🔎 Hedera Hashgraph 2025: Who left, who joined, and why it matters

In the world of cryptocurrencies, where projects change strategies faster than a block processes a transaction, Hedera has stood out for years not only for its technology but also for its governance model.

Instead of miners, foundations, or token votes, Hedera operates through a rotating Governing Council – composed of a maximum of 39 independent organizations from around the world. It is one of the few Web3 projects that has adopted term limits as a foundation for decentralization.

🛫 Who left the Hedera Council?

• Boeing

Founding member, brought experience from the aerospace industry and enterprise systems.

Left the Council on February 14, 2025 – in accordance with the rotating model.

• University College London (UCL)

Represented the voice of science and neutral research on DLT.

Departed on January 26, 2025, leaving an ethical gap in the academic space of the Council.

✅ Who joined in 2025?

• Arrow Electronics

A global leader in electronic component distribution.

Joined on June 4, 2025, bringing expertise in IoT, supply chains, and hardware integration – areas that were previously underrepresented.

This choice is based not on popularity but on real value for the ecosystem.

🔄 Why is this important?

The Hedera Council is not an elite club, but a mechanism to limit monopoly power.

Each member:

– has a 3-year term (with the possibility of one re-election),

– votes on protocol changes,

– operates a mainnet node.

🧭 What’s next? Potential candidates:

MIT, ETH Zurich, Fraunhofer – as a continuation of academic presence

Samsung SDS, Tencent Cloud, Oracle – for geographic balance

Visa, Bank of Brazil, EFTPOS – to strengthen the finance pillar

EDF, Maersk – leaders in infrastructure and logistics

This is not a popularity contest. It is a strategy based on future value.

Unlike many Web3 projects that merely declare decentralization, Hedera has implemented it structurally — with clockwork precision.