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Georgia explores putting its public registry on the Hedera blockchain and tokenizing real estate through blockchain-integrated government infrastructure. Georgia’s Ministry of Justice has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the public blockchain network Hedera, as it considers moving the country’s land registry onchain and tokenizing real estate. According to a Monday announcement from the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, the government signed an MoU with Hedera, a public blockchain with permissioned node operation. At a meeting between the Minister of Justice of Georgia, Paata Salia, and a representative of Hedera, the two parties discussed the potential integration of blockchain technology into public infrastructure. Georgian officials said they are considering transferring data from the National Agency of Public Registry to the blockchain network, hoping this “would ensure even greater protection of property rights, transparency and reliability of processes.” Read more

Wrapped Bitcoin's move to Hedera brings tokenized BTC and increased liquidation to the network's growing decentralized finance ecosystem. Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), the largest tokenized version of Bitcoin, has expanded to the Hedera network — a move that could open the door to more decentralized finance (DeFi) options for BTC holders. The integration, announced Thursday, brings additional liquidity to Hedera, which already supports smart contracts and native tokenization and markets itself as a low-fee network with no frontrunning or miner-extractable value (MEV).  Frontrunning and MEV are tactics where validators reorder transactions to profit at users’ expense — a problem Hedera’s consensus mechanism is designed to avoid. Read more

Hedera token breaks key technical level amid volume surge, though late-session reversal signals emerge.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to approve the first Hedera and Litecoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas, who confirmed that listing notices for Bitwise Solana, Canary Litecoin, and Canary HBAR have been posted and are scheduled to go live on October 28. The post SEC Poised to Approve HBAR ETF — Hedera’s Gregg Bell Calls It ‘New Chapter’ for Regulated Crypto Access appeared first on Cryptonews.

The FRNT stablecoin, backed by the US state of Wyoming, reportedly went live on seven blockchains at its August launch. The Frontier Stable Token (FRNT), a stablecoin authorized by the US state of Wyoming, will soon be available on the Hedera blockchain after its mainnet launch in August.  In a Thursday notice, Hedera said the Wyoming Stable Token Commission — the body responsible for issuing the stablecoin — had selected the blockchain as a candidate for FRNT following a review of possible networks, and approved the proposal. The stablecoin reportedly went live on seven blockchains at launch: Ethereum, Solana, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Polygon, Optimism and Base. Read more

The native token of the Hedera network rose by about 2% over the past 24-hour period.

Although DeFi accounts for over half of onchain activity, the data remains cumbersome and difficult to understand for ordinary users, according to Validation Cloud. Artificial intelligence platform Validation Cloud has launched a new large language model on the Hedera network, potentially giving decentralized finance users the ability to reach blockchain data in a more accessible way. The Mavrik-1 AI engine has been deployed on Hedera, with several other planned integrations expected during a public rollout later this year, Validation Cloud’s team told Cointelegraph.  The AI engine is designed to allow users to interact with DeFi protocols and access blockchain data through natural language queries without needing technical expertise or knowledge.  Read more

Hedera closed Q1 with steady network usage and development progress, despite a 32.9% QoQ drop in market cap to $6.9 billion. HBAR’s market cap rank among all cryptocurrencies held steady QoQ at 18. Average daily transactions rose 25.8% QoQ to 708,500, driven by a 103.6% increase in Hedera’s Crypto Service activity, while average daily DEX volumes remained at $10.8 million for the second quarter in a row. Hedera’s stablecoin market cap nearly doubled to $72.6 million, led by natively issued USDC. DeFi TVL fell 41.7% to $97.1 million due to HBAR’s price drop. Development remained active, with major upgrades like HIP-755 and HIP-756 enhancing smart contract capabilities. Hedera also advanced decentralization efforts by joining the Linux Foundation’s open-source governance framework. Karate Combat saw a 35% QoQ increase in activity, with 90% of KARATE token usage occurring on Hedera. Overall, Hedera demonstrated ecosystem resilience, network growth, and strong developer momentum amid broader market challenges.