ReFi

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We put together a 2024 year in review for ReFi!

Relive the highlights for an interesting year for the space below.

https://paragraph.xyz/@carboncopy/refi-year-that-was-2024-review
Time is running out to vote in the Octant Epoch 6 snapshot!

There are 6 great ReFi projects that need your support to make it through to the allocation window:

@regensunite
@refidao
GainForest
Kolektivo
@atlantians
CARBON Copy

https://snapshot.box/#/s:octantapp.eth/proposal/0xbe14cdafb5f910c068d83b5e99a27e9a34fa3a3646b3926796d1cf772000af0a
🚨 Final Push: Vote for ReFi DAO 2.0 Today — Last Chance in @octant Epoch 6 Snapshot to secure our spot in the next Allocation Window! 🗳️

👉 Vote now! https://tinyurl.com/OctantEpoch6ReFiDAO

Your vote will help unlock the funding we need to launch ReFi DAO 2.0 and transform regenerative finance. 🌍✨

In 2025, with your support, we’ll achieve 4 key milestones:
1. Regen Coordination Data Commons 📊 – A framework for tracking and verifying impact.
2. Prosperity Passport 🛂 – A reputation system rewarding contributors.
3. Local ReFi Toolkit 🛠️ – A shared resource to accelerates regenerative finance adoption and innovation.
4. ReFi DAO 2.0 Launch 🚀 – A comprehensive suite of tools and organizational structures to accelerate global collaboration.
Some news!

The ReFi Recap is moving to the @refidao blog starting Monday, December 9th. @trinitymorphy will be taking over as the author.

The CARBON Copy Newsletter will switch it's focus to deeper analysis about the ReFi space and its impact.

https://paragraph.xyz/@carboncopy/the-refi-recap-changes-places
What's your ReFi prediction for 2025?

In this week's recap, we look at a prediction made by @rene of @celo Foundation.

https://paragraph.xyz/@carboncopy/the-refi-recap-looking-ahead-to-refi-in-2025
🌐 Bringing carbon credits onchain. ⛓️

It’s been a tough couple years for both crypto markets and carbon credits, but that hasn’t dissuaded Marcus from continuing on his mission to transform the climate finance space using blockchains.

Learn more about what’s driving his thesis and the work at KlimaDAO, one of the original protocols that helped catalyze #refi.

Watch on YouTube or MaEarth.com: https://youtu.be/tHk8I1NT8ao
Unpacking 'regenerative finance' with Jenny Stefanotti of Denizen #refi
In this week's ReFi Recap, @trinitymorphy talks the single-use plastic ban in Lagos State, Nigeria.

We've also added a bunch of projects to our database!

https://paragraph.xyz/@carboncopy/the-refi-recap-banning-single-use-plastic-in-lagos-state
Last month, Lagos State in Nigeria announced that a ban on single-use plastics, among other things, would go into effect in January 2025.

Our @trinitymorphy took a closer look at the ban and whether it's the right way forward for a state (and country) drowning in waste.

https://carboncopy.news/features/what-lagos-state-plastic-ban-tells-us-about-waste-nigeria/
Only 2 days left in GG22!

A huge thank you to the 43 people who donated so far! 🙏 💚

If you've yet to donate, we'd love your support as we seek to aggregate and visualise the impact that the ReFi space is making!
Another Friday, another ReFi Recap.

Congrats to Glow on its US$30 million raise to support its mission of replacing all grid electricity with clean energy!

https://paragraph.xyz/@carboncopy/the-refi-recap-glow-30-million-raise
Ma Earth Grants Round 2 is live, and open for contributions! https://maearth.com/grants

🌐 We’re distributing $200k in total matching funds to 30 regenerative land and ocean projects, using quadratic funding on Gitcoin. #GG22

🌎 These projects are doing incredible work restoring wetlands, planting forests, transforming agriculture, regenerating coral reefs, providing ecological education, connecting bioregional efforts, developing tools, and caring for our beautiful planet.

🙏🏽 This round’s matching pool is generously provided by Biome Trust, Gitcoin, and Naia Trust.

📈 Now you get to vote for your favorite projects, which determines the matching funds. Every contribution above $5 USD qualifies, and can unlock 5-10X in matching for the community projects you love.

Get started at http://maearth.com/grants
Donor Advised Funds on the blockchain is a great use case for ReFi. Check out our conversation with Robbie Heeger @heegs, president and CEO of Endaoment @endaoment, the first community foundation that’s fully onchain.

Endaoment’s smart contracts unlock speed, transparency, and new giving features like Universal Impact Pools (using quadratic funding).

Robbie explains how the platform works, and how the future of philanthropy might be further shaped by digital technologies, in this conversation with Matthew Monahan @mjm on The Regeneration Will Be Funded.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/0Qm8VcZvnL8
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4B6ArG9sidlK2KAazi3vVu?si=f546d44c4901450f
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-regeneration-will-be-funded/id1706728107?i=1000674337838
SeaTrees to launch 300,000 marine biodiversity credits on Regen Network
ReFi Hub pays out first yield to investors in Brazilian solar project
Azos Finance launches incentivised testnet
Another Friday, another ReFi Recap.

In this week's edition, the launch of our ReFi Impact Dashboard!

https://paragraph.xyz/@carboncopy/the-refi-recap-launching-our-impact-dashboard-beta
We have some exciting news! The early beta of our ReFi Impact Dashboard is now live!

For context, our goal is to aggregate and visualise the impact ReFi projects are making. There's a long way to go in terms of aggregation, but we'll get there.

What we're looking for:

- Feedback! If you have thoughts on metrics you'd like to see or anything else, let us know.

- If you're a project and want to get your data linked up to the dashboard, reach out!

https://carboncopy.news/dashboard/
How should we define success in the ReFi space?

Our @trinitymorphy goes on a quest to find out.

https://carboncopy.news/features/search-refi-success-metrics/
Octant launches Public Goods Sweepstakes with US$100,000 in prizes