Hedera-based identity infrastructure and tokenized bank payments moved further into enterprise computing this week as The Hashgraph Group’s IDTrust platform became available through the IBM Cloud Catalog and IBM separately detailed a bridge between legacy bank messaging and Swift’s shared ledger.
On Sept. 23, THG announced that IDTrust, a self-sovereign identity platform built on Hedera, had been validated and listed as a software-as-a-service offering in IBM’s marketplace. IBM’s Partner Plus directory lists The Hashgraph Group as a Silver Partner, independent software vendor and managed service provider. The companies also signed a global Embedded Solution Agreement covering IBM cloud and AI technology.
IDTrust issues decentralized identifiers and verifiable credentials for humans, devices and autonomous AI agents. THG said each actor can receive a unique did:hedera identifier registered through the Hedera Consensus Service, while credentials are cryptographically signed and recorded through an auditable identity process. The platform uses W3C Verifiable Credentials and decentralized identifier standards. THG said AI-agent identities are non-transferable and can be approved by humans, with revocation registries anchored on Hedera.
The listing includes integration with IBM’s watsonx Orchestrate through MCP servers, potentially allowing agents to obtain identity credentials and leave an auditable trail for authorized activity. THG framed IDTrust as among the first commercial Hedera-based enterprise applications available directly through a major cloud marketplace, though the catalog itself confirms the third-party blockchain listing rather than independently ranking it.
The announcement lands as enterprise interest in agent identity grows. Gartner projects task-specific AI agents could appear in 40% of enterprise applications by the end of 2026, up from less than 5% in 2025. Gartner also predicted that 40% of enterprises will demote or decommission autonomous AI agents by 2027 because of governance gaps. Other companies, including Akamai, Visa and Experian, are developing separate Know Your Agent or agent identity frameworks.
In a parallel enterprise blockchain development, IBM said it is adding a beta ISO 20022 Messaging Adapter to its Digital Asset Haven platform, allowing financial institutions to use standard payment messages to instruct tokenized deposit transactions on Swift’s shared ledger. IBM said 17 banks across six continents are preparing to pilot live tokenized deposit transactions. Swift reports its network already connects 12,500 financial institutions across more than 200 markets.
Swift’s ledger is designed as an orchestration layer for bank-issued tokenized deposits held on participating banks’ own ledgers. Funds can move outside conventional banking hours, including overnight and on weekends, before final settlement is completed through existing systems. That distinction matters: the model is not 24/7 final settlement, but an always-on coordination layer that preserves banks’ existing compliance, credit, risk and control processes.
IBM is also expanding Digital Asset Haven into an on-premises beta for IBM Z or LinuxONE, offering wallet management, transaction orchestration, hardware-backed key protection and offline signing. That targets institutions that want blockchain connectivity while keeping sensitive operations inside their own data centers.
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig reinforced the regulatory direction at the U.S. Treasury Market Conference on Sept. 22, saying markets should prepare for ‘mass tokenization,’ onchain finance and 24/7 operation. He argued tokenized assets could eventually support near-instant settlement and real-time movement of collateral, while noting that regulatory frameworks still need to account for individual market characteristics.
For Hedera, the IBM catalog listing adds another enterprise channel alongside THG’s broader Hashgraph for Enterprise suite, which includes IDTrust, TransAct, BrandBoost, traceability and environmental-market tools. IBM has been part of the Hedera Governing Council since August 2019. The combination of an enterprise identity product on a major cloud marketplace and Swift-linked tokenized deposit infrastructure signals that institutional blockchain adoption is shifting from proofs-of-concept toward integration with existing cloud, banking and payments systems.
