Hedera's HBAR token has rallied 49% over seven days, hitting $0.2452 with a $10B market cap, fueled by major institutional adoption and technical momentum. Lloyds Bank and Aberdeen Investments settled tokenized money market funds and UK gilts using Hedera's compliant infrastructure, marking significant real-world asset (RWA) adoption within UK regulations.
Concurrently, Hedera announced AI-focused collaborations including Verifiable Compute – a sovereign AI solution with NVIDIA, Accenture, and EQTY Lab – leveraging Hedera Consensus Service to ensure transparent AI decision-making for defense, health, and public sectors. This aligns with EU AI Act requirements. The network also launched Hedera AI Studio and partnered with DFINITY for on-chain AI development.
Technically, HBAR broke out of a falling wedge pattern with $5.11M in net inflows (largest single-day volume in six months), signaling bullish momentum. Analysts like STEPH IS CRYPTO project a $0.70 short-term target, citing 90% odds of a spot HBAR ETF approval in 2025. Hedera's enterprise-grade hashgraph technology delivers 10,000+ TPS at $0.0001-$0.01 fees, supported by Governing Council members Google, IBM, and Boeing.