Hashgraph, the founder of the Hedera Hashgraph DLT network, plans to launch HashSphere, a new permissioned distributed ledger in Q3 2025.

This is big news for the Hedera ecosystem and what the future of HBAR will be like in the next few years as Hashgraph plans to fill a gap with greater privacy and control with DLT. 

Dubbed an enterprise-grade private network, HashSphere will be built on top of existing Hedera technology. Currently, Australia Payment Plus is beta testing the network ahead of its launch later this year.

Hashgraph announces HashSphere Network for financial services, banking groups

Privacy has taken center stage with Hashgraph’s new HashSphere network due to launch in late 2025. Australia Payment Plus, an existing Hedera Council member, is testing the network, built on Hedera.

HashSphere aims to fill a gap in onboarding institutional players by providing a permissioned, secure, private network with interoperability features. 

Hashgraph has stated that HashSphere will be for banks, institutions, and payment providers with avenues for them to make low-cost, cross-border transactions with stablecoins and tokens.

Financial services and financial tech businesses will be able to design and launch products with AI governance, real-world asset tokenization, and more on a regulatory-compliant privacy network.

What makes Hashgraph’s HashSphere different from existing privacy networks?

Current private blockchain and DLT networks suffer from interoperability issues between other networks. Popular private networks such as Monero allowed users to transact privately, but there were no real interoperability features. 

Other projects such as DUSK on the Ethereum network have yet to deploy their privacy chain to mainnet and onboard institutional users. One of the only competitors to Hashgraph’s HashSphere would be Cardano’s Midnight Layer 2 network.

Midnight will act as a privacy network for the Cardano blockchain, letting users switch to Midnight from the Cardano mainnet for greater privacy.

For HashSphere, the network will be designed with institutional users in mind, prioritizing interoperability with unique features only found with Hashgraph.

HashSphere’s features and enhancements for financial institutions, stablecoins

According to Hashgraph, features of HashSphere will include the ability to restrict node operators to a specific region with customized node sizes and numbers. 

On HashSphere, industries will be able to meet compliance and risk requirements within a private network able to grant users more sovereignty and enhanced control.

As a beta tester of the network, Australia Payment Plus‘s Head of Future Payments Strategy, Rob Allen, has said: 

“As a Hedera Governing Council member, we are interested in HashSphere primarily for its enhanced privacy and regulatory compliance, while also needing network interoperability for the seamless and transparent interchange of stablecoins between public Hedera and private HashSphere”

Of course, stablecoins are becoming more of a talking point in recent months as Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin made its debut in late 2024, spurring conversations on the use of stablecoins in traditional finance. 

The total market capitalization of stablecoins as of April 2025 is $237 billion, with institutions and the US government considering various stablecoin use cases for cross-border transactions and remittances. 

Already, the Hedera community was made aware of the PHPX stablecoin which is being built on the Hedera Hashgraph network thanks to its security and regulator-friendly solutions. 

What HashSphere means for the future of HBAR and Hedera

For HashSphere, Hedera Hashrgaph may capture a broader, new, untapped financial environment where privacy and interoperability go hand-in-hand, making it easier for businesses to make the leap and integrate with distributed ledger technology.

Hashgraph has made it evident in their recent documentation on HashSphere how they aim to best use the network for a future “built on trust.”

Before rebranding, Hashgraph used to be known as Swirlds Labs during their development of a permissioned DLT network. 

HashSphere may be a call back to the Swirlds’s permissioned DLT vision, although, now they could end up competing with Cardano (ADA) and Google Cloud’s Universal Ledger.

Looking forward, the DLT plans to launch in Q3 2025, meeting strict regulatory compliance rules. For the Hedera ecosystem, HashSphere could lead to a real, new era for the Hedera ecosystem, capturing a whole new financial clientele.

From Eric Piscini, CEO of Hashgraph:

I am so excited as CEO of Hashgraph to spearhead this period of growth. The market is evolving rapidly, demanding more interoperability, privacy, and tokenization.