HederaCon 2026 opened with a clear signal for where financial markets are heading. Mance Harmon and Eric Piscini shared three major announcements from Hashgraph that point to a more connected future. Learn more: hashgraph.com/blog/hashgraph…

DeFi in transition 🌐 Brandon Hargreaves SaucerSwap Labs, Manu Cabrera Kabila, Brady Gentile Bonzo Finance Labs, and Vicky Pisetskaya Sentora discussed market evolution. DeFi is aligning with broader market expectations.

Improving payment systems 💸 Rob Allen Hashgraph, Dennis Lee Shinhan Bank, Christopher Mensah EMTECH, Sushil Prabhu Dropp, and Alisha Chhangani Atlantic Council discussed operational challenges in payments. ✅ Liquidity and reconciliation ✅ Cross-border complexity

Tokenization in production 🪙 During “Trust on chain: The tokenization era takes hold” Simon Barnby Archax, Allan Trimmer Aberdeen, Dennis O’Connell ERC3643.org, Don Oparah RedSwan Digital Real Estate, and Gregg Bell Hashgraph discussed real-world applications. Clear takeaway:

Are we really ready for interoperability? 🔗 Kurt Bierbower Hashgraph, Simon Baksys LayerZero, Natasha Benson Ownera, Carlos Matilla iobuilders, and David Vatchev Fasanara Capital examined current progress. The discussion centered on: ✅ Identity and compliance ✅

Are stablecoins the next rails of finance? 🛤️ In this in-depth discussion, Frank Wang BitGo, Scott Bauguess Coinbase 🛡️, Stephanie Chan Wyoming Stable Token Commission, and Mark Daly zerohash looked at the implementation of stablecoins at scale. One main takeaway was that stablecoins are advancing

Governance across organizations 🤝 Hedera Council President, Tom Sylvester, gathered Hedera Council members Rebecca Hofmann BlockchainForEnergy, Dennis Lee Shinhan Bank, and Kristi Swartz DLA Piper to share insights on network governance. The conversation covered

Watch as builders, policymakers and enterprises come together to discuss the Hedera ecosystem in Miami. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Policy is shaping digital assets, and digital assets are shaping financial infrastructure. Harry Jung The White House, Cody Carbone The Digital Chamber, Seth Hertlein Ledger, Ji Hun Kim Crypto Council for Innovation, and Hedera’s Nilmini Rubin discussed regulatory direction. In this conversation

Agentic payments are in development, and moving fast 🤖 David Palmer Vodafone Group (Pairpoint), Katie Evans Swarm, Deborah Barta at Innovative Edge, and Rob Allen Hashgraph explored machine-driven transactions in the session “How blockchain enables agentic payments”.

What are the next-generation of financial rails? 🌍 Rajeev Bamra Moody's Ratings, Nadine Chakar DTCC, Jorgen Ouaknine Euroclear, Ryan Rugg Citi, and Tony McLaughlin Ubyx discussed evolving infrastructure. Financial systems are evolving toward continuous, always-on

Trust at scale: Verifying data across enterprise and AI systems 🤖 Michael Casey Advanced AI Society, Richard Widmann Google Cloud, Bryan Rich Accenture, David Frattura Dell Technologies, and Jonathan Dotan EQTY Lab explored how critical data provenance is becoming in an AI-driven landscape,

🎥 At @Hedera's HederaCon, @Hashgraph CEO Eric Piscini says it’s the “end of the war of the chains” because Hashgraph's CLPR enables any chain to communicate with any other in real time, without bridges.

🎥 @Hedera co-founder Mance Harmon compares Web3 to the pre–World Wide Web era of the internet while speaking at HederaCon

🎥 Hedera co-founder Leemon Baird says "we will not be destroyed" as Hedera is well prepared for Q-day. He addresses quantum threat at #HederaCon2026.

On May 6, Gregg Bell, Chief Investment Officer at Hashgraph, will take to the stage at Innovate Miami by The Tie for the session "Where Does the Next $1T of Crypto Value Come From?" From 12:30PM - 1:00PM, expect to hear where the next wave of crypto value will emerge.

"There are multiple levels of controlling the actions, but before that, you need provenance. You have to ask "do I trust the data?" and "do I know what data it was trained on?" - Dr. Leemon Baird Day 2 at #Consensus2026 → Miami: Leemon joined the panel “Agents Meet the Enterprise —

Chief Investment Officer at Hashgraph, Gregg Bell recently joined the ALLINCRYPTO podcast or a deep dive into Hedera, enterprise adoption, stablecoins, tokenization, AI agents, and the future of digital finance. 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=NgijU7…

The U.S. property and casualty insurance market relies on data that today is fragmented and difficult to verify. The Institutes Knowledge Group RiskStream Collaborative is transforming this $1T market - eliminating structural inefficiencies using HashSphere, powered by Hedera technology.

"There will be a convergence layer that comes into play" - Neil Chopra at Fireblocks During the session 'The Connective Tissue of Digital Finance' at HederaCon 2026, panelists examined the technical breakthroughs, standards, security considerations, and regulatory