A BlackRock money market fund has been tokenized on the Hedera blockchain sending the Hedera (HBAR) token on a 96% rally in the last 24 hours — but the world’s largest asset manager had nothing to do with the move on-chain despite many believing it did.
A widely misinterpreted April 23 HBAR Foundation X post — the organization behind the Hedera network — shared that blockchain trading and infrastructure firms Archax and Ownera tokenized BlackRock’s ICS US Treasury Fund on its network.
The video shared with the announcement seemed to suggest Ownera, Archax and BlackRock were partnered on the venture and HBAR claimed it was “bringing the world’s largest asset manager on-chain.”
Some crypto influencers with large X followings shared a misinterpretation of the post — which had amassed over 1.6 million views and 2,700 reposts over the last 15 hours — believing it to mean BlackRock was responsible for the $22.3 billion fund’s move onto the blockchain or had partnered with Archax and Ownera.
Cardano Ghost Fund DAO founder Chris O’Connor stressed that BlackRock had “no involvement” with Hedera’s development and slammed the HBAR Foundation for the way it framed the announcement.
“What did happen was a HBAR project through the secondary market tokenized shares of a BlackRock fund. Much like I can buy a Rolex take a pic and post it on my X account. Doesn’t mean Rolex ‘partnered’ with me.” lockquote>
HBAR’s 96% rally in the past day has pushed its price to $0.175 — a two-year high, according to CoinGecko.
HBAR’s price over the last three months. Source: CoinGecko
Despite the price pump, HBAR is still down over 69% from its September 2021 all-time high of $0.57.
The announcement came as the Hedera Global Governing Council — which oversees the Hedera network — recently approved allocating 4.86 billion HBAR ($408 million at the time) for further network development.
The funds are part of the HBAR Foundation’s plans to strengthen its user base in 2024, following 2023’s performance, which saw 33 billion transactions processed on the network, the foundation claims.
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A BlackRock money market fund has been tokenized on the Hedera blockchain sending the Hedera (HBAR) token on a 96% rally in the last 24 hours — but the world’s largest asset manager had nothing to do with the move on-chain despite many believing it did.
A widely misinterpreted April 23 HBAR Foundation X post — the organization behind the Hedera network — shared that blockchain trading and infrastructure firms Archax and Ownera tokenized BlackRock’s ICS US Treasury Fund on its network.
The video shared with the announcement seemed to suggest Ownera, Archax and BlackRock were partnered on the venture and HBAR claimed it was “bringing the world’s largest asset manager on-chain.”
Some crypto influencers with large X followings shared a misinterpretation of the post — which had amassed over 1.6 million views and 2,700 reposts over the last 15 hours — believing it to mean BlackRock was responsible for the $22.3 billion fund’s move onto the blockchain or had partnered with Archax and Ownera.
Cardano Ghost Fund DAO founder Chris O’Connor stressed that BlackRock had “no involvement” with Hedera’s development and slammed the HBAR Foundation for the way it framed the announcement.
“What did happen was a HBAR project through the secondary market tokenized shares of a BlackRock fund. Much like I can buy a Rolex take a pic and post it on my X account. Doesn’t mean Rolex ‘partnered’ with me.” lockquote>
HBAR’s 96% rally in the past day has pushed its price to $0.175 — a two-year high, according to CoinGecko.
HBAR’s price over the last three months. Source: CoinGecko
Despite the price pump, HBAR is still down over 69% from its September 2021 all-time high of $0.57.
The announcement came as the Hedera Global Governing Council — which oversees the Hedera network — recently approved allocating 4.86 billion HBAR ($408 million at the time) for further network development.
The funds are part of the HBAR Foundation’s plans to strengthen its user base in 2024, following 2023’s performance, which saw 33 billion transactions processed on the network, the foundation claims.
We strive to uphold the highest ethical standards in all of our reporting and coverage. We StartupNews.fyi want to be transparent with our readers about any potential conflicts of interest that may arise in our work. It’s possible that some of the investors we feature may have connections to other businesses, including competitors or companies we write about. However, we want to assure our readers that this will not have any impact on the integrity or impartiality of our reporting. We are committed to delivering accurate, unbiased news and information to our audience, and we will continue to uphold our ethics and principles in all of our work. Thank you for your trust and support.
