Welcome to the Hedera Overview, providing a suite of updates for Hedera enthusiasts, users, developers and curious-minded web3 users about all that’s happening in the ecosystem.
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The Ecosystem Insights
HBAR token price: $0.12 (+7.14%)
Market cap: $5.14B (+7.88%)
Total value locked (TVL): $66.42M (+1.64%)
Transactions per second: 7.31 tx/s (-21.65%)
The percentages and metrics are calculated from its change over a 14-day time frame, unless noted otherwise.
Hedera Highlights
Diving deeper into some of the biggest updates from Hedera.
#️⃣ What’s happening: USDC stablecoin market cap on Hedera reached $107.6 million by the end of 2025, up 181% from $38.3 million at the beginning of the year, driven by broader market trends and growing adoption of stablecoins for payments, settlements, trading and app activity.
#️⃣ Why it matters: Unlike cryptocurrencies, stablecoins are trusted more and therefore are used for real-world use cases and transactional liquidity, so growth in stablecoin market value can be tied to how it is increasingly being used broadly.
Stablecoins represent one of the most utilized blockchain asset categories, and by the end of December, total stablecoin market cap had increased by roughly 50% to $307.9 billion compared to the beginning of 2025. Growth in stablecoin supply across networks highlights their role as a settlement and liquidity layer within the broader digital asset ecosystem.
#️⃣ The bigger picture: As 2026 begins, Hedera is positioning tokenization and stablecoin-enabled settlement as complementary pillars of its onchain financial infrastructure.
While tokenization and stablecoins serve distinct functions, they often interact within the same workflows, since tokenized assets require stable, liquid settlement instruments to support issuance and transfers.
Unpacking the hash
The Hedera Developer Playground has added additional portal testnet accounts, batch transactions, an AI assistant, and terminal output management
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality partnered with Water Ledger to launch a digital compensatory mitigation and nutrient credit marketplace on Hedera
Hedera DEX volume rose 136% to $5.9B through the year, from $2.5B
USDC issued on Hedera hit $107M, up 43.7% compared to last month
Ecosystem players
Hedera Foundation’s Director of Ecosystem Growth Ashe Oro and ecosystem projects Hederion, Hashport, Agent Hustle discussed AI developments on the network
Neuron, a communication layer for distributed operations in DDIL environments on Hedera, was chosen for the NATO DIANA 2026 Challenge Programme
Hgraph introduced an AI data agent designed to analyze token and wallet activity on specific dates
Canary Capital’s HBAR ETF ended 2025 with net inflow of $83.7M
Get involved with the community
Find the latest job postings at Hedera ecosystem projects
Register for HederaCon, scheduled for May 4, 2026 in Miami, Florida
Until next time!
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