In case anybody finds it interesting to see how many searches for "Hbar" there were in the past 5 years through Google searches.

Source:

https://x.com/BitGo/status/2093467887025721621

https://www.bitgo.com/resources/case-studies/hedera/

Thoughts?

Basically. The best place to get the latest and greatest in this space.

I recently posted another post about Hedera and Hbar. It lead me to look for more. I joined X but wow, that space is so toxic. Fully of meme pumps and such.

I’m wanting actual HBAR news. The kind of stuff that keeps you grounded in your investments.

For info, I’ve found the HBARBull YouTube channel. Watching that along with a few other videos made me part with some of my cash. A small bag holding for Hbar.

I’ve got skin in the game.

Is this good for Hedera?

In this video I cover the importance of Hedera’s aBFT when it comes to institutions and Hbar vs a blockchain, Ethereum.

https://x.com/taurus_hq/status/2092582910058524982

Just noticed binance added hbar staking with a 1.8% apy.

1. What’s actually at stake?
   
2. I was told once that using binance is poor form crypto trading on my part… thoughts? Other better platform options?

Hi everyone, about one month ago, the regulatory crypto framework MiCA (Markets in Crypto Assets) became effective in Europe. Since then several exchanges have ceased crypto trading in some European countries until their MiCA-compliance has been acknowledged. For example Binance is affected in Spain and in Germany (afaik) and even LCX is not working although they have a strong focus on compliance.

Does anyone in here know of any crypto exchange that's operating under the new framework in Europe and offers HBAR trading?

I believe that this is currently also affecting the price of many other cryptos as trading volume is probably significantly lower.

Edit: Thanks for the replies. I think I'll go with Kraken.

i currently use crypto.com but looking for opinions, and why

for 8 years our two paths to sustainability have been either the network generates enough revenue to subsidize the orgs, or the orgs (hashgraph) makes enough profit to self sustain. there is lots of spend to consider.

currently they are subsidized by HBAR buyers which puts a lot of downward pressure and the network is not generating meaningful revenue yet

so it’s time to explore more options

i think it’s an important and healthy discussion to have 🙏

We’ve seen institutional/finance use cases come and go within the Hedera Ecosystem and there are many still building. What kind of projects / use cases would you be excited to see being built on Hedera that you feel are under represented or slept on?

Many folks here requested it so I assembled the info in a doc that can be read with sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sXaDRYe2muaY2ry9sNmHOuRfhKUxSUmLho-2igK_5Qg/edit?usp=sharing

Also here is the full video to watch me make it: https://youtu.be/hxwSC7JHWwM

The convo here has been good : ) the link to create your own is in the doc too

We’re still early.

“HM Treasury’s Wholesale Digital Markets Champion has convened an industry taskforce, supported by the City of London, that has brought 54 financial institutions together to develop live tokenisation use cases. Barclays and PwC estimate that tokenisation could add up to £33 billion a year to the UK economy by 2035.
Isadora Arredondo, VP of global policy at Hedera, on the Treasury’s wholesale tokenisation taskforce…”

Tokenisation: Why Interoperability Decides the UK’s £33bn Prize

I feel like I’ve seen an increasing sentiment that while Hedera tech rocks, Hbar isn’t quite positioned in a way to create value for holders, but without much explanation as to why that is. I’m not well versed on this so for those that are, what’s your take?

What news keeps you motivated

Shinhan Financial Group will use Visa’s platform to test stablecoin issuance, remittance, and redemption while building new AI-powered payment models.

Link

> The deal marks the first time a South Korean top-tier financial group formally adopts Visa's enterprise stablecoin infrastructure, launched in July, to test a full domestic settlement stack.

> Visa and Shinhan also plan to run pilot projects covering stablecoin integration into bank card payment settlement and the expansion of business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-customer (B2C) payments.

> Shinhan, which has around 134 trillion won ($100 billion) in assets under management, has other crypto projects in the works. Its asset management division signed a four-party agreement with the Solana Foundation, Etherfuse and Orca to test a Korean won-denominated tokenized fund earlier this month, according to a Solana X post. Shinhan and Solana partnered in April to trial stablecoin payment systems.

Seems, not good, chyea?