At the World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos, Hedera appeared on the world stage as a distributed ledger focused on real-world adoption via a new set of products and integrations.
With Ripple, Coinbase, and Circle having a strong presence, Hedera managed to stay in the limelight with the release of EcoGuard and AI use cases.
Discussions around restoring trust in institutions and emerging technologies happened throughout the week as Hedera engaged with policymakers, enterprise leaders, and innovators across multiple panels and roundtables.
Tokenization was one of the defining themes at Davos, and Hedera highlighted how the network is expanding beyond stablecoins into equities and real-world assets.
Conversations at WEF emphasized fractionalization and 24/7 markets as Nasdaq aims to switch to a round-the-clock routine. Faster settlements were also key drivers.
As a sponsor of USA House, Hedera took part in discussions on how tokenization can lower barriers to traditional financial markets, while also stressing the importance of US market structure legislation to maintain competitiveness against Asia and Europe.
The Hashgraph Group also launched EcoGuard, a carbon credit workflow platform built on the Hedera network that integrates digital trust across the entire lifecycle of a carbon asset.
Designed to automate the creation, verification, and retirement of carbon credits, EcoGuard has been compared to DOVU, a DeFi platform on Hedera that is tokenizing carbon credits for verifiability and trust, aiming to combat fraudulent sales.
AI and Hedera integrations were also another focus, as Hedera has been utilized by EQTY Lab as a trust layer for AI, enabling verifiable model training and automated enforcements for AI.
With new acknowledgments from Accenture and Nvidia, Hedera could play a growing role in AI-driven systems in 2026, where transparency and security are critical, especially as autonomous agents and AI-powered payments begin to emerge.
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Mance Harmon of Hedera at Davos 2026: "We have a council of global enterprises. These are organizations of the caliber of Dell and IBM, Deutsche Telekom and Google; they set the policy and provide oversight.""Hedera will provide the services needed for the new economy." $HBAR pic.twitter.com/CG8RFm2PGl
Hedera leadership featured prominently throughout the week, with Hedera Hashgraph co-founder Mance Harmon discussing Hedera’s differentiators with CNBC while Hashgraph CEO Eric Piscini joined Nasdaq and the Institute of International Finance to talk on the future of financial infrastructure.
At Davos 2026, Hedera was more so viewed as institutional-grade infrastructure instead of a speculative piece of technology.
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