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LG Launches NFT Art Lab on Richardson-Based Hedera Network

by | Sep 6, 2022
The Richardson-based Hedera network is a public distributed ledger that's helped advance everything from long-distance drone flights to stablecoin issuance to next-gen gaming and more. Now you can add art to the list. Yesterday LG launched its own NFT platform—LG Art Lab—on the Hedera network, giving users a "one-stop shop" to buy, sell, and showcase digital artworks. The platform moves the concept of NFT art from computers to "a piece of art displayed as any other artwork would be within the home of its owner," says the CMO of Swirlds Labs, the team behind the Hedera network.
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Hedera Hashgraph Eyes ‘Next‑Generation Gaming’ with Ubisoft Partnership
by | Feb 3, 2022
The HBAR Foundation, an independent organization funded and established by the Richardson-based distributed ledger technology company, is partnering with French videogame developer Ubisoft in an effort to support gaming and entertainment innovators worldwide.
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Hedera Will Open-Source Its Hashgraph Code to ‘Capitalize on Growing Demand for Public DLT’
by | Jan 20, 2022
The Hedera Governing Council will buy the IP from Swirlds, a startup co-founded in 2015 by the inventor of the Hashgraph algorithm. Dallas mathematician and computer scientist Leemon Baird created the distributed ledger technology to outperform other protocols in power, security, and speed.  This could be a breakout moment.  
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North Texas-Based Hedera Helps Boost Long-Distance Drone Safety in U.K. Trial
by | Jan 6, 2022
The public ledger consensus service from Richardson-headquartered Hedera helped “gather, store, and order” millions of data points in the trial, which was sponsored by the U.K. government. Working with London-based aviation tech firm Neuron Innovations, Hedera helped advance the case for the safe sharing of long-distance airspace by commercial, military, and government drones.
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Open Access: Hedera Hashgraph’s Blockchain Alternative Network Now Available to the Public

by | Sep 17, 2019
Hedera knows that for its distributed ledger technology platform to become mainstream, it has to be easy to integrate. Local companies Zabo and Hashing Systems—along with 24 others—are on board to help with that.
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Hedera Hashgraph: Going Beyond Bitcoin
by | Jan 31, 2019
North Texas-based Hedera Hashgraph has built an alternative distributed ledger technology that corrects a lot of the problems that have plagued better-known blockchains, founders say. That could revolutionize smart contracts, cryptocurrency, file storage, and more—as well as help protect people's privacy on social media platforms.
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Hedera Hashgraph Opens its Distributed Ledger Tech for Public Testing
by | Dec 18, 2018
Hedera Hashgraph aims to change the culture of tech giants exchanging people's privacy for “free" access to their sites and services. "We are the product," Hedera CEO Mance Harmon says. Hedera Hashgraph aims to change that.
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Follow the Money: Fetch Gets $3M in Seed Funding, Hedera Hashgraph Raises $100M
by | Aug 2, 2018
From Service Fusion to Spartan Crypto and Olsen-Stelzer Boot Co., here's a look at recent funding and acquisitions involving companies and investors with North Texas ties.
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