Hedera HBAR
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CM Profile: Hedera
Cryptominium Profile. What we have established, measured and written about HBAR, and what we have not.
- Measured
- Selling $100,000 on 2 exchange order books lost between 0.11% and 0.15%, on 8 October 2026.
- Its price, recorded by us every day since 9 August 2026.
- Written, with sources
Read from our own records when this page was made. It describes what we know, and is not a view on whether to hold HBAR. How each part is worked out
What changed
Week to 8 October- Price down 11.0% since 1 October.
From our own measurements only, each against the month before. We do not say why a price moves. How this is worked out · Every coin this week
What it actually costs to sell HBAR
Selling $100,000 of HBAR into each exchange’s resting bids, measured against the mid price:
| Exchange | Lost | Got back | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kraken HBAR/USD | 0.11% | $99,887 | 2026-10-08 |
| Coinbase HBAR/USD | 0.15% | $99,848 | 2026-10-08 |
Exchange figures need an account there (and KYC, a permitted country, the tokens already deposited), are before trading fees, and are never averaged with the on-chain figure. Binance is not included: it refuses requests from the region our servers are in. How this is measured →
Watch this number instead of remembering it. A free account keeps HBAR on a list, records where it stood the day you added it, and emails you if selling it on these exchanges gets materially harder — one message, not a series. The measurement itself stays public; the account is for being told when it moves without you looking.
What Hedera is
Hedera is a public distributed ledger launched in 2019 that is deliberately not a blockchain. It uses hashgraph, a consensus method based on gossip between nodes rather than chained blocks, achieving high throughput and fast finality with very low energy use.
Its most distinctive feature is governance. The network is run by the Hedera Governing Council, a group of large organisations — historically including companies such as Google, IBM and Boeing — each operating a node and holding a term-limited seat.
That structure is the whole argument, in both directions. For enterprises it offers predictable governance and known, accountable operators, which is exactly what a compliance department wants. For anyone whose interest in this technology is permissionlessness, a network where the consensus nodes are a fixed roster of major corporations is a different thing from Bitcoin or Ethereum, whatever its technical merits. Hedera is best judged as enterprise infrastructure rather than as a decentralised alternative to it.
What Hedera can do
Selling $100,000 on Kraken lost 0.11% against the mid price, before trading fees. Check your own amount →
Our own measurement · measured 8 October 2026
HBAR pays the fee on every transaction, and the fees are priced in US dollars. The network's nodes are run by the members of the Hedera Council, a group of companies, institutions and universities.
Source: Hedera · checked 2 October 2026
HBAR can be staked to one of the network's nodes. It never leaves your account, there is no lock-up, and the balance can be spent at any time.
Source: Hedera docs: staking · checked 2 October 2026
Hedera runs the same kind of programs as Ethereum, written with the same tools. Each app is its own code with its own flaws.
Source: Hedera docs: smart contracts · checked 2 October 2026
What a coin can do is not a reason to buy it or to sell it. Each answer names its source and the day we read it; where we could not source one, the row is left out. How these are written · Every coin we have written up
About the asset
Hedera has no token contract — it is the native asset of its own chain, not a token issued on someone else's.
Price change
Hedera data synced 3m ago from CoinGecko. Figures shown in USD. This page is market information, not financial advice — and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell HBAR.