Could Hedera’s AI Innovation Make HBAR a $1 Trillion Crypto?

• Former Board member Shawn Sully sees Hedera thriving in the age of AI.
• The current projection for the protocol is to hit a $1 trillion valuation.

Ex-Oracle Board member Shawn Sully claims Hedera’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) advancements could push its native asset HBAR into a $1 trillion asset. He claims Hedera remains steadfast in its commitment to advancing technology that benefits all, solidifying its leading position in Decentralized Finance (DeFi).

Bullish HBAR Forecast

In an X post, Sully predicted that HBAR would hit $30 to $60 in the current market cycle. This target suggests a 100 to 200 times rally from the current market price. Sully admitted that his target for HBAR might sound outrageous. However, he said his prediction hinged on Hedera’s recent advancements in the AI sector.

Sully highlighted a recent partnership between Hedera, chip maker NVIDIA, Intel, and Dell. Leveraging this partnership, Hedera has developed the most advanced AI verifiability toolset, which Palantir, ServiceNow, and others currently utilize.

Additionally, Hedera has developed a Verifiable Compute along with other AI Governance and Compliance tools through its EQUITY lab. NVIDIA has already adopted this advanced tech in its chips, indicating its growing adoption.

Sully thinks Hedera’s new technology may become required by law or activated by default, considering DeepSeek’s latest influence on US stocks. As we covered in our latest report, DeepSeek, a Chinese-based AI model, is now challenging OpenAI’s ChatGPT in popularity. US stocks plunged substantially on Monday after DeepSeek released its low-cost R1 model.

Sully thinks Hedera’s latest AI innovation positions HBAR for future success. He emphasized that the technology may generate quadrillion transactions annually on the Hedera network. This is in addition to potentially creating specialized subnets, which are readily rolled up with the Linux Foundation’s Hedera Hiero standard.

The ex-Oracle Board member claims Hedera’s AI advancement would effectively translate to $100 billion in transaction income for the network. According to Sully, this huge transaction would lead to high demand for HBAR, ultimately pushing the market cap to over $1 trillion.

Furthermore, Sully highlighted Hedera’s involvement in AI governance and safety as another key factor for HBAR to hit the $1 trillion market cap. He stated that Hedera has built the most advanced capacity for enabling truly open-source AI with safety in mind. 

He sees this innovation becoming a standard for models globally in the future.

Hedera and Journey to New ATHs

Hedera is well-suited to handle large-scale financial transactions due to its low transaction cost and high speed. As highlighted in our previous article, Hedera experienced an outstanding network performance in Q4 2024. 

Transaction volumes skyrocketed from $1 million daily in October to over $10 million by December. This tenfold growth demonstrates the growing popularity of the Hedera network, positioning HBAR as one of the best cryptocurrencies to trade.

Currently, HBAR is trading at $0.30, down 3%, with a market capitalization of $11.51 billion. According to technical analysis, HBAR could see a 22% rally if it successfully closes above the $0.4012 resistance level.