The Senate Banking Committee has advanced the CLARITY Act, an important step toward clearer digital asset regulation. cnbc.com/2026/05/14/clarity-…

A few days since HederaCon 2026 in Miami 🌴 Behind every session and every conversation about the future of finance and blockchain was the team making it all happen. Huge credit to the teams across Hedera and @hashgraph who brought the event to life and helped create a space for leaders across the industry to come together.

Thanks for organizing this lovely event. Hatsoff to the marketing team for organizing a very elegant conference, the location, the food, the audience and speakers who attended were just real world class. This years conference was just real classy.

Thanks!!

Yes, Dropp is built on Hedera, the case study does note: Dropp is an instant pay-by-bank platform for small payments, enabling merchant payments in USD and stablecoins at a fraction of traditional costs, powered by modern banking rails like RTP® and Hedera DLT

🚨 The gap between traditional banking and Web3 is officially closed. ​@droppcc is actively bringing @Hedera to physical checkout counters and native U.S. banking apps. ​💳 Physical retail & gas station POS integrations 🏦 Routing directly via FedNow & RTP 💵 Instant fiat & USDC settlement (bypassing 3% swipe fees!) 🔗 Every single payment utilizes Hedera HCS/HTS. ​Real-world utility = massive transaction volume. The financial plumbing of tomorrow is running on Hashgraph today. 🔥 ​$HBAR #Hedera #FedNow #Web3 #CryptoNews

🏛️ HederaCon 2026 Full Session Lineup🧵 HederaCon 2026 features 23 sessions covering the full spectrum of digital finance, including policy, finance, DeFi, payments, AI, and enterprise adoption. 1. Policy at a Pivot — Regulatory Direction for the Tokenized Economy Peter Freeman (FS Vector), Summer Mersinger (@BlockchainAssn ), Nilmini Rubin (hedera), Jessica Renier (@IIF ), Isabelle Corbett Sterling (@BakerHostetler ) 2. Proven Finance to Sustainable Impact — Sustainable Finance Wes Geisenberger (hashgraph ), Raphael De Ry (Straatos), Bruce Keith (Regia Capital), Frank Mwiti (@NSE_PLC ) 3. The Connective Tissue of Digital Finance — Financial Infrastructure Connectivity Neil Chopra (@FireblocksHQ ), Ambre Soubiran (Kaiko), Fernando Vázquez (@chainlink ) 4. Keynote: Invisible Ubiquity — Expansion of Digital Infrastructure Mance Harmon, Eric Piscini (Hashgraph) 5. Founder Fireside — Network of Networks Leemon Baird, Mance Harmon, Eric Piscini (Hashgraph) 6. Hedera Roadmap — Interoperability Strategy Richard Bair (Hashgraph) 7. Enterprise Blockchain — Enterprise Adoption Paul Rapino (Hashgraph), Dale Chrystie (@FedEx ), Nate Parker (@krakenfx ), Seth Wilks (@Deloitte ), Sandra Ro (GBBC ) 8. In App to On Chain — Brand Web3 Integration Ryan Solomon (@Genfinity ), Sachin Narode (@xenitravel ), Bobby Tinsley (SKUx), Xiang Xu (@MDLZ ) 9. Securing Trust — Security Infrastructure Joe Blanchard (Hashgraph), Marc Baumann (@dfnsHQ ), Rob Behnke (Halborn), Justine Bone (Crypto ISAC ) 10. ETF Effect — Post-ETF Market Dynamics Nick Carmi (@FigureMarkets ), Doug Jordan (@YieldFX ), Duncan Moir (@21shares ), Steven McClurg (@CanaryFunds), Bob Rutherford (Clear Street) 11. Cross-border Payments — Global Payments Josh Lipsky (@AtlanticCouncil ), Rob Allen (Hashgraph), Carmelle Cadet (Emtech), Sushil Prabhu (@droppcc ) 12. DeFi Grows Up — Maturing DeFi Brandon Hargreaves (@SaucerSwapLabs ), Manu Cabrera (@KabilaES ), Brady Gentile (@bonzo_finance ), Tudor Holotescu (@BuilderLabs ), Vicky Pisetskaya (@SentoraHQ ) 13. Interoperability — Readiness for Interconnected Systems Kurt Bierbower (Hashgraph), Simon Baksys (@LayerZero_Core ), Natasha Benson (@OwneraIO ), David Vatchev (Fasanara) 14. Tokenization Era — Tokenized Finance Gregg Bell (Hashgraph), Graham Rodford (@ArchaxEx ), Allan Trimmer (@Aberdeen_plc ), Denis O’Connell (ERC-3643 Org ), Edward Nwokedi (@RedSwanDigital ) 15. Stablecoins — Financial Rails Frank Wang ( @BitGo ), Bo Hines (tether @usat ), Faryar Shirzad (@coinbase ), Mark Daly (@zerohashx ), Stephanie Chan (@wyostable ) 16. Governance — Hedera Council Tom Sylvester (Hedera Council), Rebecca Hofmann (@Blockchain4NRG ), Kristi Swartz (DLA_Piper) 17. Policy Debate — Digital Asset Policy Nilmini Rubin (Hedera), Cody Carbone (DigitalChamber ), Ji Hun Kim (crypto_council ), Seth Hertlein (@Ledger ), Harry Jung (WhiteHouse ) 18. Agentic Payments — AI-driven Payments Rob Allen (Hashgraph), Deborah Barta (Innovative Edge), Katie Evans (@SwarmMarkets ), David Palmer (@VodafoneQatar ) 19. Hybrid Networks — Public Private Infrastructure Anish Shivdasani (@RolandBerger ), Tim Johnson (AP ), Patrick Schmid (RiskStream), Andrew Stakiwicz (Hashgraph) 20. Global Rails — Payments & Settlement Infrastructure Tony McLaughlin (@ubyx_ ), Rajeev Bamra (Moody’s), Nadine Chakar (@The_DTCC ), Jorgen Ouaknine (@EuroclearGroup ), Ryan Rugg (@Citi ) 21. Open by Design — Hiero Shyam Nagarajan (Hashgraph), Richard Bair (Hashgraph), Daniela Barbosa (@linuxfoundation ), May Chan (@hashpack ) 22. Trust at Scale — Verifiable AI & Data Infrastructure Michael Casey (Advanced AI Society), Jonathan Dotan (@EQTYLab), David Frattura (@DellTech ), Bryan Rich (@Accenture ), Rich Widmann (@Google ) 23. Policy Meets Innovation — Policy & Innovation Intersection Harrison Fields (CGCN), Patrick Witt (@WhiteHouse)

This is an awesome interview. So much to look forward to on the Hedera network!

Payments are becoming interesting again. Real-time bank rails stablecoins are moving into everyday commerce, and Dropp is helping make those rails usable. Dropp’s patented signed invoice and payment messaging is well aligned with machine agentic transactions.

I sat down with @SushilDropp, CEO at @droppcc to break down how they’re bringing real-world payment infrastructure on Hedera that's ready for scale. 💧This is where utility shows up. 🎧 Full interview ⬇️

Just build on a layer-1 with quantum-secure cryptography: Hedera Hashgraph $HBAR Watch the founders @ManceHarmon and @leemonbaird talk on this subject ⬇️ youtu.be/S8Cnn8Hhwkc?si=CSpk…

Dropp will be at Smarter Faster Payments 2026 in San Diego, April 26–29, at Booth 318. See Pay by Bank via The Clearing House RTP® network and Pay by Stablecoin (USDC) in action for c-stores and digital commerce. invt.io/1lxb0oey5kb #smarter faster payments #hedera #USDC

I don't think people understand that one of the biggest real-world use cases for Crypto it is happening - right now. FedEx, just sat down with Mance Harmon of $HBAR and explained why they chose Hedera to track millions of packages a day, to 220 countries. Dale Christie, Blockchain Strategist at FedEx said in 2018, FedEx tried building its own blockchain... But it wouldn’t scale so they chose Hedera. Why? Every package generates hundreds - sometimes thousands - of data points, and Hedera enables the key facts to move through customs at the speed of data, not paper. “When you are a trusted shipper and I am a trusted receiver… that data can move through customs at the speed of data and keep it moving.” One of the largest logistics companies in the world just publicly said Hedera is the foundation they’re building on. Hedera is the most undervalued token imo. and this is one of the biggest use cases Crypto's ever seen.

🚨 New Hedera Council member: @FedEx FEDEX join the Council to help advance trusted digital infrastructure for the future of global supply chains, and reduce friction in cross-border commerce by enabling secure, shared data verification across organizations and jurisdictions.

Dropp is exhibiting at Payments MAGnified 26 in San Diego (Feb 17–19), hosted by the Merchant Advisory Group. Pay-by-Bank & USDC: a low-cost alternative to cards with instant settlement. Visit us at Booth 507 to see live demos: • In-store POS flows for convenience & fuel • E-commerce checkout for everyday purchases. #mag2026 #hedera #RTP #stablecoin