HEDERA USED AS THE SOURCE LEDGER IN A $10 MILLION INSTITUTIONAL COLLATERAL TEST Fidelity, through JPM Collateral Operations, pledged $5 million of its Treasury Digital Fund on @hedera alongside a $5 million JPMorgan fund on Ethereum to U.S. Bank. $HBAR Absolutely HUGE!

What happened

Fidelity, using JPM Collateral Operations, placed $5 million of its Treasury Digital Fund on Hedera and $5 million of a JPMorgan fund on Ethereum as collateral for U.S. Bank in a $10 million institutional test.

Confirmed

Global impact / market context

The test shows major financial firms are willing to use Hedera’s public ledger for large‑scale collateral, indicating trust in its speed, security, and cost‑effectiveness compared with traditional blockchains.

Analyst inference

Institutional adoption of distributed ledger technology is growing, and this Hedera example could encourage other banks and asset managers to consider similar deployments, potentially boosting demand for HBAR and related services.

Analyst inference

What to watch

1. Whether additional banks adopt Hedera for collateral, which would increase transaction volume on the network. Analyst inference
2. Regulatory guidance on using public ledgers for collateral, which could affect how quickly firms expand such use cases. Analyst inference
3. Performance metrics (speed, cost) of Hedera versus Ethereum in future tests, influencing firms’ platform choices. Analyst inference

Affected assets

• ETH — Ethereum
• THE — Thena

Evidence

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