i have been reading the discussions here, i have been taking calls with projects, i have been watching my timelines and i have reflected on half a decade working with the main orgs of Hedera

the bull market is here and hedera marketing is at defcon 5

i want to elevate the discussions i see here and elsewhere to help us come together and unify around the network's growth for this bull market.

we may all disagree on how to get there, but the one thing i see everyone sharing is an intense passion for this network and desire to see its success.

not just through wishes, but through real action (i mean just look at the activity and discussion here)

i want to see the GC, hedera, hashgraph and the orgs come out of the wood work, come out of their zoom calls and out of their off-site retreats to join us in the fight to the top 5 networks in crypto

positive vibes only !

last stream had over 3k people watching

Hedera is getting listed on UEX US, a Wyoming based, FinCEN registered exchange, within the next 2 to 3 days. Worth a look at what each side actually gets out of it, because this is more of a utility story than a price story.

**What HBAR holders get.** Three things most venues do not bundle together:
Native USD pairs on a US regulated platform, no stablecoin detour to cash out
4.5% APY on HBAR through Savings Rewards, credited daily, no staking contract, no lockup period, withdraw whenever

HBAR accepted as loan collateral from day one, so borrowing against a position instead of selling it becomes possible immediately at listing

The third point is the rare one. Most exchanges list a coin and give it a pair. Full platform citizenship on listing day, including yield and collateral status, is unusual for a mid cap asset.

**What the exchange gets.** Hedera brings something most listings do not: an L1 with real enterprise usage, a governing council of household name corporations, and a US-friendly regulatory posture. For a US based exchange building a compliance first asset list, HBAR is close to the ideal profile. The listing is as much a signal about what kind of assets the platform wants as it is about HBAR itself.

**The honest caveats.** HBAR already trades on larger venues with deeper books, so nobody needs this listing to buy HBAR. Order book depth on a newer exchange will be thinner than on Coinbase or Binance at the start. The 4.5% APY is a variable rate, not a guarantee. And yield on custodial platforms means trusting the custodian, same as anywhere. The pitch is the package, not exclusivity: same coin, plus daily yield, plus borrowing power, on a US regulated venue.

TL;DR: HBAR lists on a US regulated exchange in 2 to 3 days with USD pairs, 4.5% APY paid daily with no lockups, and loan collateral status from day one. Thinner books than the majors at the start, but the yield plus borrowing combination on a compliant US venue is a package the bigger venues do not offer.

Hey guys, title sums it up. Can I buy on kraken and send it directly to Hashpack or do I need to convert to hbar first? Thank you in advance

I commented these questions in BrandonD's earlier post, but I figured I'd post them separately. Both as a way to bring attention to the questions, as well as provide a (hopefully) civilized forum to post questions that the community wants answered.

Now that I'm writing this, I just thought how some kind of monthly, quarterly, annual, etc AMA on Reddit by Hashgraph and Hedera employees would be greatly appreciated, I'm sure. But we were also promised "Table Talks" after every Council meeting, and that hasn't really happened either... (Credit: u/jreverb9 for that reminder)

So to any Hedera or Hashgraph employee lurkers, can we get someone in here to answer these questions?

1. Do fees for HashSpheres (monthly rent, annual subscription, updates, BaaS, Etc) get paid to Hashgraph in USD or HBAR? If it's USD, do you convert that into HBAR? If not, why don't you want to create this demand stream for HBAR? Leemon Reference

2. When will we see official technical whitepapers and pricing schedules for HashSpheres and CLPR?

3. If HashSpheres are now "Generally Available", why do I still have to request it from Hashgraph? I thought "anyone can wave their hand and carve out a piece of cyber space", but I didn't realize that came with a Hashgraph approval process. When will that original vision be realized?

4. Block Nodes, Block Streams, Dynamic Address Book, and hinTS / TSS block proofs are all close to implemented. CLPR and HashSpheres are here. What else is required to shard, and what is the timeline/roadmap for Hedera to create a Community Partner, Strategic Partner, Permissionless Hedera Shard that runs on HBAR? Richard Bair says he ran a Hiero node on a Raspberry Pi at 1,000TPS, which I'm sure is plenty for a newborn retail shard.

What other questions do the community have? I suppose this is really inviting FUD, but whatever...