In our series so far, we’ve laid the essential groundwork for a modern, Web3-native Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). We’ve explored how to model buildings as digital assets, how to manage their cashflows on-chain, and how to set up governance and jurisdiction in a decentralized world. In short: we’ve assembled the core building blocks of tokenized real estate. Now, it’s time to step back from the single property and evaluate the portfolio holistically, as a manager would.

One year ago, on September 16th, 2024, Hedera contributed its entire codebase to Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LFDT). That donation created Hiero, the first public blockchain codebase contributed to an independent foundation. This marked a turning point for Hedera, and reinforced the belief that trust must be built in the open, not behind closed doors. It also underscored a commitment to code neutrality: the principle that no single company controls the rules. Neutral code is the foundation of lasting trust as it’s open, transparent, and resilient enough to outlive any single actor.

The Hello Future Origins Hackathon has come to a close! Builders developed new solutions in the areas of AI & Agents, DeFi & Tokenization, and Sustainability. With the Legacy Builders track, participants also had the opportunity to continue refining and optimizing their existing builds from previous Hedera hackathons. The winning teams took home a total prize pool worth $150,000 USD!

The Wyoming Stable Token Commission (WYST) announced at its last Commission meeting that the Frontier Stable Token (FRNT), the first state-issued stable token in the United States, will soon also be available on Hedera, a trusted public network governed by leading global institutions. Hedera was selected as the only additional blockchain to be a candidate for FRNT, during the Commission’s Q2 evaluation, having met stringent criteria for speed, reliability, and regulatory alignment.

Over the past couple of months, Hedera AI-Studio has been on a roll, delivering smart enhancements and developer-focused improvements to make it easier to build AI-powered applications on-chain. In July 2025, the team launched a re-architected Version 3 of the Hedera Agent Kit—a JavaScript SDK that simplifies the creation of AI agents capable of interacting with the Hedera network.

The SDK Feedback Survey is live. Help shape the future of Hedera SDKs by telling us what works, what’s missing, and where we can improve. This month, we also cover the SDK namespace transition to Hiero, the full mainnet traffic switch to HIP-1217 logic, and deep dives into HIP-1046 and HIP-1127 from our latest Technical Community Call.

This month’s Hedera Highlights features Hedera at Sibos 2025, a Blockaid partnership for Web3 security, and ecosystem growth with Dfns, KAIO, and Swarm. Asset Tokenization Studio won a TechForward Award, Hiero graduated as LFDT’s first project, and global hackathons, including Africa’s largest, showcase Hedera’s innovation.

Modern software platforms rely on frequent, reliable updates to stay secure and competitive. This blog provides an overview of Hedera’s release cadence and the reasoning behind its frequent updates.

This month’s Hedera Highlights showcase major strides across finance, AI, and policy. The Reserve Bank of Australia and Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre's Project Acacia has selected Hedera technology for its wholesale CBDC pilot. EQTY Lab's Verifiable Compute has taken a big step by launching its platform on the NVIDIA Blackwell architecture. In the UK, Lloyds, Aberdeen, and Archax completed the first institutional FX trade using tokenized assets. Regulatory momentum continues with the U.S. CLARITY Act and the UK’s digital finance strategy. Meanwhile, Hedera To Earn launched with 24M+ users, and the Hello Future Hackathon kicked off with a $550K prize pool.