Quarterly Events Highlights | Q3 2025 (July — September)

Quarterly Events Highlights | Q3 2025 (July — September)

By Thinzar Nay Lin

Throughout Q3 2025, Hedera engaged in more than 24 events across 18 cities across the globe. From conferences and side events to meetups and hackathons, Hedera’s activities showcased advancements in tokenization, payments, AI, and sustainability driving the digital economy forward.

Event Spotlights

WeAreDevelopers World Congress: Berlin, Germany, July 9–11, 2025

At WeAreDevelopers, Hedera returned with a booth in the main exhibition hall, featuring the Hedera Developer Playground and Hedera Contract Builder, interactive tools connected to the Hedera testnet that gave developers a hands-on way to explore Web3. The focus centred on supporting Web2 developers transitioning into blockchain, and Web3 builders already using Hedera Native resources and EVM tooling, while attendees engaged with a speed-typing game powered by the Hedera Consensus Service (HCS).

On stage, Hedera delivered two technical presentations:

• “Demystifying Crypto & Web3: A Technical Journey Through 15 Years of Innovation” by Ed Marquez, Head of Developer Relations.
• “Pragmatic Blockchain Design Patterns: Integrating Blockchain into Business Processes” by Michiel Mulders, Developer Relations.

A workshop titled “Build with Blockchain & AI Agents,” led by Jake Hall and Ed Marquez, was held to guide developers through using the Hedera Portal to explore core concepts and build an AI agent that interacts with the SaucerSwap DEX.

Vietnam Blockchain week: Ha Noi, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, August 1–9, 2025

Hedera maintained a strong presence across Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City during GM Vietnam, SURF, and ETHVietnam through side-event sponsorships, roundtable discussion and main stage speaking engagements. Sessions explored the role of digital assets in the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) sector, and examined key themes such as identity, privacy, and the programmability of money, with a particular focus on how zero-knowledge proofs can advance stablecoin adoption.

“GM Vietnam in Hanoi, SURF in Da Nang, and ETH Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City showcased the Vietnamese government’s strong commitment to advancing Web3 and AI adoption through tokenization initiatives and pre-production sandboxes. During these pivotal industry gatherings, representatives from the Hedera Foundation actively contributed to public-private sector discussions and high-level closed-door roundtables, highlighting how Hedera’s distinctive technology and deep APAC experience are helping shape Vietnam’s evolving retail and institutional digital ecosystem.” — Jeffrey Tchui, VP | Head of APAC Ecosystem at Hedera Foundation

WebX: Tokyo, Japan, August 25–26, 2025

At WebX in Tokyo, Hedera co-hosted a side event with Animoca Brands Japan, where John Kikko, Director of Financial Markets at Hedera Foundation, delivered a keynote on the evolving digital assets landscape. His presentation showcased real-world use cases built on Hedera and shared key insights into the network’s expanding ecosystem.

CoinDesk: Policy & Regulation, Washington, D.C., September 10, 2025

Hedera sponsored CoinDesk’s Policy & Regulation event, a boutique forum that brings together policymakers, regulators, and senior financial and legal leaders from both the public and private sectors to advance crypto standards, regulatory reform, and digital asset infrastructure. Nilmini Rubin, Chief Policy Officer at Hedera, joined the roundtable “Real-World Asset Tokenization and Regulatory Adaptation”, which examined the growing role of tokenized assets, early adoption in areas such as Treasuries and real estate, and the need for resilient regulatory frameworks to enable responsible innovation.

Bangkok Digital Finance Conference: Bangkok, Thailand, September 16–17, 2025

At the Bangkok Digital Finance Conference, Dr. Sabrina Tachdjian, VP of Financial Markets APAC at Hedera Foundation, participated in the roundtable on “Outsmarting Criminals in the Age of Digital Finance”. She highlighted the increasing sophistication of cyberattacks targeting wallets, exchanges, and smart contracts. The discussion underscored how Hedera’s leaderless, permissioned, and asynchronous Byzantine fault tolerant design provides strong fraud resistance at the foundational layer, and emphasized the importance of embedding security and compliance from the outset e to build trust and resilience in the digital financial ecosystem.

The AI Conference: San Francisco, CA, September 17–18, 2025

Hedera participated in The AI Conference in San Francisco as the only Layer 1 network represented, attracting significant interest from attendees. The team engaged with a new audience, demonstrating how AI and decentralized technologies intersect to transform how digital platforms are , governed, and scaled.

At the conference, Ty Smith, Senior Product Manager at Hashgraph, presented “AI and Web3: The Next Frontier.” His session examined how generative AI agents are evolving to transact, collaborate, and make real-time, high-stakes decisions, contingent on the ability to verify their data, actions, and costs. He highlighted how Hedera’s cryptographic attestation, fair-ordered consensus, and native micropayments enable AI agents to prove computation, exchange verifiable data streams, and settle value seamlessly, overcoming the limitations of traditional blockchains.

“The AI Conference was an amazing event. I learned an immense amount about the AI Industry, its trajectory, and how builders are focusing on solving problems. The Hedera booth did very well, and it taught me there’s a high need for networks like Hedera to evangelize the solutions of data authenticity / verifiability directly to the AI Industry as a whole.” — Ty Smith, Senior Product Manager at Hashgraph

Korea Blockchain Week: Seoul, Korea, September 23–24, 2025

During Korea Blockchain Week, Hedera sponsored Sideblock On The Hill, organized by Presto Labs, where Jeffrey Tchui, Vice President and Head of APAC Ecosystem at Hedera Foundation, participated in the panel “How Far Along Are We in Institutional Adoption.” He discussed real integrations by major players, the resurgence of corporate chains, and the impact of supportive government policies in certain regions, while acknowledging the challenges that remain.

Sabrina Tachdjian, VP of Financial Markets APAC at Hedera Foundation, also joined the STO Summit, speaking on the panel “Infrastructure Innovation: A New Transaction Enabling Blockchain Technology.” The session explored how infrastructure advancements are driving greater efficiency, security, and scalability for tokenized assets and financial products.

Sibos: Frankfurt, Germany, September 29 — October 2, 2025

Hedera participated in Sibos 2025, the annual global financial services conference organized by SWIFT, gathering over 12,000 business leaders and industry experts from across the financial ecosystem. At the Hedera booth, visitors were able to discover the Hedera network and how it is powering innovations across digital assets, tokenization, AI, payments and sustainable finance, serving as a hub for meetings and ecosystem engagement throughout the week.

Rob Allen, Director of HEAT at Hashgraph, joined the Day 1 panel “Interoperating Digital Currencies: Solving for the Diversity of Money” alongside representatives from SWIFT, Deutsche Bundesbank, Citi, and Ubyx Inc., to discuss alignment and interoperability across digital currency systems.Gregg Bell, Chief Business Officer at Hedera Foundation, was featured live on Sibos TV in a segment titled “Fairness, Accessibility, and the Promise of Democratised Finance,” where he shared insights on how inclusivity and equitable access should be core principles in financial infrastructure. Hedera was also joined at Sibos by industry leaders Daniela Barbosa, Executive Director of the Linux Foundation’s Decentralized Trust, and Sandra Ro, CEO of the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), reflecting the strong collaboration and shared commitment to advancing innovation across the digital finance ecosystem.

Hedera also hosted the “H BAR + LABUBU Reception” on October 1, featuring exclusive giveaways and light refreshments. The Labubu giveaway became one of the most popular at Sibos, drawing 200+ attendees and sparking vibrant conversations among partners, clients, and industry leaders. The reception served as a lively networking hub, celebrating a successful week of engagement and collaboration at Sibos.

“This year’s Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt underscored the financial services industry’s push into innovation, with hundreds of sessions exploring AI, interoperability, payments and DLT under its “next frontiers of global finance” theme. Stablecoins, CBDCs, tokenised deposits and digital assets were ever-present, with debates centering on how to integrate them all under regulatory guardrails. Hedera participated actively, with dozens of meetings, and a booth that was constantly busy, positioning itself as the DLT infrastructure partner for regulated industries.” — Rob Allen, Director of HEAT at Hashgraph

TOKEN2049: Singapore, September 30 — October 2, 2025

Hedera sponsored five side events and participated in multiple speaking engagements during TOKEN2049 Singapore week, with a strong focus on tokenization and real-world solutions.

Hedera served as one of the main sponsors of the Digital Assets Summit, hosted by the Digital Assets Association Singapore. Sabrina Tachdjian, VP of Financial Markets APAC at Hedera Foundation, participated in the the panel “Tokenization in Action: Case Studies on Successful RWA Implementations,” and Nadine Loepfe, Developer Advocate at Hashgraph, delivered a keynote session “From Theory to Practice: Real-World Success.”

We also co-hosted an Executive Brunch with Chainlink and Utila, bringing together leaders and industry players for strategic discussions. In addition, Hedera sponsored RWA Singapore: Tokenizing Finance #2, organized by NFT Paris, where Alice Kim, Director of Fintech and Payments at Hedera Foundation, joined the panel “Stablecoins and Yield-Bearing Assets as the Foundation for Tokenized Finance.” With a broad presence throughout the week, Hedera engaged extensively with industry peers and shared key updates on ecosystem growth.

Speaking Engagements

• RAISE Summit: Paris, France
  Eric Piscini, CEO of Hashgraph, joined Jonathan Dotan, Founder and CEO of EQTY Lab, for a fireside chat on establishing trust in artificial intelligence and the importance of transparency and accountability as these systems scale. The event also featured EQTY Lab’s announcement of its Verifiable Compute platform on NVIDIA Blackwell architecture.
• EDCON: Osaka, Japan
  Jeffrey Tchui, Vice President and Head of APAC Ecosystem at Hedera Foundation, delivered a keynote on Hedera Ecosystem Accelerators, highlighting how the Foundation supports builders and projects with funding, technical resources, and community programs to drive adoption across tokenization, DeFi, AI, and sustainability.
• ConVerge-2-Xcelerat: Cambridge, MA
  At ConVerge-2-Xcelerate, Eric Piscini, CEO of Hashgraph, participated in the panel “Enterprise Leadership Roundtable: Blockchain & AI Infrastructure and Decentralized Strategy, Policy & Leadership”, which explored how blockchain, AI, and decentralized technologies are transforming healthcare through real-time data exchange, enhanced digital trust, and cross-sector collaboration. He also joined a fireside chat with Jim Nasr, CEO of Acoer, titled “Blockchain and AI: Where’s the Fit for Healthcare?”. The discussion examined how decentralized infrastructure and DeSci can secure data, support research, and strengthen governance across the healthcare ecosystem.

Hackathons

ETHGlobal Cannes

At ETHGlobal Cannes, 12 teams submitted projects to the Hedera track, ranging from low-level EVM solutions to low-code and no-code applications built with n8n. Jake Hall, Developer Relations Engineer at Hashgraph, hosted “The Ultimate Vibe Coding Guide for Hackathons” workshop, helping developers explore new ways to build on Hedera. This hackathon provided valuable feedback from EVM developers coming from other chains, following a major update to Hedera’s documentation, resulting in smooth onboarding and stronger engagement during later development stages.

ETHGlobal New York

ETHGlobal New York was an incredible weekend with hundreds of hackers building the future of Web3. Ed Marquez, Head of Developer Relations at Hashgraph, hosted a packed workshop on Hedera that drew strong interest, with builders returning to the booth throughout the event for technical support and project feedback.

We were thrilled to see innovative submissions across both the AI and EVM tracks, showcasing the creativity and talent of the developer community. The hackathon was a great success, and we look forward to reconnecting with these builders at the upcoming Hello Future Ascension Hackathon.

ETHGlobal New Delhi

During the three-day ETHGlobal New Delhi Hackathon, Nadine Loepfe, Developer Advocate at Hashgraph, hosted an in-depth workshop on “EVM, SDKs, and AI Agents.” The Hedera team saw record engagement, receiving over 60 project submissions in the AI and EVM integrations category, the highest number ever submitted for Hedera at an ETHGlobal event.

Throughout the weekend, the team dedicated extensive time mentoring participants, reviewing projects, and debugging integrations. In recognition of the most innovative solutions, five standout teams were awarded a total of $10,000 USD in prizes.

Hello Future Origins

The Hello Future Origins Hackathon marked the first chapter of Hedera’s three-part global innovation trilogy, running from July 21 to August 8, 2025. Bringing together developers worldwide, Origins featured a $150,000 prize pool, expert mentorship, accessible developer tools, and the support of a strong global community. Builders showcased innovation across key focus areas; AI & Agents, DeFi & Tokenization, and Sustainability, while the Legacy Builders track provided an opportunity to advance projects from previous Hedera hackathons. Origins laid the foundation for the upcoming chapters, Ascension and Apex, highlighting the creativity and momentum driving the Hedera ecosystem. See the winners here.

Wrapping up an exciting Q3, Hedera’s presence expanded across major global conferences, hackathons, and executive forums, driving forward conversations on tokenization, payments, AI, and sustainability. Each event demonstrated the growing real-world adoption of Hedera and the collaborative innovation driving the ecosystem forward. Building on the strong momentum from Q2, with highlights available here, this quarter sets the stage for even greater impact heading into Q4.

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