Voluntary Carbon Market Explores Tokenization for Transparency and Traceability
Tokenized credits map each unit of abatement to a unique on-chain certificate, marked destroyed at retirement to prevent double counting. Project developers, auditors and buyers reconcile on one ledger.
Yet fragmented standards, methodology credibility and off-chain verification remain hurdles. Several industry alliances are pushing interoperable methodology registries.
If transparency is solved, carbon credits could become a sizable RWA sub-category.
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