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Hedera Chief Policy Officer Nilmini Rubin has been invited to join the Board of Directors of Blockchain Foundation. Blockchain Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is dedicated to empowering the public with trusted, research-based insights about blockchain and emerging technologies. Through its publications and forums, the Foundation fosters understanding and accessibility between public institutions and their stakeholders. Nilmini’s leadership and strategic vision will help advance this important mission, strengthening collaboration between the public sector and the blockchain ecosystem. Congratulations, Nilmini! 👏

Building trust is at the heart of Hiero. At HederaCon, Hendrik Ebbers, Director of Open Source at Hashgraph, shared how open, vendor-neutral infrastructure empowers the future of digital finance. Discover Hiero: https://hiero.org/ Watch the full session: https://lnkd.in/eXAPxXkR

Hedera Africa Hackathon: deadline extended With $1,000,000 in prizes, 20+ in-person hacking hubs across Africa, and a global mentorship network, participants will build impactful dApps across the powerful tracks: 💰 Onchain finance & RWAs 🏥 DLT for operations 🎮 Gaming & NFTs 🤖 AI & DePIN 🗓️ Submission deadline: October 31, 2025 (11:59 PM GMT) Co-organized by Exponential Science, The Hashgraph Association, Hedera-Hackathons, and Dar Blockchain 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/dwA-Gw45

🚨 Reminder for Hedera Consensus Service (HCS) users: Starting January 2026, the price for the ConsensusSubmitMessage transaction will increase from $0.0001 to $0.0008 USD. This update ensures: ✔️ Long-term network sustainability ✔️ Predictable, USD-fixed pricing ✔️ Continued low-cost consensus operations The change takes effect with the v0.69 Consensus Node release during the January 2026 mainnet upgrade. 📖 Read more: https://lnkd.in/eiaSuk5D 💬 Join the conversation in Hedera Discord: https://lnkd.in/ewngze9X

Hedera Council was built on trust, bringing together global organizations to govern the Hedera network with transparency and accountability. In the latest TableTalk with Hedera Council episode, Mance Harmon shares how that foundation has evolved as the network grows. 🎥 Watch in full here: https://lnkd.in/dXig5nX7

Hedera’s Global Policy Director, Isadora Arredondo, joined a Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) dialogue at the European Parliament on “Digital Finance and Industrial Transformation for a Competitive Europe.” The discussion explored why web3 represents an opportunity for the new digital economy, its benefits for end-users and enterprises, and how EU funding mechanisms can be leveraged to unlock the sector's potential and support the EU's growth objectives.

I am grateful to the Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) team for inviting me to speak at this year's Singapore FinTech Festival on the subject of 'Building Trustworthy Digital Money Infrastructures for a Global Economy.' It will be an honour to be joined by audrey metzger, Director of Innovation and Financial Market Infrastructures at Banque de France, and Seichi Shimizu, Assistant Governor at the Bank of Japan, as we exchange perspectives from both the private and public sector. Our panel will explore how tokenised money, CBDCs and public blockchains can evolve from pilots into trusted, large-scale financial infrastructures. 

Today, Co-Founder of Hedera, Mance Harmon, and Chief Policy Officer at Hedera, Nilmini Rubin, joined the Institute of International Finance’s Future Leaders Group DC Program. Nilmini shared insights on how stablecoins are transforming global finance on the panel 'Stablecoins and the State of Global Cryptocurrency' alongside Morten Bech (Bank for International Settlements – BIS) and Scott L. (Institute of International Finance).

Verra, a global leader in carbon standards, is using Hedera Guardian to bring greater transparency, automation, and trust to carbon markets. Through its Project Hub, Verra is digitizing 20+ carbon methodologies on the Hedera network, streamlining validation and verification to make climate action more efficient and accountable. This collaboration shows how open, trusted infrastructure like Hedera can scale credible climate solutions. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/enuCr36f