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LF Decentralized Trust decentralized digest monthly newsletter-1

Hi there, explore this month's highlights from around the global community. Click on any bullet below to read more. 

 

Main Announcements

  • Meet the 2026 Technical Advisory Council

  • Decentralized Trust Infrastructure at LF: A Progress Report

  • A Look into Hiero’s Accomplishments and Goals

  • Advancing Global Standards: Trust over IP and the urn:said Namespace

  • The Hyperledger Fabric-X Roadmap and the Era of Ultra-Scalability for Distributed Ledger Technologies

  • Aspiring contributors and maintainers are invited to apply for this year's 20+ mentorships. Applications are open until May 8, and selected mentees will gain experience working on real projects under the guidance of maintainers. Learn more about the mentorship program and insights from participants.

  • Watch Series VII of Women in Blockchain 2026, a global annual initiative by the LF Decentralized Trust India Chapter
  • Read the new LF Report: Open Source and The Future of AI 

Events & Webinars

  • Open Standards for Tokenization: Why Interoperability Matters - April 15

  • Paris Blockchain April 15-16 (20% community discount)

  • HederaCon 2026 - Miami - May 4

  • Consensus - Miami May 5-7 (20% community discount)

  • Open Source Summit North America- Minneapolis May 19-20 (20% discount for LF Members)   

Member News

  • DTCC Champions “Interoperability” as the Key to Industry Adoption of Digital Asset Securities
  • Ethereum Foundation highlights privacy and scaling priorities for 2026 
  • Solução de identidade digital descentralizada do CPQD avança com contratos inteligentes {CPQD's decentralized digital identity solution advances with smart contracts} (CPQD)

  • Introducing Hedera Agent Lab

  • HashSphere, Developed by Hashgraph, Selected as Infrastructure Provider for Australia’s Project Acacia

  • FedEx Joins Hedera Council to Support the Future of Digital Global Supply Chains and McLaren Racing Joins Hedera Council to Accelerate Digital Innovation

  • 2026 Global Outlook for Banking and Financial Markets- Banking in the tokenized economy (IBM)
  • Dfns Secures Sole Blockchain Spot in Accenture's 2026 FinTech Incubator to Scale Wallet Infrastructure
  • Europe’s largest asset manager Amundi debuts $100 million tokenized fund (Stellar)

  • Introducing Vela: The Confidential Compute Layer on Horizen

LF Decentralized Trust & Technologies in the News

  • Forbes - Ethereum Vs. Canton: Two Different Paths To Institutional Blockchain
  • TechBullion - The Growth of Institutional Blockchain Adoption
  • Security Boulevard - Decentralized Identity and Verifiable Credentials: The Enterprise Playbook 2026
  • Credebl invites contributors, maintainers, and ecosystem participants to join its expanding Technical Steering Committee (TSC) and take an active role in guiding the project’s technical direction.
  • Umegbewe Nwebedu built his first website at 9. Now he is helping build the rails for global blockchain infrastructure (congrats to our former mentee!)

LF Decentralized Trust Projects in Action

  • Ensuring the integrity of AI models: a blockchain-based approach for protecting medical imaging training data (Hyperledger Fabric) 
  • Bhutan’s National ID App Now Handles Your Passport Application (Trust Over IP)

  • Lise to host tokenized IPO for French defense supplier ST Group (Besu)

  • Canada pilots tokenized bond settlement using central bank deposits (Hyperledger Fabric)
  • Pathways to central bank money for tokenized securities settlement 
  • Monument Bank Partners with Midnight Foundation for Tokenized Deposits (Minokawa)
  • Midnight network is live (Minokawa)
  • Swift says blockchain-based shared ledger will go live with real transactions this year (Besu)

Community Discounts

  • Ledger Insights has launched a Pro subscription with full articles, exclusive analysis, and early legislative updates. Use code LFDT10 for 10% off. Subscribe here >

Training & Certifications

  • Preparing for the Besu Certified Professional Exam: Tips, resources, and a discount code
  • Looking to master decentralized technologies? Check out all our courses and certs.
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