Hedera Hashgraph is a protocol foundation firm that hedera is a public distributed ledger network that uses the hashgraph consensus algorithm, launched in 2018 and governed by the hedera council, whose members include large global organizations. its native token is hbar, used for transaction fees, smart contract gas and staking. the network is developed by hashgraph (formerly swirlds labs) and supported by the hedera foundation, established in 2021 to fund ecosystem growth. hedera targets regulated, enterprise use cases including tokenization of real-world assets, with tools such as the asset tokenization studio for issuing tokenized bonds and equities. reported use cases span tokenized real estate, carbon credits, fund shares, and stablecoin payments. Hedera Hashgraph is listed on The Token Playbook's vetted provider registry at thetokenplaybook.com/registry/hedera-hashgraph.