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Announcing Support of Swift 6 in the Hiero Swift SDK

The Hiero Swift SDK will be officially supporting Swift 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2 as of version v0.47.0 released February 2nd. This change is an investment in safety, performance, and long-term alignment with modern Swift tooling on Hedera. 

Hedera Developer Highlights January 2026

First of, Hedera DevDay is coming to Denver on February 17, 2026, alongside ETHDenver, bringing a full day dedicated to building on Hedera with deep technical sessions, ecosystem updates, and hands-on insights. This edition also includes the final chapter of the Hedera Hello Future: Apex hackathon, along with key protocol upgrades, new developer tools, and the latest HIPs shaping what’s next for the network.

Hedera Council Welcomes 4 New Partners 

Halborn joins as a Strategic Partner, alongside new Community Partners Hashpack, Hashgraph Online, and Genfinity Hedera Council is proud to welcome Halborn as the newest member of the Council’s Strategic Partner program, and HashPack, Hashgraph Online, and Genfinity as Community Partners. Together, these partnerships strengthen global engagement and accelerate real-world adoption across the Hedera ecosystem. […]

McLaren Racing and Hedera Partner to Expand Digital Fan Engagement

McLaren Racing today announced a multi-year partnership with Hedera Foundation to leverage Hedera, the trusted public network for building fast, secure, and compliant decentralised applications. Hedera will become an Official Partner of the McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 and the Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team. The partnership will connect real-world racing environments with Web3 infrastructure to deliver new fan engagement experiences and officially licensed digital activations.

Real-world applications of protocol-level smart contract automation on Hedera

Smart contracts have always been described as “self-executing code,” but until now, they’ve relied on external triggers to run. Every time-based action – whether processing payments, rebalancing portfolios, or executing governance decisions – required off-chain infrastructure: bots, keeper networks, or manual coordination.
This new approach measures and prices each EVM opcode, precompile, and system contract based on actual computational demands — enabling decentralized applications to operate at scale on Hedera without sacrificing Ethereum compatibility or network security.

HIP-1249: Enhanced smart contracts on Hedera with precise throttling

HIP-1249 introduces a fundamental shift in how Hedera throttles smart contract execution, replacing the conservative 15 million gas-per-second limit with a precise operations-per-second model that unlocks significantly more throughput.

This new approach measures and prices each EVM opcode, precompile, and system contract based on actual computational demands — enabling decentralized applications to operate at scale on Hedera without sacrificing Ethereum compatibility or network security.

Quarterly Events Highlights | Q4 2025 (October – December)

Hedera closed out one of its busiest quarters in Q4 2025, building a strong global presence through 12 events across 10 cities worldwide. Across the quarter, Hedera used these moments to share tangible ecosystem progress, highlight real world industry-specific DLT use cases, and reinforce Hedera’s role as the trust layer of the digital economy as it continues to mature heading into 2026.

These are the Winners of the Hello Future Ascension Hackathon

The second installment of the Hello Future hackathon trilogy, the Ascension Hackathon, has come to a close! In November 2025, hackers from all around the world came together to build their projects on Hedera. Here are the results by track. The winning teams took home a total prize pool worth $150,000 USD!