Hedera Hashgraph Statistics today show a network that has cleared over 71 billion total transactions while consuming an average of 0.000003 kWh per transaction across its mainnet. The data below maps HBAR’s market cap, service mix, DeFi liquidity, and council composition through the May 2026 snapshot, drawing on Messari quarterly reports and Hedera’s own live network counters.
Key Takeaways
- Hedera mainnet has processed over 71 billion cumulative transactions since launch and operates at over 10,000 transactions per second.
- HBAR’s live market capitalization sits at approximately $3.80 billion with a price of $0.087703 and a CoinMarketCap rank of #27 as of May 2026, per CoinMarketCap.
- The network closed Q3 2025 with a 43.3% quarter-over-quarter increase in HBAR market capitalization to $9.1 billion, according to Messari’s quarterly report.
- Hedera DeFi total value locked hit $208 million following a 141% increase in May 2026, according to OpenPR coverage of on-chain activity.
- The Hedera Governing Council now includes 31 members, including Google, IBM, Boeing, FedEx, and Standard Bank, with each member operating a consensus node.
- Energy use averages 0.000003 kWh per transaction, a level that lets Hedera process the equivalent of over 10,000,000 transactions for the same energy as one Bitcoin transaction under the legacy methodology.
- The January 2026 ConsensusSubmitMessage price moved from $0.0001 to $0.0008, an 8x adjustment that resets carbon-credit and supply-chain ROI math.
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- HBAR circulating supply stands at approximately 43.37 billion tokens against a maximum supply of 50 billion, per CoinMarketCap’s live tracker.
- One day in Q1 2025 saw 114.38 million transactions, a single-day record that dwarfed Ethereum’s daily throughput at the time.
- The Q1 2025 service breakdown placed Crypto Service at 68.4%, Smart Contracts at 19.7%, Consensus at 8.6%, and Token Service at 2.9% of all activity.
- Staking participation reached 15.9 billion HBAR by the close of Q3 2025.
- Stader Labs, the only liquid staking provider on Hedera, grew TVL to $98.2 million in Q3 2025, up 22.3% quarter-over-quarter from $80.3 million.
- Hedera enterprise tokenization deployments include more than $100 million in real estate assets tokenized using the ERC-7518 framework alongside the UK’s first FX RWA settlement executed by Lloyds Banking Group, Aberdeen Investments, and Archax.
Recent Developments
- January 2026: Hedera lifted the ConsensusSubmitMessage fee from $0.0001 to $0.0008 USD, the first material HCS pricing change since the service launched.
- Q1 2025: Daily transactions climbed 25.8% quarter-over-quarter to an average of 708,500, with Crypto Service transactions nearly doubling, rising 103.6% QoQ to 483,100.
- 2026: McLaren Racing and Standard Bank joined Hedera’s Governing Council, expanding it to 31 members.
- May 2026: Hedera DeFi TVL reached $208 million following a 141% increase, led by SaucerSwap at $77.6 million.
- Q3 2025: Messari recorded daily active accounts rising 15.8% and new account creation soaring 178%.
- More than $100 million in real estate assets were tokenized on Hedera using the ERC-7518 framework through a Zoniqx and StegX collaboration.
Hedera Hashgraph Statistics: Network Throughput and Transaction Volume
Hedera operates as an enterprise-grade public network built on the hashgraph consensus algorithm rather than a blockchain. The throughput numbers reflect that architectural choice: throughput sits above the daily activity floor of most general-purpose Layer 1s, and finality is measured in seconds rather than block confirmations.
- Cumulative transactions since launch: over 71 billion.
- Transactions in the prior 24 hours (2026-05-23 snapshot): 442,081.
- Peak throughput: over 10,000 transactions per second.
- Consensus finality: 2.90 seconds median.
CoinLaw has tracked Hedera throughput data quarter by quarter since 2021. The single most consistent pattern is that throughput tracks commercial integration cycles, not market sentiment, the curve barely twitches when HBAR price moves.
| Metric | Value | Window |
|---|---|---|
| Cumulative transactions | Over 71 billion | Since launch |
| 24-hour transactions | 442,081 | 2026-05-23 snapshot |
| Transactions per second | Over 10,000 | Peak capability |
| Consensus finality | 2.90 seconds | Median |
| Total accounts | 9,664,618 | Cumulative |
Source: Hedera
The Messari Q1 2025 dataset registered daily transactions climbing 25.8% quarter-over-quarter to an average of 708,500. By Q3 2025, the daily average had cooled to around 575,000 transactions per day, a 0.9% quarterly decline that ran against the typical bull-market activity rise. A single trading day in Q1 2025 hit 114.38 million transactions, a network-level record that landed well above Ethereum’s daily volume in the same window.
Hedera Hashgraph Statistics: Energy Efficiency and Carbon Footprint
Hedera publishes a per-transaction energy figure that has tightened with software releases. The current homepage counter reports an average of 0.000003 kWh per transaction, the lowest figure on any major public ledger. Under the legacy methodology used at the time Hedera first declared carbon-negative status, the average amount of energy consumed per transaction was 0.00017 kWh (estimated at 0.0000205494552 kgCO2). Both figures describe the same network; the more efficient figure reflects throughput growth diluting fixed validator costs.
The comparison ratios tell the policy story. Under the legacy methodology, Hedera processed the equivalent of over 10,000,000 transactions for the same energy as one Bitcoin transaction and 788,000 transactions for the same energy as one Ethereum transaction. The wider Bitcoin energy statistics dataset corroborates the legacy comparison from primary sources, and the current 0.000003 kWh figure widens the gap further.
Hedera’s carbon-negative position rests on a quarterly purchase cycle. Hedera has officially committed to carbon-negative network operations by purchasing carbon offsets quarterly, with amounts determined by third-party assessor Terrapass. Hedera purchases green-e climate-certified credits measured in metric tons, scaling the volume so each quarter sits above the prior quarter’s footprint.
- 0.000003 kWh per transaction (Hedera current, homepage counter).
- 0.00017 kWh per transaction (Hedera legacy methodology baseline).
- 133.88 kWh per transaction (Ethereum, legacy methodology).
- 1,736.85 kWh per transaction (Bitcoin, legacy methodology).
By the numbers: Under the legacy methodology one Bitcoin transaction’s energy footprint equals more than 10,000,000 Hedera transactions, and one Ethereum transaction equals 788,000 Hedera transactions. The current 0.000003 kWh figure on Hedera’s homepage widens the gap further as throughput growth dilutes fixed validator costs.
Hedera Hashgraph Statistics: HBAR Token Economics and Market Capitalization
The HBAR ledger reflects a mid-cap profile in the Hedera Hashgraph statistics dataset. On the May 23, 2026 CoinMarketCap snapshot, HBAR traded at $0.087703 with a live market cap of approximately $3.80 billion and a CoinMarketCap ranking of #27. The 24-hour trading volume reached $73,209,976 USD.
Supply economics constrain the long-run inflation story. HBAR carries a maximum supply of 50 billion tokens, of which approximately 43.37 billion are already in circulation, leaving roughly 13% of the token base still to unlock. Most public Layer 1s with comparable enterprise positioning still hold a much larger overhang above their circulating float.
The supply curve is the part of HBAR’s story the financial press tends to underplay. With 87% of the token base already trading, the unlock pressure that haunts younger chains is mostly behind Hedera, a structural fact that should temper both bullish and bearish narratives keyed to “remaining supply.” CoinLaw’s review of token-unlock cycles across 50+ public ledgers shows networks past the 80% threshold experience materially lower price-impact events from scheduled releases.
The Q3 2025 close registered stronger figures. Messari recorded HBAR market capitalization reaching $9.1 billion, up from $6.4 billion in the previous quarter, with the token price climbing around 43.2% to $0.21. Staking participation in the same window was 15.9 billion HBAR.
The HBAR token-economics snapshot for May 23, 2026, breaks out as follows.
- Price near $0.087703, with a market cap around $3.80 billion and a CoinMarketCap rank in the high #20s.
- Circulating supply close to 43.37 billion HBAR against a 50 billion hard cap.
- Q3 2025 reference points: roughly $9.1 billion market cap, $0.21 price, and 15.9 billion HBAR staked.
Hedera Hashgraph Statistics: Service Mix and Revenue Breakdown
Public-ledger marketing rarely separates settlement from enterprise messaging, but Hedera’s metrics do. The Q1 2025 service breakdown placed Crypto Service at 68.4%, Smart Contracts at 19.7%, Consensus at 8.6%, and Token Service at 2.9% of all activity. That allocation contradicts the conventional read of Hedera as primarily an enterprise consensus chain.
Crypto Service growth drove the quarter’s overall expansion. Crypto Service transactions nearly doubled, rising 103.6% QoQ to 483,100, confirming the shift toward retail-style transfer activity on the network.
Revenue concentration runs the other way. Messari’s Q3 2025 report notes Smart Contract Service remained the top revenue generator, contributing nearly half of all network income. The mix tells the deeper structural story: most transactions are cheap Crypto Service transfers, but the higher-fee smart-contract calls produce most of the income for validators.
Hedera stablecoin issuance statistics tracked a scaling pattern in parallel. Stablecoin market cap on Hedera surged 91.7% QoQ, reaching $72.6 million in Q1 2025. That is small relative to Ethereum or Tron, but the trajectory matters: stablecoin issuers tend to colocate where settlement fees stay near zero.
The Q1 2025 share of activity by Hedera service breaks out as follows.
- Crypto Service: 68.4% of activity.
- Smart Contracts: 19.7%.
- Consensus: 8.6%.
- Token Service: 2.9%.
Why it matters. Most Hedera transactions are cheap Crypto Service transfers, but smart-contract calls generate nearly half of all network revenue. This inversion between activity share and revenue share is unusual among public ledgers and means validator economics are sensitive to smart-contract demand rather than the much larger Crypto Service volume.
Hedera Hashgraph Statistics: DeFi TVL and Top Protocols
Hedera DeFi sits below the top public-chain ecosystems tracked in the wider DeFi market statistics dataset. The Messari Q3 2025 dataset placed Hedera DeFi total value locked at $113.5 million, up 53.4% quarter-over-quarter. By May 2026, the figure had reached $208 million following a 141% increase.
SaucerSwap remains the dominant decentralized exchange. SaucerSwap controls $77.6 million in total value locked, accounting for roughly two-thirds of all DeFi liquidity on the Hedera network. The Messari Q3 2025 report observed that SaucerSwap, Bonzo Finance, and HbarSuite continue to make up the top 90% of TVL on Hedera.
Stader Labs occupies the liquid staking slot exclusively. Stader is the only liquid staking provider on the Hedera network, with liquid staking TVL increasing 22.3% QoQ from $80.3 million to $98.2 million in Q3 2025. The protocol’s monopoly position differs from Ethereum, where Lido competes with Rocket Pool, Frax, and several smaller issuers.
Ecosystem activity rose faster than TVL. Daily active wallets surged 190% year-over-year, while on-chain transactions from tracked dApps climbed 386% to 2.7 million. That gap between activity growth and TVL growth is unusual for DeFi ecosystems and suggests usage-driven rather than yield-driven adoption.
The top Hedera DeFi protocols by role break out as follows.
- SaucerSwap dominates as the decentralized exchange with around $77.6 million in TVL.
- Stader Labs holds the sole liquid staking slot near $98.2 million as of Q3 2025.
- Bonzo Finance runs lending on an Aave fork.
- HbarSuite covers multi-product DeFi exposure.
Hedera Hashgraph Statistics: Governing Council and Enterprise Adoption
Hedera’s governance model differs from validator-based public chains. Each council member gets one equal vote on protocol decisions regardless of company size, serves a 3-year term with a maximum of two consecutive terms, and is required to operate a consensus node that validates transactions and writes to the network. The structure trades the blockchain centralization tradeoffs of a permissioned network for guarantees on uptime, jurisdictional spread, and brand accountability. The Hedera Council maintains the canonical member roster and governance documentation.
The council reached its current size in 2026. Hedera’s Governing Council has expanded to 31 members with the recent additions of McLaren Racing and Standard Bank, joining established participants Google, IBM, FedEx, Boeing, and Deutsche Telekom. The council includes Google, IBM, Dell, Boeing, Deutsche Telekom, LG Electronics, Standard Bank, Chainlink Labs, Nomura Holdings, Ubisoft, and academic institutions like the London School of Economics and University College London. The cap remains higher: The Hedera Council is a body of up to 39 global organizations.
Council membership doubles as a deployment funnel. Members rarely join without an internal pilot already running on the network, which is why announcements tend to lead concrete enterprise integrations by 6-12 months. The model is the inverse of validator-set chains, where staking economics select for capital, not enterprise integration.
Hedera Council membership spans seven industry categories.
- Big Tech and enterprise: Google, IBM, Dell, Boeing, LG Electronics.
- Logistics: FedEx.
- Telecom: Deutsche Telekom.
- Finance: Standard Bank, Nomura Holdings. Web3: Chainlink Labs.
- Sports and media: McLaren Racing, Ubisoft.
- Academic institutions: London School of Economics, University College London.
Worth noting: Every Hedera Council seat is also a node-operator obligation, so the membership roster doubles as the network’s validator set. There are no anonymous validators and no permissionless stake-based entry, which trades the open-validator model for jurisdictional spread and named brand accountability across 31 institutional operators.
Hedera Hashgraph Statistics: Real-World Asset Tokenization and Enterprise Use Cases
Hedera’s enterprise pitch leans on predictable tokenization economics and a concentrated set of named institutional deployments.
- A typical token mint and transfer on Hedera costs $0.0008, letting issuers model tokenized-asset unit economics without volatile gas-price assumptions.
- Lloyds Banking Group, Aberdeen Investments, and Archax executed the UK’s first FX trades using tokenized real-world assets as collateral, powered by Hedera.
- More than $100 million in real estate was tokenized on Hedera using the ERC-7518 framework, via a Zoniqx and StegX collaboration.
- Hedera’s Asset Tokenization Studio uses ERC-1400 for U.S. SEC regulations and ERC-3643 for non-U.S. jurisdictions.
Is HBAR going to skyrocket?
HBAR’s market cap sits at approximately $3.80 billion in May 2026, down from $9.1 billion at the Q3 2025 close. Council expansion to 31 members and the Lloyds FX RWA settlement are the structural signals to watch. CoinLaw does not issue price targets.
Is HBAR better than XRP?
Hedera and XRP target overlapping enterprise-payments use cases on different architectures. Hedera’s 0.000003 kWh per transaction and over 10,000 transactions per second in live operation give it a measurable energy and throughput edge, though XRP Ledger published comparable efficiency claims. Integration fit drives the answer for each issuer.
Can HBAR reach $10?
A $10 HBAR price against approximately 43.37 billion tokens outstanding would imply a market cap higher than every cryptocurrency except Bitcoin at recent peak market caps. No publicly disclosed enterprise integration pipeline from Hedera or the Hedera Council supports that price level.
Conclusion
Hedera’s mainnet has cleared over 71 billion cumulative transactions at an average of 0.000003 kWh each. The council has scaled to 31 members with FedEx, McLaren Racing, and Standard Bank as the most recent additions, and the Q1 2025 service breakdown placed Crypto Service at 68.4% of all network activity.
The January 2026 ConsensusSubmitMessage fee adjustment from $0.0001 to $0.0008 USD is the most consequential pricing change in HCS history and resets ROI math for the carbon-credit and supply-chain integrations the council has been piloting. The next twelve months should clarify whether the throughput floor holds as council expansion continues toward the 39-organization cap.
