Hedera scheduled a mainnet upgrade to version v0.66 on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at 17:00 UTC. The status page notes an expected window of about 40 minutes and possible service disruption during the process.
The notice follows late-September testnet work and recent 0.65.x production iterations. The scheduling details remain consistent across the official status portal.
Additionally, Hedera’s status channel on X mirrors the timing and the expected brief disruption. The posts align with the statuspage entry and reinforce the maintenance window.
Hedera published its September Developer Highlights on October 2, 2025. The post emphasizes updates around AI Studio and agent workflows intended to make it easier to build and deploy on the network.
The blog also points readers to the latest technical community call and upcoming hackathon registration, framing the near-term developer calendar. It places the agent kit and related tools within routine monthly progress.
Hedera’s developer social channels amplified the update, directing builders to the full summary. The distribution indicates a coordinated push to surface documentation and examples.
Sibos presence centers on tokenization, payments, and identity
Hedera wrapped its Sibos 2025 participation in Frankfurt with a presence at booth DISM67. The event page lists focus areas including tokenization, instant cross-border payments, real-time treasury, digital identity, and AI.
The foundation positioned the booth as a venue to show production-grade use cases to banks and market-infrastructure teams. The materials describe a compliance-oriented posture aimed at financial-services workflows.
While the page serves as a hub for meeting requests, it also outlines how Hedera frames its value proposition to traditional finance. The message remains consistent with the network’s enterprise outreach.
Australia’s Project Acacia names Hedera among trial platforms
Australia’s central bank advanced Project Acacia on July 10, 2025, setting out wholesale digital-money trials through early 2026. The RBA announcement lists Hedera among the platforms used across the pilot program.
The trials span real-money pilots and proofs of concept, exploring settlement with wholesale CBDC, stablecoins, and deposit tokens. Press coverage and industry reports confirm the platform set and the timetable for results in the first half of 2026.
Earlier RBA materials and related summaries explain why the bank prioritizes wholesale over retail CBDC, citing potential efficiency and risk-reduction benefits for large-value markets. Those policy signals frame the present phase of testing.
HBAR stalls near 0.23 after “$HBAR TO $1” post
HBAR/USD jumped to the 0.232–0.234 zone, then paused into a tight cluster around 0.229–0.230 on the 4 hour chart. The circled candles show small bodies after a strong green run, which signals digestion rather than reversal. Meanwhile, the right-side volume rose into the push and eased during the pause.
The tape now shows a simple pattern: impulse up, brief pullback, and sideways hold near prior highs. Traders often call this a bull flag when consolidation stays above former resistance. Here, intraday support sits near 0.228–0.226, while immediate resistance caps at 0.232–0.234.
The “$HBAR TO $1” line from Jesus Martinez added headline attention, yet the chart frames the near term. A clean move and acceptance above 0.234 would keep momentum focused higher, while slips below 0.226 would hand control back to the prior range.
HBAR chart maps triangle break with downside target near 0.095
HBAR trades around 0.230 on the daily chart while price compresses beneath a descending trendline. The image plots a symmetrical triangle with lower highs and steady support. It also shows moving averages curling above price, which keeps pressure on the range.
The overlayed projection box marks a breakdown path from the triangle’s apex. It measures a drop of about 0.20985 points, or 68.81 percent, extending 236 days into mid March 2026. The target aligns with a horizontal level near 0.09514 that previously acted as support.
Moreover, the chart situates the invalidation above the triangle’s upper line, where a close back over recent lower highs would negate the outlined path. Until then, structure remains capped by the downtrend, and the daily cluster near 0.23 serves as the decision zone.
HBAR 4h chart outlines wave map: support at 0.19–0.152, extensions up to 0.284–0.495
The 4-hour Binance pair shows an Elliott Wave count with price holding just below the 0.23 line. The layout marks a completed corrective leg and a small consolidation on top of a horizontal shelf. The nearest resistance sits around 0.230–0.233 where prior highs capped advances.
The chart highlights a “b2” retracement box beneath price. It spans the 50%–78.6% Fibonacci area from roughly 0.190 to 0.152. A dip into this zone would retest late-September support. Conversely, a hold above 0.208 keeps the higher-low structure intact and preserves the current base.
Upside projections appear in three Fibonacci extension zones. The first band centers near 0.284 (138.0%). The next lies around 0.396 (161.8%). The top extension reaches about 0.495 (178.6%). A clean break and acceptance above 0.233 would open the path to the first target, while a close back inside 0.19–0.152 would hand control to the retracement box.