Standard Bank Group, located in South Africa, is Africa's largest bank by assets and among the longest operating financial institutions on the continent having been founded more than 150 years ago. The Group offers a comprehensive suite of financial products and services via the Hedera blockchain including a wide array of payment processing solutions for both individuals and businesses.
The firm’s primary functions include facilitating transactional banking, lending, asset finance, merchant solutions, trade finance, and international payment services for its business and enterprise clients. Standard Bank also provides insurance and asset management services.
As a member of the Hedera Governing Council, Standard Bank provides enterprise-grade, secure transactions and digitized cross-border trade processes on the immutable Hedera distributed blockchain ledger.
Standard Bank is one of the leading Hedera-based service providers utilizing Hedera's Token Service (HTS) and Consensus Service (HCS). The primary focus of this collaboration is to improve transaction efficiency and reduce costs associated with international cross-border payments.
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Headstarter is a decentralized fundraising platform and launchpad built exclusively for the Hedera network. Its primary purpose is to accelerate the growth of the Hedera ecosystem by providing a secure and streamlined environment for new projects to raise capital and build an initial community.
The platform operates on a tier-based system centered around its native token, $HST. To gain access to token sales, prospective investors are required to stake a certain amount of $HST, which places them into different tiers. These tiers determine the size of the allocation a user is guaranteed in an upcoming IDO, with higher amounts of staked tokens granting access to larger investment opportunities. This model creates utility and sustained demand for the $HST token while ensuring a fair and organized capital-raising process.
For projects, Headstarter provides an end-to-end solution for launching a token, handling the technical complexities of the sale and providing access to an engaged community from day one. For investors, it offers a vetted and secure venue to discover and support promising, early-stage Hedera-native projects.
HashPack is a leading non-custodial wallet specifically designed for the Hedera Hashgraph network. It provides integrated interaction with the HBAR and Hedera Token Service (HTS) tokens, as well as with non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and decentralized applications (DApps) within the Hedera ecosystem.
It is available as a browser extension (with support for Chrome), a desktop application supporting Windows/Mac, and mobile apps for iOS and Android. HashPack offers a suite of features tailored for Hedera users including native HBAR staking, an in-wallet NFT gallery, multi-account support, and address books. Security is a key focus of the HashPack wallet, with users retaining full control of their private keys which remain encrypted on their devices. It also supports integration with hardware wallets such as Ledger and D'CENT for added security and offers biometric security features on its mobile apps.
HashPack facilitates interaction within the Hedera ecosystem through its DApp browser, connecting users to DeFi protocols, NFT marketplaces, and other decentralized applications and supports in-wallet swaps via integrations with decentralized exchanges on Hedera, such as SaucerSwap.
The IBM Blockchain Platform was a short-term funding and technology project involving the Hedera blockchain network. While this specific project has evolved into an ongoing enterprise blockchain strategy, IBM remains intrinsically involved with the Hedera network as a member of the Hedera Governing Council.
This position provides IBM with a direct voice and vote in the governance of the Hedera public network, influencing its technical roadmap, policies, and overall strategic direction. As a council member, IBM also contributes to the network's operational integrity by running a consensus node.
This engagement with Hedera allows IBM to participate, offer insights and contribute to advancements which align with its broader interests in advancing enterprise-grade distributed ledger solutions (DLT). This involvement complements IBM's extensive work with permissioned blockchains and strengthens the partnership between Hedera and the broader technology industry while providing a holistic perspective on the evolving blockchain landscape for IBM’s global enterprise clients.
Archax provides institutional-grade tokenization services and a professional marketplace for digital securities and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). It was the first firm of its kind to receive authorization under the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), an independent regulatory body overseeing fair, safe financial activities.
As an FCA-regulated digital securities exchange, broker, and custodian, Archax enables the conversion of traditional assets such as cash, equities, bonds, commodities, money market funds, and debt into tradable digital tokens. It services include assets from major institutions such as State Street, Fidelity International, BlackRock, and LGIM.
Archax's regulated framework provides a compliant environment for issuing, trading, and securing these tokenized assets on the Hedera blockchain. It operates a multilateral trading facility (MTF) for fully liquid tokens and a “bulletin board” for assets in earlier stages of liquidity. Through its numerous offerings, Archax serves as a bridge enabling institutional access and transactions in a secure, regulated, and transparent digital format.