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In this episode we're zeroing in on a platform that's been at the heart of the tokenized carbon credits revolution: Toucan Protocol. If you've been following our recent chats on RWAs and carbon tokenization, you know Toucan's name keeps popping up—it's not just a player; it's basically the infrastructure backbone for bringing real-world carbon credits onto the blockchain.
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