Why Blockchain?
SOLUTIONS
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Those looking to reduce their emissions will have access to a transparently priced, highly liquid carbon market on the blockchain by connecting each credit to metadata attesting to its quality and provenance
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Also solves the problem of cross-border FX losses that may incur as it would be carried out for cheaper on a blockchain network
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Anyone with a cryptocurrency wallet can buy / sell carbon credits/ ESG related tokenized assets. Therefore, liquidity in the market is expanded for large corporations by providing a wide array of financial instruments that incumbent architecture cannot provide
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This stands in stark contrast to the established market structure, where companies and people with access to brokers/ dealers are typically the only ones who can buy carbon credits
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Decentralization helping breakdown barriers to entry into carbon markets
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Improve market access for buyers, by expanding the market through improved price transparency and market participation
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Improve market access for project developers by reducing the cost of carbon credit registration
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Ratings provided on the network would be immutable and hence provide authenticity across quality of data on emitting companies
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Ratings would be visible to the public on the distributed ledger ensuring full transparency
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Standards framework on the blockchain coupled with carbon data collection of players in the market ensures historical storage of information and continuity.
