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03-06-2025
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21Shares Launches 21Shares Hedera ETP (HDRA) on Euronext
New ETP offers regulated exposure to one of the most scalable and sustainable distributed ledger technologies Zurich, 3 June 2025 – 21Shares AG ('21Shares'), one of the world's largest issuers of crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs), today announced the launch of the 21Shares Hedera ETP (Ticker: HDRA). The product is now listed on Euronext Amsterdam (USD) and Euronext Paris (EUR), offering investors simple, transparent, and regulated access to Hedera's enterprise-grade DLT (distributed ledger technology). Exchange Product Name Ticker ISIN Fee Euronext Paris and Euronext Amsterdam 21Shares Hedera ETP HDRA CH1456607683 2.50% The 21Shares Hedera ETP provides 100% physically backed exposure to HBAR, the native token of the Hedera network. It allows investors to gain institutional-grade access, directly through traditional bank or brokerage accounts, to one of the most energy-efficient and scalable distributed ledger technologies available today. 'With its unique architecture, strong governance model, and real-world adoption, Hedera stands out as one of the most advanced distributed ledger technologies on the market,' said Duncan Moir, President at 21Shares and Board Member at Hedera Hashgraph LLC. 'By launching the 21Shares Hedera ETP, we are enabling both institutional and retail investors to participate in the growing Hedera ecosystem through a fully regulated, transparent investment vehicle.' Hedera is an open-source distributed ledger designed for real-world innovation and enterprise use. It is governed by a global council of up to 39 renowned institutions, including Google, IBM, LG, Dell, EDF, and Deutsche Telekom, operating under legally binding, transparent terms. This governance model emphasises trust, resilience, and long-term stability – redefining decentralisation for scalable, mainstream adoption. 'As more institutions seek secure ways to access digital assets, 21Shares continues to lead the way by bridging traditional finance and crypto with clarity and confidence,' said Gregg Bell, Chief Business Officer at Hedera Foundation. 'This collaboration gives investors a straightforward way to access HBAR and brings them closer to a network trusted by leading institutions worldwide.' Unlike traditional blockchains, Hedera leverages its novel Hashgraph consensus mechanism that delivers industry-leading performance. It supports up to 500,000 transactions per second under testing conditions, offers predictable, fixed fees in USD, and consumes just 0.000003 kWh per transaction – making it 1,000 times more energy-efficient than a typical Visa transaction. For more information, visit to editors About 21Shares 21Shares is one of the world's leading cryptocurrency exchange traded product providers and offers the largest suite of crypto ETPs in the market. The company was founded to make cryptocurrency more accessible to investors, and to bridge the gap between traditional finance and decentralized finance. 21Shares listed the world's first physically-backed crypto ETP in 2018, building a seven-year track record of creating crypto exchange-traded funds that are listed on some of the biggest, most liquid securities exchanges globally. Backed by a specialized research team, proprietary technology, and deep capital markets expertise, 21Shares delivers innovative, simple and cost-efficient investment solutions. 21Shares is a member of a global leader in decentralized finance. For more information, please visit Media ContactMatteo About Hedera Foundation Hedera Foundation fuels the innovation and development of public-network applications on the Hedera network. By providing grants, technical assistance, and community support, we empower projects that leverage Hedera's fast, secure, and sustainable ledger to solve real-world problems. 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14-05-2025
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Hedera Launches AI Studio to Power Trusted Intelligent Systems at Scale
TORONTO, May 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Hedera announces the launch of AI Studio—an open-source, modular toolkit for building trusted, intelligent AI applications on the Hedera network. As AI enters a new era of autonomy, interoperability, and verifiability, AI Studio gives developers and enterprises a suite of tools to easily build powerful trusted applications. The modular, open-source toolkit enables task automation, AI-driven token creation, and auditable inter-agent communication using natural language or simple commands with no blockchain experience required. With low-code tools, enterprise-grade infrastructure, built-in compliance, and real-time auditability, AI Studio makes it easy to explore and deploy AI with transparency. "Data without trust is just noise," said Ty Smith, Senior Product Manager, Hashgraph. "Reliable AI begins with verifiable data. By grounding AI in events that are immutably time-stamped and fair-ordered on Hedera's Consensus and Token Services, builders and their users can have confidence that what the algorithm sees is authentic. AI Studio puts that trust at developers' fingertips, weaving transparency and accountability into every workflow. This is how Hedera becomes the trust layer of tomorrow's AI-driven digital economy." AI Studio leverages the full capabilities of Hedera's technology platform, including Hedera Consensus Service (HCS) for real-time, tamper-proof event logging and Hedera Token Service (HTS) for standardized value exchange, allowing developers to easily create compliant, automated, and auditable AI agents. Key components of AI Studio include: ElizaOS Plugin: A natural language interface for real-time network interaction and context-aware responses. Hedera Agent Kit: A LangChain-compatible SDK enabling agents to interact with Hedera using JavaScript or natural language. OpenConvAI (HCS-10): A new protocol for decentralized agent communication, enabling discoverability and tamper-proof messaging. MCP Server: A program that helps define how AI agents can interact with external tools and data sources. With fixed, low-cost transactions and a carbon-negative footprint, Hedera delivers the sustainability and predictability AI applications demand. Its unique architecture - governed by the decentralized global Hedera Council and powered by the asynchronous Byzantine Fault Tolerant (aBFT) hashgraph consensus algorithm - makes Hedera the leading infrastructure for secure AI systems. Built for trust, speed, and scale, it enables intelligent systems to operate with confidence and integrity. "Working with the Hashgraph team has been focused, thoughtful, and execution-oriented," said Shaw Walters, Founder, Eliza Labs. "Hedera's infrastructure, built for real-world utility, made it easy for us to deploy and champion the Eliza AI Agentic Framework. We're particularly excited about how this integration can help developers unlock new forms of agentic coordination across the broader on-chain world." By lowering technical barriers and enabling intuitive, open access to powerful AI-DLT integration tools, Hedera AI Studio invites a new generation of builders and businesses to shape the future, on infrastructure they can trust. To learn more, visit: About Hedera: Hedera is the trust layer of the digital economy, providing fast, secure, and efficient distributed ledger technology (DLT) powered by its unique hashgraph technology. With an open-source ecosystem, predictable, low-cost fees, and carbon-negative operations, it equips developers with the tools to build scalable applications with real-world impact. Governed by a diverse council of world-leading institutions, Hedera ensures transparent and fair decision-making. By driving innovation in DeFi, tokenization, AI, digital identity, and sustainable finance, it is shaping a more trusted, efficient, and inclusive digital future. For more information, visit or follow us on Twitter at @hedera. The Hedera whitepaper can be found at Media Contact:Laura CooleyHead of View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Hedera
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19-03-2025
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4 Potentially Undervalued Cryptocurrencies To Buy in 2025
Most people are familiar with famous cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ethereum or even dogecoin, but the crypto-verse has thousands of other options. With many coins available in the market, it is natural to get confused about which to invest in. Find Out: Trending Now: While there is always risk in investing in crypto — whether it's a single coin or splitting your investment into multiple digital currencies — you can reduce the risk and hopefully maximize profits by identifying undervalued options. The four cryptocurrencies below barely make it to the media, but they have long-term potential as good investments at their current prices. This might be the next crypto to explode, as it looks like AI-powered trading is here to stay. Though staking rewards and strong presale momentum, Dawgz AI provides a solid investment for the future as it's a rising star among meme coins. In 2025, Dawgz AI offers a chance to make a considerable profit while having a little fun. With artificial intelligence being combined with blockchain technology, Dawgz AI is well placed to be ahead of the pack. It operates 24/7 to optimize investment returns and seamlessly combines meme culture with the tangible results of investment benefits. There are also staking rewards, as ETH holders can earn a passive income stream through staking. For You: Chainlink was co-founded in 2014 by Sergey Nazarov and Steve Ellis, both of whom had previous experience with decentralized systems. The network is among the first to connect to off-platform sources to integrate data into smart contracts. Initially used to aggregate cryptocurrency price data for apps like Aave, the platform now provides data verification services for organizations that include AccuWeather, Federal Express and the Associated Press, according to CoinMarketCap. Despite precipitous drops in price and market capitalization since last spring, Chainlink is something of a moat in terms of its early entry into the smart contracts space and wide adoption since then. Chainlink is a dominant force in a growing market. In August 2018, the platform Hedera Hashgraph raised funds through an initial coin offering for Hedera, its token coin, and in September 2019, it opened wide access to its main net for the first time. Hashgraph is an alternative to blockchain that uses a technology called Directed Acyclic Graph. Rather than rely on mining to verify transactions, Hashgraph nodes communicate with each other to share data about the network's transaction history — comparing notes, if you will — to achieve consensus. Hashgraph claims to be able to process more than 10,000 transactions per second, compared to 5 to 20 by the most prominent proof-of-work blockchains. Transactions have transaction fees ranging from $0.0001 to $1, depending on the transaction type, and they are usually complete within five seconds. Thanks to Hashgraph's robust technology, it can outperform many blockchain-based alternatives in numerous crucial aspects, including speed, cost and scalability. This non-conventional technology makes Hedera unique from other undervalued cryptocurrencies. PancakeSwap is the most-used decentralized platform thus far on the platform. It's an automated market-making platform where users can exchange cryptocurrency and stake their tokens for a fee. To do that, users deposit funds into a liquidity pool and receive special tokens, called liquidity tokens, in return. Liquidity tokens can be used in several ways, including as liquidity deposits that earn cake, the native token on PancakeSwap. Cake holders can then use their cake tokens to earn more tokens or enter lotteries. PancakeSwap allows investors to invest in the future of the network and increase their returns, but it all comes with inevitable risks. Trade volumes can give you insight into how a cryptocurrency might perform. Increasing volume usually indicates a higher degree of liquidity, meaning there are plenty of buyers for the coin's owners wanting to sell. That trend often correlates with increasing prices. Conversely, falling volume might mean that buyer demand is low, which could leave sellers chasing buyers offering lower and lower prices — driving prices down in the process. Trading volume is only one factor analysts use to come up with crypto predictions. They also consider fundamental factors such as economic conditions, usefulness and viability of the coins, and the companies behind them, as well as sentiment among traders and others who influence markets. However, coins that declined in value simply because of economic conditions and negative sentiment — and not because of a lack of utility or fundamental weaknesses within their projects — could be seriously undervalued right now. The challenge is knowing the difference at a time when nearly all cryptocurrencies are trading for a fraction of what they were worth 14 months ago. How do you find undervalued cryptos? To determine whether a cryptocurrency might be undervalued, research the following factors: Look for the founders of the particular technology behind the crypto coin. Search for the market that deals in the specific cryptocurrency. Check out the companies partnering with the cryptocurrency. Finally, look out for the price pattern history of the crypto coin. The opportunities to invest in the crypto world are increasing day by day, and you can make the best of them by doing your homework and investing only as much as you can afford to lose. Caitlyn Moorhead contributed to the reporting for this article. More From GOBankingRates Walgreens and CVS Are Closing Nearly 1,000 Stores in 2025: 4 Alternatives If Your Local Store Closes Warren Buffett: 10 Things Poor People Waste Money On 10 Cars That Outlast the Average VehicleThis article originally appeared on 4 Potentially Undervalued Cryptocurrencies To Buy in 2025 Sign in to access your portfolio
