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MCO2 tokenizes Verra-certified carbon credits from Amazon forest-conservation projects, one tonne of CO2 per token, issued by Brazil's Moss Earth. It was the token that opened the on-chain carbon market in 2020 and once listed on major exchanges; today it trades thin, which the live-quoting trade panel reflects honestly. Contract, supply and an executable route verified by Prism.
One tonne of Amazon conservation carbon, from audited VCS projects.
Prism analyst note
MCO2 is the elder statesman of on-chain carbon: first mover, once exchange-listed, now trading at cents on a thin book after the voluntary carbon market's repricing. The credits behind it remain real Verra-registered Amazon projects. A recovery-thesis asset: cheap exposure if voluntary carbon reprices upward, dead money if it doesn't.
Generated from issuer disclosures and reviewed against the sources listed below. Not investment advice.
Structure & compliance
- Underlying
- Verra-certified Amazon forest-conservation credits, 1 tonne CO2 each
- Legal structure
- Tokenized VCS (Verra) carbon credits, 1 tCO2 per token
- Jurisdiction
- Brazil / Verra registry
- Administrator
- Moss Earth
- Reserve information
- Credits are held in Moss's Verra registry account against circulating tokens; the issuer publishes project-level detail.
- Transfer restrictions
- Freely transferable ERC-20, verified by simulation.
- Investor eligibility
- Open / permissionless
- KYC required
- No, permissionless transfers
- Launched
- Mar 1, 2020
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Contracts & on-chain data
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Documents & disclosures
Frequently asked
Why is the price so low?+
The whole voluntary carbon market repriced sharply after 2022, and avoidance credits from older vintages fell hardest. The token still represents one tonne per token; the market's view of that tonne is what changed.
