A 30-year-old U.S. payroll powerhouse just partnered with a Web3 payments protocol. Here’s what the NatPay–Zebec alliance means for crypto payroll, stablecoins, and the ZBCN token.

Hedera HBAR is quietly becoming one of the most widely used enterprise-grade distributed ledgers in crypto. From real-world asset tokenization and CBDCs to AI verification and carbon markets, this deep dive explores Hedera’s technology, governance, partnerships, and what could come next in 2026.