The ReFi Recap: Looking ahead to ReFi in 2025

Happy Friday!

In case you missed it, the president of Celo Foundation made a prediction earlier this week:

Another 2025 prediction (based on a few conversations these past few weeks): #ReFi and the regen movement more broadly will make a big comeback, major mainstream potential there even.

What's different than 2023? We now have functioning on/off ramps and 10x wallet ui/ux.

The optimism is refreshing after a two-year bear market. A crypto media star in 2022, ReFi more or less fell off the radar when tokenised carbon credit projects failed to fix carbon markets (an unrealistic expectation to begin with). The idea that it could re-enter even the crypto/Web3 consciousness is intriguing!

Interestingly, as Rene alludes to, the reason for a potential ReFi rebirth isn't even related to ReFi. It's actually about crypto being a lot easier to use. Apps like Minipay, local stablecoin initiatives like those of Mento Labs, and new wallets like Rainbow are making it possible to interact with the ReFi apps that do exist.

While these improvements are undoubtedly important, there is something else that's different than 2022/23: the diversity of ReFi projects.

Whether Impact DePINs, waste collection incentives, quadratic funding, impact currencies, or green investment instruments, there is so much more that the average person can do to get involved in regeneration.

That said, a lot has to align for ReFi to go mainstream. A sustained bull run would certainly help, but more needs to be done on our side to prove the value of a regenerative mindset. We can't just rely on altruism. At the very least, 2025 promises to see a lot of the work that's be done over the past two years come to fruition.

That's what we're most excited about.

ReFi News

Public Nouns DAO becomes first DAO to hold $EARTH
Keenest announces partnership with Kokonut Network
ReFi Lagos announces climate research bounty for Africans
Cleanify partners with Cleantrails, a US organisation of millions of volunteers united by a single purpose of cleaning the environment one piece of litter at a time
WeatherXM partners with DePIN_SA to deploy 200 weather stations in South Africa
Atlantis announces Proof of Composting series to recognise and appreciate composting champions
Plastiks partners with Roots for Sustainability to recover plastic waste across three continents
$EARTH can be used for donations on Giveth
agriiDAO’s agriiPrice goes live with over 9,000 pricing data points from South Africa’s market

New Projects in our Database

Greencart is an app that rewards you for sustainable food purchases at local supermarkets and stores.
KlimaDAO Japan is the Japanese subsidiary of KlimaDAO.