've identified:

Self-sovereign identity (#SSI) is core to the intersection of healthcare and web3 🔒

That’s why @TuumTech developed @Metamask Identity Snap, introducing support for Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and Verifiable Credentials (VCs) on the @Hedera network 🧵 SSI has notable power to address some of the critical challenges facing the healthcare industry surrounding data security, privacy, and interoperability.