The HBAR Foundation is actively engaged in advancing the Hedera network's evolving DeFi ecosystem, emphasizing the importance of the task at hand.

Since 2021, HBAR has supported over 200 projects, startups, and companies developing on Hedera, contributing significantly to the ecosystem's overall growth. According to Q1 network statistics, there has been a daily TPS of 1,052, with daily users reaching 16,800 and new users totaling 8,400.

HBAR's focus lies in building and enhancing the Hedera DeFi ecosystem, which promises increased upgradability, acceleration, and a user-friendly fee structure, marking the onset of Hedera DeFi 2.0.

The Foundation is leveraging the expertise of select partners to expand DeFi exposure for all, with plans to distribute 100 million HBAR tokens across the DeFi community to foster knowledge, enhance accessibility, and drive adoption.

The company offers a range of essential tools, including self-managed wallets, Hashpack, Blade, Kabila, and other front ends, as well as stader liquid staking DAO tooling and liquidity management solutions such as ICHI, DEXs, and AMMs. Additionally, there are oracles, Pith, Supra, node frameworks, data visibility tools, onramps, and stablecoins like hUSDC, among others.

Key segments also include WHBAR, credit markets, various offshoots, interoperability, and hUSDC.