Hitachi America, Ltd., a subsidiary of the Japanese multinational conglomerate Hitachi, Ltd., is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company serves as a key component of Hitachi's global operations, driving innovation and business development across the Americas.

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Hitachi America and its subsidiaries offer a vast and diverse portfolio of products and services organized under three core business structures: "Digital Systems & Services," "Green Energy and Mobility," and "Connective Industries." This includes enterprise-grade data storage and management solutions, cloud applications, and AI-driven platforms. 

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Hitachi America joined the Hedera Governing Council in 2024. As a council member, Hitachi lends its extensive industrial and technological expertise to the governance of the DLT. The company has explicitly stated its intent to create proof-of-concept solutions on Hedera, focusing initially on end-to-end supply chain management and sustainability initiatives. By leveraging Hedera's secure, scalable, and energy-efficient network, Hitachi aims to enhance transparency and accountability in complex industrial workflows, from manufacturing and logistics to clean energy and IT/OT systems.

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Dragon Glass is a real-time data streaming and analytics platform specifically designed for the Hedera network. It provides developers, businesses, and users with live, granular access to the vast amounts of data generated on the Hedera public ledger. This includes comprehensive details about transactions, Hedera Consensus Service (HCS) messages, Hedera Token Service (HTS) token transfers, and interactions with Hedera Smart Contracts.

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Key features of Dragon Glass include robust real-time data feeds, which are delivered via APIs using protocols such as WebSockets or gRPC, enabling responsive application development. It also offers capabilities for querying historical ledger data, allowing for in-depth analysis and reporting. Users can filter data streams or subscribe to specific events, accounts, or topics relevant to their needs.

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Dragon Glass supports a numerous use cases ranging from powering dApp front-ends and analytics dashboards to enabling exchanges and wallet providers with up-to-the-second information. It empowers the Hedera ecosystem by making its on-ledger data more accessible, actionable, and easier to integrate into diverse applications.

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Deloitte, a global leader in professional services, provides a wide range of audit, consulting, tax, and advisory services. Leveraging its deep industry expertise, the firm developed the Environmental and Social Impact (ESI) Platform. This platform is a sophisticated digital measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) solution that enables corporations to measure, track, and report on their ESG initiatives. Its primary function is to transform sustainability efforts into evidence-based, auditable claims, directly addressing the challenge of greenwashing by providing a clear and credible record of a company's environmental and social impact.

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The ESI Platform's foundation is a strategic partnership with The Hashgraph Association. The platform is built on the Hedera public distributed ledger, utilizing its technology to not only record ESG data but also to tokenise these verified impacts. Using the open-source Hedera Guardian toolset, the ESI platform creates a transparent and immutable audit trail, allowing for the creation of quantifiable, transferable digital assets that represent real-world sustainability outcomes.

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KuCoin is a major global cryptocurrency exchange established in 2017 and based in Seychelles. In keeping with its nickname "The People's Exchange," it serves over 40 million users across more than 200 countries and offers users interactivity with over 900 digital assets and a huge selection of trading pairs.

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KuCoin provides a comprehensive suite of trading services, including spot, margin, and futures trading with leverage options. Beyond active trading, the platform features “KuCoin Earn,” which allows users to generate passive income through staking and lending. It also supports an active IEO (Initial Exchange Offering) platform called KuCoin Spotlight, giving users access to new token launches.

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The exchange is known for its user-friendly interface featuring integrated tools such as advanced artificial intelligence-powered trading bots for automated strategies and pre-market trading for early access to tokens. 

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KuCoin's native token, KCS (KuCoin Token), plays a central role in its ecosystem, offering benefits such as trading fee discounts, daily bonuses, and participation rights in exclusive platform events. The platform also facilitates fiat-to-crypto transactions through P2P markets and third-party payment providers, supporting a wide array of fiat currencies. It also offers an integrated Web3 wallet and loyalty program.

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