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Today we're launching REDD: a high-integrity, transparent market for preservation financing or REDD+ projects π³
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Whoβs still here in #ReFi ππΌπΏ
Say hello! ππ»
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π New blog post! π
In the rapidly evolving world of environmental asset markets, liquidity is keyπ§π
Discover how off-chain contracts and on-chain liquidity pools unlock liquidity in these markets π
neutralx.com/blog/unlocking-β¦
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πΎ Today weβre announcing a $3.2 million financing round led by @NorthIslandVC with contributions from @redalpine, @DCGco , @Cerulean_xyz , Factor Capital, @veryearlyxyz, and @rarestonecap.
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ReFi summer is almost over but this is just the beginning for our ecosystem. Today we're introducing Neutral Protocol, the derivatives hub for the ReFi ecosystem - allowing users to trade carbon futures and options while enabling yield on carbon assets
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ππWeβre thrilled to launch our new website outlining Neutral's focus and vision! ππ
Learn more about the Neutral platform, the assets that will be available to trade, and The Neutral Vision written by our co-founder & CEO @farouqmghandour π
neutralx.com/
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ππ We're thrilled to announce a partnership with our friends at @ToucanProtocol ππ
We're working together to launch the next generation of structured products and will have these next-gen assets available for trade on Neutral π
Read more below π
We're excited π€© to partner with @NeutralProtocol. Neutral is building an exchange for ReFi assets.
How does our partnership look? A quick π§΅
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β‘οΈ Weβre excited to release the updated Neutral Protocol website! β‘οΈ
neutralprotocol.co/
Quick recap on Neutral and what we're building 𧡠1/7
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Our founders spent the last week in @EthereumDenver meeting with partners π€ and investors π° working on tackling climate change with the most advanced tools of our time
We're thrilled to be working alongside such great partners π
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π Weβre hosting a space alongside @climateXcrypto of @ReFiDAOist with speakers from movers in ReFi π
You wonβt want to miss it β speakers belowπ
(Date and time tentative)
nitter.app/i/spaces/1rmGPkDEelMKN
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πThe Neutral team is thrilled to be a @celo_camp grand prize winnerπ
Congrats to @CarbonPath_io on their great work π
And the grand prize winners for @celo_camp Batch 6 are...
π₯ @CarbonPath_io
π₯ @NeutralProtocol
Congrats to all participants! π
Read on for the Celo Innovation Awards distribution. β¬οΈ
bit.ly/3P2ngLX
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Neutral + @OpenForest_ = A powerful partnership for change.
We're combining our strengths to elevate the standard for environmental asset exchanges by combining our market infrastructure with OFP's revolutionary dMRV.
Read more below π
neutralx.com/blog/neutral-anβ¦
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π π The Neutral team is thrilled to announce a partnership with Solid World DAO π π
Solid World DAO is using DeFi to close the climate financing gap through fair, transparent, and liquid markets. We're excited to be part of their journey, read more below π
Solid World is pleased to announce a new partnership with @NeutralProtocol, a derivatives platform for ReFi assets, which allows users to trade carbon futures, options, and execute strategies. Follow their Twitter and see our announcement to learn more!
solidworlddao.medium.com/solβ¦
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The Neutral team is excited to share our @ecosapiensxyz π thanks to the Ecosapiens team for making offsetting a thrill
This NFT was made by retiring 28 carbon credits, equivalent to 1,120 trees planted π³
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We're proud to partner with SCB Group, a leading low-carbon commodity trading company. Together, we're addressing gaps in market infrastructure for carbon and renewable energy markets to build the future of environmental asset trading π
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The Neutral team is expanding and always looking to bring in top talent π
If you or anyone you know is being affected by the FTX layoffs, please reach out to the team β weβd love to talk π
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Joining us will be
@robdogeth from @ToucanProtocol
@0xRez / @stenverjerkku from @solidworlddao
@Philfog from @weareflowcarbon
@gregory_landua from @regen_network
@mr_adrianxyz from @senken_io
@TDaltonC from @Jasmine_Energy
and our own @Farouqmghandour
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Our partners at @ToucanProtocol sat down with our friends @SylveraCarbon to discuss the role of rating agencies and transparency in the VCM ποΈΒ π
"Only a third of carbon credits in the market are good quality. There needs to be a way to identify these high-quality credits."
We spoke to Polly Thompson from @SylveraCarbon about the scope of their work & the importance of carbon credit ratings.π
blog.toucan.earth/sylvera
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1/8 Understanding the carbon credit lifecycle is key to enhancing the impact of carbon markets.
𧡠Here's a simplified guide:
#CarbonCredits #ClimateAction
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ππ Neutral has partnered with @systemsrenoster ! ππ
Renoster employs an open, scientific framework to provide transparent reviews of carbon offset projects. We leverage those reviews to curate tradeable projects and inform users on the Neutral exchange. 1/2
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ππWeβre thrilled to announce a partnership with our friends at @Jasmine_Energy to help bring Renewable Energy Credits to the Neutral platform. ππ
Check out the thread below for more details π
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Our co-founder @Farouqmghandour sat down with the @ToucanProtocol team to discuss Neutral π, our work with Toucanπ€, and the importance and tokenization π
Check it out here:
blog.toucan.earth/meet-farouβ¦
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π Our new blog post explores the roles of marketplaces and exchanges in environmental asset markets and why theyβre moving towards a more symbiotic relationship π€
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neutralx.com/blog/marketplacβ¦
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Thank you to @weareflowcarbon @CeloOrg and others for hosting a great Climate summit, @ToucanProtocol @solidworldhq @clim8collective for hosting an investor breakfast, and @EthereumDenver for bringing us all together!
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π New Blog Alert! We're diving into the necessity of carbon markets for achieving our climate goals. A thought-provoking fact: without carbon markets, achieving net-zero and limiting global warming to 1.5Β°C would be out of reach.
Read more here π
neutralx.com/blog/necessity-β¦
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π‘Β In our latest blog post, we examine the history of voluntary and compliance regimes and delve into predictions about their future evolution.
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An exciting day:
πOur friends at @ReturnProtocol just launched!! π
And our friends @esg_dao just announced a partnership with @NEARProtocol π€π
GM!
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It was great to hear from @climateXcrypto on the future of @ReFiDAOist as a network state for regeneration and from @owocki on how crypto can regenerate our planet
Exciting times ahead π
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π New Blog post
Efforts are rising to define quality in the VCM, with particular interest triggered by the @guardian exposΓ©. Rating agencies like @SylveraCarbon , @BeZeroCarbon, @systemsrenoster and nonprofits @ic_vcm, @wearevcmi are ushering in a paradigm shift in the VCM.
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π³ Project developers sit at the center of the voluntary carbon market. Without them, there would be no carbon credits to buy and sell.
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Our Head of Design @ga_roja walks through her design philosophy and approach below, check it out π
ReFi is growing up. π±
-Weβre building infrastructure
-Weβre raising our standards for quality and efficiency
-Weβre paving more roads for cooperation
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Missed our latest blog on liquidity in environmental asset markets?
Hereβs an overview πΒ 1/8
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Our partners @solidworldhq have launched their inaugural liquid forward contracts pool π
Learn more below π
1/7 Today is the day! Solid World is excited to announce the launch of our inaugural CRISP-scored liquidity pool on @0xPolygonLabs, a game-changing initiative set to transform the landscape of the Voluntary Carbon Market. ππ
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We're thrilled to be working with the @ToucanProtocol team π€© to introduce new utility for tokenized carbon and push carbon markets forwardπ
Keep your eyes π open for additional details as we build alongside the Toucan team π€
We're working hard on expanding the ecosystem of builders pushing carbon markets forward πΏπ and are excited to announce that Toucan is working with @NeutralProtocol to build derivatives for tokenized carbon π
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Together weβre increasing the integrity of environmental asset markets and promoting trust in carbon credits among traders, businesses, and consumers. Click here to learn more π neutralx.com/blog/neutral-paβ¦
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Our friends at Toucan are addressing two birds with one stone πͺΊ
Offset emissions and give a gift for the planet this holiday season π€
Climate action for Christmas π π±
On-chain carbon credit retirements: a gift for the planet and people in your life
Now with a personalized, holiday-themed gift certificate π
Details on the why & how π§΅
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For our latest blog post, we spoke to various market players to examine the road to defining quality and the relationship between registries, rating agencies, and independent non-profits.
Click here to learn more π
neutralx.com/blog/defining-qβ¦
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Exciting news! π Neutral is joining @ecota_io to boost European decarbonization using blockchain technology. Together, we're reshaping the future of environmental asset markets and leading the way to a net-zero Europe π
More details here:
neutralx.com/blog/neutral-joβ¦
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π Exciting announcement coming out from our partners @solidworldhq π
They've developed CRISP, a risk framework for evaluating forward contracts
Read more belowπ
1/ ππ± Solid World is excited to unveil CRISP - our groundbreaking Carbon Risk Identification and Scoring Principles framework! CRISP will revolutionize the evaluation of forward carbon credit deals in the rapidly expanding Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM). ππ§΅
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ππ» If you found this interesting, RT this post.
ππ» Learn more about Neutral on our website and sign up for our beta.
neutralx.com/
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Wen launch?
Weβve been working hard in stealth and our launch is currently slated for Q4 2022. We don't take quality, security, and ecosystem alignment lightly and will ensure we have all three before launch. If you want to chat with the team, DMs are always open π«‘
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1/14 π The way we do business needs a seismic shift. For centuries, economies built on extraction have led to the degradation of our natural ecosystems and climate. It's time for us to change the economy with #RegenerativeFinance / #ReFi π‘
Listen up ππ»π§΅ππ»
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We will use the funding to launch a regulated exchange for environmental assets in Europe and are working to expand into other jurisdictions in North America and Asia.
Read more about the investment in our press release π
neutralx.com/blog/neutral-raβ¦
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By 2050, emission removals of 1.5-10 gigatonnesβa year will be needed to maintain global warming at manageable limits. In our latest blog post we explore exciting Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) pathways.
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neutralx.com/blog/emerging-cβ¦
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In our newest blog post, we spoke to @ALLCOTGROUP and @VlinderClimate to get their insights on the problems and opportunities in project development. Read the full text here π
neutralx.com/blog/project-deβ¦
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While registries aim to update their crediting practices and buyers look for reliable quality indicators, rating agencies are assessing projects on their climate impact, and independent non-profits are producing industry guidelines.
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What more can we do?
A portion of protocol profits will be used to purchase / offset carbon and fund carbon origination projects, meaning we'll be a highly net-negative protocol.
Guess we're not always neutral π
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Users will be able to trade perpetual futures (perps) built on top of a UniV3 engine and European carbon options with optional physical delivery
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Click here for more on the history and convergence of voluntary and compliance markets π
neutralx.com/blog/convergencβ¦
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Our co-founder @Farouqmghandour sat down with the @clim8collective community to discuss Neutral Protocol
Couple highlights from the conversation π§΅
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We are excited to support and be a part of Blocks Garden!
Let's make a positive impact together π
1/ πexcited to announce that Blocks.garden is now live
with 23 a-m-a-z-i-n-g launch partners ππ¦Έ
#Crypto will go down as the first industry on the π
to decarbonize its entire energy history β‘οΈβ»οΈ
starting with #Ethereum
Here's how
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medium.com/@Zero_Labs/the-fuβ¦
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π Our GR15 grant is now live! π
We're excited to be in the Climate Solutions round with other amazing projects pushing for a regenerative future πͺ
Check out grant here:
gitcoin.co/grants/7036/neutrβ¦
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Neutral stands at the intersection of these two global trends. We build advanced market infrastructure for the environmental asset markets of the future, enabling better pricing and trade for these new generation of assets.
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However, developers face intense economic pressures and systemic market inefficiencies that make it difficult to focus on what matters: creating high-quality carbon projects.
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We'll first introduce perps as theyβre a well-known, easy-to-use, hedging mechanism that doesnβt fragment liquidity. Perp traders will be able to use carbon as collateral, increasing on-chain utility and allowing users to execute a long-short position in a single transaction
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European carbon options will enable carbon yield vaults and improved net-neutral execution, providing offsetters with price stability and carbon hodlers with yield opportunities
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7/8 Pooling can be done for carbon credits, RECs, and carbon forwards. @ToucanProtocol launched one of the first pools for carbon credits with BCT & NCT, @solidworldhqβs recently launched CRISP-M targeting forwards, and @Jasmine_Energy will soon launch JLT targeting RECs.
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We started Neutral Protocol to drive carbon markets to maturity, building alongside our partners in hopes of catalyzing explosive growth in our ecosystem ππ
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As the ecosystem matures and liquidity increases, we'll start delivering more sophisticated derivative products
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Why are we building Neutral?
We're first and foremost environmentalists and want liquidity to flow into conservation efforts. On-chain carbon markets are best fit for leading this effort due to clear pricing, β‘οΈ transaction speeds, and transparency into underlying credits
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Environmental assets, which include carbon credits, renewable energy credits, and other environmental commodities, have seen a substantial uptick in demand in recent years. This growth is expected to accelerate exponentially, driven by the global push towards sustainability.
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Join us in an hour to hear our co-founder @Farouqmghandour discuss Neutral! ππ±
Have you saved your spot for @celo_camp Batch 6 Demo Day yet? π€
The teams are ready to present some exceptional dapps #BuiltWithCelo.
Join them. β¬οΈ
bit.ly/3DKOt0h
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discord.gg/CzxTzU8KBB
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neutralx.com/blog/neutral-paβ¦
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Driving carbon markets to maturity means expanding retail and institutional access and we will be aggressively pursuing regulated platforms in restricted jurisdictions
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Understanding the distinctions and similarities is fundamental to participating and investing effectively in these markets π. We also explore how combining these carbon market segments might allow us to build a global πΒ and comprehensive carbon market.
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Providing the core suite of derivative products will allow for composability and construction of complex positions with easy execution and management
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Alongside the momentum in environmental asset markets, traditional market infrastructure is moving towards leveraging blockchain technology and tokenized assets for improved trade, settlement, and transparency.
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Weβre a team of builders that want to accelerate the growth of carbon markets π
Growth in carbon markets means more capital allocated to conservation efforts on the ground
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ππ» If you agree with or are excited about our vision, RT this post.
ππ» Check out our full Neutral Vision on our blog and sign up for our beta.
neutralx.com/blog/the-neutraβ¦
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DM questions you want to ask the roundtable! Weβll try to address as many as we can and will open it at the end for questions from the ReFi community π€
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I am verifying my ownership of Neutral Protocol - On-chain carbon derivatives on Gitcoin Grants at gitcoin.co/grants/7036/neutrβ¦. πππ₯ππ₯π₯
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Market participants can lock in prices for purchases / sales of credits or forwards, hedge their carbon or forward holdings, and express market sentiment while enabling a new layer of utility (yield / net-neutral strategies)
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Neutral Protocol will be adopting this practice. Our co-founder is pushing for a coalition to lead its adoption across web3. Who's in? π€
A super impactful initiative we could take on as an ecosystem is to push protocols across Web 3, particularly DeFi, to divert a small portion of revenue towards offsetting or funding carbon future contracts
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Increased demand and market efficiency means accelerated growth for carbon markets πβ and that means more π³π²π±
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These uses cases increase demand for carbon and improve market efficiency as participants can construct more sophisticated positions aligned with their risk tolerance
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ππOur friends at @weareflowcarbon just launched their Flow3rs General Auction ππ
Check out the collection, proceeds go directly to offsetting π
The Flow3rs General Auction is officially LIVE!
You will be able to pick Flow3rs today until December 16th @ 12pm ET.
Take home a piece of digital art from this collection, where proceeds go directly to retiring carbon offsets!
Check it out at mint.flow3rs.io/.
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"And if we work with a platform like @senken_io , you can allow these entities to specify what the underlying credit is even further. So not just like this pool or that pool, but the specific type of credit associated with an option."
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βCDRβ refers to technology-enhanced biochemical processes that remove CO2 from the environment and store it permanently. Direct Air Capture is the best-known example; Ocean-based CDR, on the other hand, leverages the carbon-storing potential of oceans and marine life. π
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π Gm ReFi frens
Join @checkfit from @ReFiPodcast and @Farouqmghandour in two hours for a ReFi shill session
And we have another space lined up to share #GR15 grants. π
Set your reminder β° and jump in to shill your project.
Join @Farouqmghandour and myself below π
nitter.app/i/spaces/1vAxRAnnONqJlβ¦
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With rising demand for carbon credits that score highly on additionally and permanence, these technologies have seen surging investment and growth in recent years. Learn about these emerging CDR pathways and the trailblazing companies executing against them in our blog.
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Learn more about their evolution and how they can work together in our latest blog post π
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6/8 Our role involves facilitating transactions between supply and demand, offering an extensive selection of credit options, and maintaining an order book that upholds transparency. We've developed a specialized exchange for purchasing with precision and efficiency.
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8/8 In our blog post, we discuss these instruments in depth and go over some of the challenges associated with consolidating liquidity. Read more here π
neutralx.com/blog/unlocking-β¦
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2/8 ORIGINATION: Carbon credits originate from projects focusing on emissions reductions, sequestration & removal from renewable energy to forestry. These projects attract diverse backers, including gov't, NGOs & businesses motivated by climate action, ROI, and reputation.
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8/8 This lifecycle creates a value chain incentivizing emission reductions, contributing to a sustainable, low-carbon future. By understanding this process, we can all make more informed choices about our role in combating climate change. π±π #CarbonCredits #ClimateAction
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2/8 Environmental assets need to be highly liquid to provide transparent pricing and efficient trade, but the heterogeneity of these assets has long been a drag on growth. The absence of reliable price signals results in an inefficient, opaque market that is difficult to scale.
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7/8 RETIREMENT: Carbon credits can be retired right away or after multiple trades. Once retired, a credit can't be used or sold again, preventing double-counting & ensuring a genuine impact in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The retiring entity can then claim this impact.
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4/8 VERIFICATION: After emission reductions are verified & the value of individual credits is confirmed, this batch of credits can enter the carbon market for sale. This is often facilitated through a registry.
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Our co-founder @Farouqmghandour will be discussing Neutral on @CO2CULTNFT 's give-a-thon
Starting in 10 minutes, tune in π€
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