Sports are a hot topic in the exclusive “Blue Zone” at COP26, with executives from a range of clubs and governing bodies set to discuss urgent changes that facilitate greener sporting events and more sustainable stadiums. The “Sports for Climate Action” UNFCCC panel has 256 signatories and should yield interesting…

The battle against climate change is confusing. Until all industries find ways to pivot to regenerative or sustainable models, there will be a need to “offset” emissions by funding environmentally-sound carbon-negative projects. But this is currently a vague and unstructured marketplace with fragmented guidelines, few regulations, and myriad accounting methodologies…

I recently had my mind blown by studies establishing the role of fungi networks in providing crucial underground trade routes between trees in forests. These trade deals between plant and fungal partners for natural resources are supremely insightful. The associations between roots and fungi are called mycorrhizae. These symbiotic arrangements…

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) have become powerful vehicles for community stakeholders to crowdfund and govern decentralized projects. Anyone tokenholder can create “Improvement Proposals”: these product enhancements originate as forum discussions for code changes or budget approvals, and require majority approval from the community to pass. Though decentralized governance offers a…

Let’s start with a cold hard fact: we cannot buy our way back from climate change. Our current efforts focus on channelling funds from large corporations and conscious individuals into environmental causes, which are essentially carbon-negative projects run by institutions, auditors, and operators. This article review the various shapes and…

“Carbon Farming” is the process of developing, measuring, auditing, and monetizing CO2 sequestration initiatives (eg. sustainable farming, carbon sinks, forestry conservation) in the form of “carbon offsets”. These carbon allowances or credits are priced based on provable impact over a period of time. …

Liquidity is to DeFi what water is to civilization — without it, nothing would work. This series aims to provide a friendly and relevant introduction to the topic. Liquidity for Kids: The Nintendo Exchange (NEX) Liquidity for Teens: Rebalancing Pool Party Liquidity for Adults: A Practical Taxonomy Liquidity for Pros: Non-Fungibility and Bonding Liquidity for Feds: Tax Implications(coming soon!) Please clap or comment if you enjoy the posts! I would be delighted to hear any feedback.

This article is part 4 of my “Liquidity for All” series. If you’ve made it this far, you must be an ace yield farmer or DeFi enthusiast. So without further ado, it’s my great honor to introduce…Uniswap v3 and the invention of “Non-Fungible Liquidity”! Uniswap v3 Concentrated Liquidity Uniswap prepared a friendly video explaining…

This article is part 3 of my “Liquidity for All” series. Introduction Liquidity in DeFi is a completely different beast than in CeFi. I would call the former an algorithmically-rebalanced hybrid asset, while the latter is essentially fiat cash that is earmarked for investment or another purpose. If you read parts…