ReFi Roundup #33: Senken launch, Greentrade raise, GR15 & biochar dMRV
Hey ReFi Nation! ๐
John Ellison here getting the ReFi Roundup over the line after another abundant week at the intersection of regeneration and web3. It's been a beauty.
Imagine this: Next time you read ReFi Roundup will be post-merge. ๐ฑ
Let's keep our fingers crossed and hopes all goes according to plan!
Here's a quick recap of what happened in ReFi this week, followed by a short stint of ReFi Bites and ReFi Events!
Carbon marketplace landscape ๐ฅ
We've seen Adrian from Senken launch their carbon marketplace as well as Frederick from Greentrade announce their pre-seed led by Cerulean providing pressure on the carbon marketplace landscape.
Quadratic lands open up ๐
GR15 kicked off with over $2.7M of match funding featuring 30 founders from the ReFi Summer cohort and a strong emphasis on digital measurement, reporting, and verification.
Biochar dMRV ๐
The largest carbon project developer, South Pole, and Carbonfuture partner to scale up biochar projects with digitised monitoring and reporting off the back of Verra's biochar methodology which seems to have boosted CDR market sentiment.
What is ReFi?
If you're just tuning into ReFi Roundup and are looking for a good primer on the subject, check out the latest episode from ReFi Podcast, as well as the listener favorite "Welcome to ReFi Podcast".
ReFi Bites
Snippets of the best from ReFi Twitter and beyond
GR15 Launch Party! ๐ต
happy gitcoin grants GR15 launch day! https://t.co/8P0WRpTaDN pic.twitter.com/8pRN6ykvB7
— ฮwoki (๐ค,๐) (@owocki) September 7, 2022
Top undiscovered grant on GR15 ๐ฐ
Regenerative Village Building Handbook ๐
22 people gathered to spend 10 days co-writing an open source handbook on Regenerative Village Building. Creating 200 pages for #solarpunk living. Support our gitcoin grant for @DAOtreeHouse and Web3 book publishing for #regeneration https://t.co/5myO7isYVT pic.twitter.com/9jz9h03Ws7
— Jerefi (@jeremyanew) September 11, 2022
Cryptosapiens sneak peek ๐
Beyond the digital art, an Ecosapien acts like a Pokemon character! ๐น
— EcoSapiens | Coming Soon (@ecosapiensxyz) September 11, 2022
It evolves and increases in rarity as you back it by more carbon ๐#BeEcosapien #NFTCommunity pic.twitter.com/y2op3o6Uu1
BCT report released
The much-anticipated report from Allied Offsets on $BCT was released. The report confirms that the same @VerraStandards projects in the BCT pools are also in demand by corporates for retirement off-chainโand they're paying significantly more for them.https://t.co/cus1S5onC6 2/9
— KlimaDAO (๐ณ,๐ณ) (@KlimaDAO) September 11, 2022
Europe facing potential energy crisis of confidence
It's a long one, but helpful to understand the scale of the European energy grid, the complexity and contributing factors of the situation at hand!
Let's talk electricity.
— Alexander Stahel ๐บ๐ฆ (@BurggrabenH) September 8, 2022
Europe is in danger of rolling electricity shortages from what I call a crisis of confidence.
I will explain why, back it with data & kindly ask YOU to share it as the fix lies in voting for balanced policies. We must adapt, urgently!
1/n#Electricity pic.twitter.com/tRON0iiiO3
ReFi Events
In-person and online events to get your ReFi on ๐บ๐ผ๐ชฉ
ReFi Lisbon on Sep 12, hosted by Open Forest Protocol, Raiz and Arroz Estudios
If you didn't manage to get a ticket yet, you can still apply for a membership from Arroz Estudios (https://app.enrollmint.io/ enter "ReFi Lisbon") and bring 3 Euros to the door! Hope to see you there.
The #ReFi Soirรฉe #NEARCON2022 Side event is SOLD OUT ๐คฏ๐คฉ
— Open Forest Protocol (OFP) (@OpenForest_) September 10, 2022
If you snatched your ticket in time, check out the agenda for the evening and keep an eye out for an email containing event instructions ๐
๐จIf you donโt have a ticket, you can still enter with a 3 euro fee at the door! pic.twitter.com/xT7iXbXrR5
Twitter Spaces Monday Sep 12 10am PST
So excited for our first conversation on DeSci, ReSci and computational biology ๐ค
— ScienceStanley.eth (@ScienceStanley) September 10, 2022
Tune in Monday at 10am PST on the @lab_dao twitch stream!
Supported by @NewAtlantisDAO and @lab_dao ๐งฌ๐ฅผ๐ https://t.co/H3b7qjcNB4
Berlin, Sep 16 & 17
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— Toucan ๐ผ soon @Berlin (@ToucanProtocol) September 9, 2022
On Sep 16 & 17, you'll find us Toucans ๐ฆ at #RegensUnite โ let's build solutions that make our planet ๐ better!
๐ Moos Space
๐ Sep 15, 6pm-9pmhttps://t.co/WQxiJWyqZN
CO2Cult Gitcoin Give-athon Sep 19
co2cult will be hosting a GR15 Climate Round Give-A-Thon on September 19th.
— MilkMoney (@MilkMoney64209) September 9, 2022
Please reach out to me or co2cult to find out how to participate. pic.twitter.com/GPvxaSXHeu
Climate Week Blockchain Summit Sep 20
Save the Date! ๐จ
— Flowcarbon (@weareflowcarbon) August 30, 2022
We are thrilled to be hosting the first ever Climate Week Blockchain Summit, together with dClimate during #ClimateWeek2022.
When: September 20th, 2022
Where: Manhattan, NYC
ReFi Kenya, October 7
Check out the first ReFi event in Africa hosted by Kennedy and co. from Shamba Protocol! Such a great milestone for the ReFI movement!
Join us in Kenya next month for @ReFiKenya. The goal of the event is to spread awareness of the opportunities opened up by ReFi to different stakeholders across the country and beyond. @CeloOrg @ReFiDAOist @clim8collective @de_planDAO #ReFi #ReFiKenya pic.twitter.com/1Rf7J69bwl
— Shamba - Live on #GR15 (@shambanetwork) September 7, 2022
Thank you!
Here's to all the founders, builders and investors who make ReFi possible.
Here's to you ๐ป
Happy MergingโQuadratic Fundingโwhatever you're doing!
