Introduction to Hedera
Hedera is an enterprise-grade public network governed by a Council of industry-leading global organizations such as Google, IBM, and Dell Electronics. Hedera's core mission is to be the trust layer of the digital economy, providing scalable infrastructure and intuitive tooling that enables individuals and enterprises alike to develop powerful real-world applications.
Hedera serves developers and enterprises building everything from DeFi protocols to supply chain solutions and payment systems to AI governance frameworks, and everything in between. The Hedera network features high scalability, predictably low fees denominated in USD, and extensive EVM-compatibility, making Hedera ideal for both Web3 innovators and traditional businesses looking to create value with blockchain.
Hedera has created a robust foundation for tokenization, DeFi, stablecoins, and high-throughput applications. Global organizations and developers alike are turning to Hedera for its scalability, compliance readiness, and predictable fees - a critical requirement for real-world adoption.
WalletConnect: The Connectivity Layer for the Financial Internet
WalletConnect is the connectivity layer for the financial internet. Powering over 70,000+ applications, 700+ wallets, millions of users, and moving billions in capital daily, WalletConnect provides the universal standard for secure, encrypted wallet-to-app connections across all major chains, including Hedera.
By integrating WalletConnect, Hedera applications gain seamless access to the entire ecosystem, ensuring users can connect their preferred wallets without fragmentation or added complexity. WalletConnect unlocks billions of dollars of capital and liquidity from everyday people to institutions.
How Hedera and WalletConnect Work Together
Universal Wallet Integration
WalletConnect abstracts away complexity by providing Hedera builders with a single, chain-agnostic integration. This ensures that apps on Hedera are instantly compatible with a global network of wallets, from custodial and MPC wallets to self-custodial solutions.
- For developers: A single SDK unlocks wallet connectivity across ecosystems.
- For users: One wallet connects to thousands of apps, with secure, persistent sessions.
- For institutions: Institutional-grade infrastructure ensures compliance, encryption, and reliability.
HashPack’s Transition: Sunsetting HashConnect And Trusting WalletConnect
HashPack, a leading Hedera-native wallet, has announced it will sunset its proprietary HashConnect integration and move exclusively to WalletConnect.
This strategic decision reflects a wider industry shift toward WalletConnect as the connectivity layer for the financial internet. By relying solely on WalletConnect, HashPack ensures:
- Seamless user experience: HashPack users now benefit from the same connectivity infrastructure trusted across ecosystems.
- Simplified developer adoption: Developers no longer need to support fragmented standards.
- Future-proof infrastructure: WalletConnect evolves with the industry, ensuring HashPack stays at the forefront of wallet and app connectivity.
Hedera DeFi and Stablecoins
Hedera’s DeFi ecosystem is scaling rapidly, powered by tokenized assets, institutional adoption, and the rise of stablecoins. Hedera has seen a 10x in their total supply of stablecoins, total supply surging, peaking at more than $200M from just $20M at the beginning of the year.
WalletConnect plays a critical role in enabling this growth by providing:
- Secure swaps and liquidity flows between Hedera-native DeFi protocols.
- Stablecoin transactions that meet compliance and UX standards for institutions, governments, and users.
- Cross-chain connectivity that allows Hedera-based assets to integrate seamlessly with multi-chain DeFi platforms.
With WalletConnect, Hedera DeFi apps can meet rigorous benchmarks in security, compliance, and UX, driving trust among institutions, enterprises, and end users.
Hedera: built for AI
Hedera is uniquely positioned to power the next wave of AI-driven applications. With its low-cost, high-throughput architecture and verifiable consensus, Hedera provides the infrastructure AI systems need to transact, store, and verify data at scale. From tokenizing machine learning outputs to enabling autonomous agents that require real-time micropayments, Hedera delivers speed, efficiency, and trust. Combined with WalletConnect, AI-native applications on Hedera gain seamless access to wallets, apps, and institutions across the financial internet, creating a foundation where artificial intelligence and decentralized finance converge.
Hedera Apps Growing with WalletConnect
Every month, new Hedera applications are coming online, from DeFi platforms and payment solutions to enterprise-grade tokenization solutions.
WalletConnect powers this growth by offering:
- Universal app connectivity: One integration opens the door to 70,000+ apps.
- Chain-agnostic design: Hedera apps can onboard users without chain-specific complexity.
- Resilient sessions: Persistent connectivity keeps users engaged across sessions and devices.
The result is a rapidly expanding Hedera ecosystem that is deeply connected to the broader onchain economy, without sacrificing reliability or security.
Supporting the Hedera Ecosystem
WalletConnect is proud to support leading applications on Hedera that are driving adoption across DeFi and beyond.
WalletConnect simplifies the development and user experience on Hedera by providing a unified SDK that abstracts away complex wallet integration logic. Developers can implement wallet connectivity with just a few lines of code instead of managing multiple custom integrations, reducing development cycles from weeks to days. The protocol's chain-agnostic architecture means developers familiar with WalletConnect from other ecosystems can start building on Hedera with minimal friction.
For users, WalletConnect delivers a consistent, intuitive experience across all Hedera dApps. This standardization eliminates user confusion and technical barriers, while built-in session management and encryption ensure secure connections without compromising convenience. The result is faster time-to-market for developers and frictionless onboarding for users.
Orbit Labs
Make advanced trading accessible on Hedera by unifying decentralized exchanges, launchpads, and analytics into one seamless, non-custodial platform.
SaucerSwap
SaucerSwap is a leading decentralized exchange (DEX) built on the Hedera network, delivering fast, low-cost, fair, and permissionless financial infrastructure for the Hedera DeFi ecosystem.
By leveraging Hedera’s native services, like the Hedera Token Service (HTS) and its predictable USD-denominated fee structure, SaucerSwap enables seamless token swaps, staking, and liquidity provision with minimal friction.
Importantly, its architecture helps eliminate common DeFi risks like front-running (MEV) through Hedera’s consensus ordering and introduces advanced features like concentrated liquidity and the Liquidity-Aligned Reward Initiative (LARI).
In doing so, SaucerSwap is shaping Hedera’s DeFi future, making decentralized finance more accessible, secure, and performant on Hedera.
HashGraph
Hashgraph Online is creating an open-source, agentic and decentralized internet. As a DAO-led organization backed by 10 of the leading retail organizations on Hedera, we've generated 30m+ mainnet transactions so far. Our standards enable use-cases like on-chain file storage, AI <> AI Communication, and Agentic Identity.
Hedera’s Accelerating Growth
Hedera is experiencing huge growth, processing billions of transactions with unmatched efficiency. This momentum is fueled by:
- Institutional adoption: Enterprises are building real-world use cases on Hedera.
- DeFi expansion: Tokenization, swaps, and stablecoins are gaining traction.
- Global developer adoption: Builders are choosing Hedera for its scalability and predictable fees.
With WalletConnect, the connectivity layer for the financial internet, Hedera’s growth is reinforced by infrastructure trusted across ecosystems, ensuring it can scale to millions more users and applications worldwide.
Key Takeaways
- Hedera has chosen WalletConnect as a standard for wallet and app connectivity.
- HashPack is sunsetting HashConnect, relying only on WalletConnect.
- DeFi and stablecoins on Hedera are gaining traction, powered by secure, compliant connectivity.
- Hedera apps are growing, and WalletConnect is contributing to the infrastructure enabling its seamless adoption by users.
- Hedera’s growth is accelerating, and its WalletConnect integration helps ensure it scales securely into the future.