Crypto Altruists Episode 154 - Coral Tribe & ReFi Hub - Powering Climate Finance with Real World Assets and Web3

By:

Drew Simon

In episode 154, we're excited to welcome Avery Schwarz and Christian Chegne of Coral Tribe and ReFi Hub, a community of impact investors powering Web3 climate finance. We discuss how the tokenization of real-world assets can revolutionize climate finance, how Web3 can help coordinate communities around climate solutions, the growing Regenerative Finance movement, and much more.

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Three Key Takeaways

Tokenized Real World Assets (RWAs) can help make traditionally closed markets open and accessible to the everyday person. Currently less than 1% of assets are tokenized on-chain, so there is lots of room to grow to make more diverse assets available to retail investors.
Traditionally, the world has followed a zero-sum economic system, where you can either make money or help the planet. Regenerative Finance, married with the tokenization of RWAs, makes it easier for investors to accomplish both simultaneously.
When it comes to addressing climate change, we have the technology and solutions to do it, but what we lack is the will and community buy-in. Web3 can help address this by gamifying climate action, making climate investing easy and accessible, and leveraging new primitives like DAOs and NFTs to coordinate communities around causes.

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Follow Avery, Christian, and Coral Tribe

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Episode Time Stamps

02:25 - What was your "Ah hah" moment that first got you excited about cryptocurrency and web3?

06:50 - To kick things off, can you please give listeners an intro to Coral Tribe's mission?

07:45 - On your website, it mentions how "Regenerative Finance (ReFi) and Real World Asset (RWA) tokenization changed finance and sustainable investment." Tell me more.

13:50 - To date, Coral Tribe has raised $500K and successfully funded 5 impact projects. Can you tell me more about the projects you've funded?

17:25 - The key to participating in the Coral Tribe community is owning a Coral NFT. What is a coral NFT, and what are some of the benefits that come with being a holder?

25:35 - ReFi Hub is another project that you are focused on. Can you please give listeners an intro to ReFi Hub?

30:30 - You've built an incredible community around Coral Tribe. How can Web3 tools help coordinate communities around important causes?

37:00 - Let's talk higher level. On your website, it mentions how "We believe that tech and decentralized finance are key solutions to the ecological crisis." In the coming decades, what role do you see blockchain playing in global efforts to combat climate change?

42:50 - What's the best way for listeners to learn more about Coral Tribe and ReFi Hub?

44:10 - To wrap things up, if you could name one thing that excites you most about the social impact potential of web3, what would it be and why?

DISCLAIMER

While we may discuss specific web3 projects or cryptocurrencies on this podcast, please do not take any of this as investment advice, and please make sure to do your own research on potential investment opportunities, or any opportunity. We host a variety of guests on this podcast with the sole purpose of highlighting the social impact use cases of this technology. That being said, Crypto Altruism does not endorse any of these projects, and we recognize that, since this is an emerging sector, some may be operating in regulatory grey areas, and as such, we cannot confirm their legality in the jurisdictions in which they operate, especially as it pertains to decentralized finance protocols. So, before getting involved with any project, it’s important that you do your own research and confirm the legality of the project. More available HERE.