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InfiniGold raises $6.25m and rebrands as Trovio 10 February 2021
Source: Trovio InfiniGold, leading commodity digitization and registry service, incubated out of Australia’s Rozetta Institute that is pioneering the tokenization of commodities on private and public blockchains, has raised $6.25 million AUD in a Series B funding round. The company also rebrands to a new name, Trovio, reflecting the agnostic nature of their technology which can be applied to a trove of different precious metals and commodity assets.
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It has been a blazing start to a new decade, with 13% more large, uncontrolled wildfires around the world this year compared with 2019. This has spelled dire consequences for CO2 levels, which have made worse a terrible COVID-19 pandemic that has led to unprecedented worldwide lockdowns that have rapidly pushed the economy toward digitization.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world have been forced to focus on integrating blockchain technology into their financial services. At the 75th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly, Sky Guo, a founding member of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum and co-founder of Cypherium an enterprise-focused platform facilitating interoperability between blockchains and central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs discussed how the next generation of foreign policy leaders can leverage emerging digital technologies to solve the world’s most pressing challenges, given that 80
SFOX and UPA team up to make UPCO2 carbon credit token globally available
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Another project begins to make use of blockchain technology for sustainability: crypto prime broker SFOX and Universal Protocol Alliance (UPA) are coming together to make a carbon credit token globally accessible.
SFOX, UPA to make Universal Carbon globally accessible Thursday 7 January 2021 13:42 CET | News US-based SFOX and Universal Protocol Alliance (UPA), a coalition of blockchain companies have announced a collaboration to work together to combat global climate change.
SFOX is an independent crypto broker. The collaboration intends to fulfil its purpose beginning by taking steps to make Universal Carbon (UPCO2) globally accessible to any digital wallet or exchange that wants to offer its clients the opportunity to buy carbon credit token.
In 2020 UPA launched Universal Carbon (UPCO2), a tradable REDD+ carbon credit token. Each UPCO2 Token represents one tonne of CO2 pollution averted by a certified REDD+ project preventing rainforest loss or degradation. Every Token is backed by a Verified Carbon Unit [VCU], a digital certificate issued by Verra and other international standards agencies, which allows certified projects to turn their greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions int
Universal Protocol Alliance working with SFOX to make UPCO2 carbon credit token more accessible We know that the vast majority of crypto enthusiasts, digital natives, and future-leaning people are concerned about climate change but up to now it has been hard to make a personal difference, said Akbar Thobhani, CEO of SFOX. At SFOX we want to help solve this problem and this is a step in that direction. Published by CryptoNinjas.net 01/06/2021
SFOX, an independent crypto prime broker, and Universal Protocol Alliance (UPA), a coalition of leading blockchain companies, today announced a collaboration to work together to combat global climate change: beginning by taking steps to make Universal Carbon (UPCO2) globally accessible to any digital wallet or exchange that wants to offer its clients the opportunity to buy the world’s first retail-accessible carbon credit token.