I originally published this article in Spanish in Gk.City. If you prefer to read it in the original Spanish, click here. If the purpose of this blog series is to argue that crypto is an important ingredient in helping carbon markets work in order to save the environment, we must…

In what follows I describe how carbon markets can help pull the planet back from the brink of environmental collapse, but in their current manifestation, they’re deeply flawed. The field of crypto, taking advantage of blockchain technology, can help solve many of the Carbon markets’ most pressing problems. By way…

By Matthew Carpenter-Arévalo I recently attended a crypto conference alongside many actors in the regenerative finance space. Conferences always stretch my ambivert tendencies: I find it exhausting to introduce myself to people, repeat my story, and elbow my way into conversations amongst strangers. Nevertheless, the value in attending conferences is…

Today I am going to editorialize a bit if you don’t mind. After the 18-day protests in favor of fuel subsidies that took place in Ecuador, I needed a break. Luckily, my yearly retreat to Atlantic Canada arrived in a prompt fashion. …

Learn How a Digital Currency Can Help Fight Climate Change By Matthew Carpenter-Arévalo If you’re curious about the regenerative finance space, you’ve probably heard of KlimaDAO. …

By Matthew Carpenter-Arévalo In April 2021, I wrote an article titled “Ecuador is F$%ked”. Over a year later, the thesis still holds. As paralyzing protests in the country’s capital enter their second week, it’s worth reflecting on how we got here. The first thing I would point out is that…

An Intro to Carbon Offsets with NORI CEO Paul Gambill Whenever friends or family ask me for more information about regenerative finance, I start by sending them a 19-minute LOOM recorded by Paul Gambill, CEO of Nori, a carbon removal marketplace. You can find the complete video here. If you’d…

For those of us who live in the global south, hearing about how technological advances will make our lives better can be stomach-turning. Without understanding the context, US-based technologists can overestimate how easily their technology is going to be adopted, and underestimate how resilient structural problems, like corruption and weak…

As an entrepreneur, I used to tell my team that problems that can be solved with money are good problems to have. It may sound like a question of privilege to say this, but in business money is fungible. If you need more money, you can get more by using…