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PowerDime launching tokenized renewable energy platform with Chintai

[Dec 2 7:00 PM] According to data from Market.US, the virtual power purchase agreement market was valued at roughly $16.7 billion in 2023.

Ghana Leverages Blockchain for Carbon Credit Trade

[Nov 15 7:30 AM] Ghana and Singapore partner to use blockchain technology to facilitate the trading of carbon credits. Cementing Ghana’s Position as Africa’s Carbon Market Leader Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has entered into an…

HKMA Project Ensemble partners with Brazil, Thailand for tokenization

[Oct 28 6:29 PM] The Hong Kong Monetary Authority launch Project Ensemble in March and now has at least three countries participating. 

MARA Launches Pilot to Harness Shale Gas for Bitcoin Mining Operations

[Oct 8 3:45 PM] MARA, one of the largest bitcoin miners in the public market, has kicked off an exciting new pilot program aimed at powering its operations with excess natural gas from U.S. shale, as noted in a report from Reuters. This initiative emerges amidst…

Blockchain Climate Tech Startup Coral Raises $3 Million

[Sep 26 11:30 AM] Coral, a climate tech startup leveraging blockchain and AI, has secured $3 million in pre-seed funding to expand its operations and enhance its carbon emissions management platform. The funding will enable Coral to open a new office in Abu Dhabi…

Hashgraph Association to explore digital asset use cases with Qatar stakeholders

[Sep 20 12:43 PM] The Hashgraph Association will explore digital asset use cases like equity and real estate tokenization with stakeholders in Qatar. 

WeWork Founder's Climate Firm Refunds Crypto Token Holders After Failed Launch: Forbes

[Sep 12 3:40 PM] Flowcarbon, which raised $70 million from investors like Andreessen Horowitz, aims to tokenize carbon credits, but the token never launched.

WeWork founder’s crypto startup refunds investors after no token launch: Report

[Sep 12 5:46 AM] Flowcarbon reportedly cited tough market conditions and resistance from carbon registries as the main reasons behind the refunds.

Australian Bank Halts Development of ETH-Based Stablecoin

[Jun 19 8:43 PM] The National Australia Bank recently abandoned its stablecoin initiative, and the development team behind the project is now involved with the Ubiquity stablecoin. The Australian bank’s decision to shelve the stablecoin project shows that startups…

KlimaDAO Japan to launch carbon credit marketplace with Progmat

[May 21 11:43 AM] KlimaDAO and the Japanese stablecoin issuer may eventually trade carbon credits internationally.

Mastercard, Standard Chartered test tokenized deposit transaction

[May 15 1:57 PM] Mastercard’s Multi-Token Network enabled an atomic swap of a tokenized carbon credit for cash in a bank account.

Debt From Above: The Carbon Credit Coup

[Apr 4 6:35 AM] Sweeping across the shores of Latin America comes a scheme from some of the most predatory figures in the venture capital ecosystem of the United States. It is a brazen attempt to assert foreign influence across Latin America and threatens to…

A Crypto Carbon Credits Exchange Is Created in Germany

[Feb 6 8:00 AM] Neutral and DLT Finance are betting on regulation as the pathway to institutional investor adoption.

Italy’s central bank calls for framework to prevent stablecoin runs

[Jun 28, 2023 7:44 PM] Bank of Italy is calling for closer regulator scrutiny of stablecoins, which they say “have not proved stable at all.”

IFC-Backed Carbon Opportunities Fund Uses Chia Network to Settle Tokenized Carbon Credits

[Jun 28, 2023 7:00 AM] Investment company Sumitomo Corporation of Americas purchased a batch of tokenized carbon offsets from the Carbon Opportunities Fund.

Aussie 'Big 4' bank mints stablecoin for carbon trading and remittances

[Jan 18, 2023 11:04 PM] This marks the second "Big 4" bank in Australia to launch an Australian-dollar pegged stablecoin in a bid to boost the digital economy.

Putting carbon credits on blockchain won’t solve the problem alone: Davos

[Jan 17, 2023 12:53 AM] Cointelegraph’s editor-in-chief Kristina Lucrezia Cornèr moderated a panel discussion in Davos, Switzerland about pricing carbon credits.