Main Street, which faces the most significant climate-related financial risk, currently lacks an avenue to hedge weather-related risks, argues CoinDesk’s Omkar Godbole.
- Weather-related disasters and climate transition risks are growing rapidly, yet the traditional weather derivatives market remains tiny, opaque and largely inaccessible to those most exposed.
- Tokenizing weather derivatives on public blockchains could automate payouts via smart contracts, reduce counterparty risk and open climate-risk hedging to farmers, small businesses and other non-institutional users.
- Early efforts to bring reliable meteorological data onchain, such as partnerships between weather data providers and blockchain networks, aim to solve the oracle problem and enable scalable, transparent weather finance products.
Note: The views expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of CoinDesk, Inc. or its owners and affiliates .
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Markets repositioned since June, but Binance held share (~55% user funds, ~24% spot) and drew net inflows in early July while the tracked market saw outflows.
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