Mat Yarger (♻️, ♻️)

Voluntary carbon markets are broken. $1.64 for a credit. $700+ for trusted removals. The signal? Proof = optional. Impact = undervalued. Here’s why that has to change 🧵

Where in your career have you chosen mission over profit, speed, or comfort? Or what problem do you wish more people would step up and take responsibility for, even if it’s hard? I’ve had the chance to speak with Amy McCrae Kessler many times over the past year, and this conversation on The Future of Trust brought it all together. Amy is someone who chooses mission first. Every. Single. Day. She talks about helping stand up the @ambiogascouncil in this clip. What she doesn’t say out loud, but what comes through clearly, is how hard that work actually was. Building trust across competitors. Aligning policy, capital, and incentives. Choosing to organize an industry instead of optimizing for a single company. That theme runs through the entire episode. We talked about her early volunteer work with orphaned #orangutans in Borneo. Her time in environmental law. Helping found the American Biogas Council and US Biochar Coalition (USBC). Walking away from paths that didn’t align. And what it really takes to turn fragmented climate ideas into durable infrastructure, from biogas to biochar to integrated energy systems. That integrity is why we’re planning to work together through @_Demia and @FacetPower to support project developers with #trusted data, #financing pathways, and development tools, especially in regions like Africa, where the need is real, and the margin for error is small. If you care about how climate markets actually get built, how #trust is earned across systems, or what hashtag#leadership looks like when it’s inconvenient, this episode is worth your time. Drop your thoughts in the comments.

🌐 The systems we rely on every day quietly shape our choices. In our latest episode of The Future of Trust, our founder and CEO @Mat_Yarger sat down with @andyellwood, Founder and CEO of #Stretch to explore trust, transparency, and the everyday decisions that impact families. Key takeaways: 🤖 How AI and structured data can give families a clear picture of what their weekly shopping should cost 💡 Why invisible incentives in everyday systems matter more than we realize ✨ Lessons from Andy’s journey: from childhood budgeting to building tech that serves people, not just numbers 🌱 The role of trust in designing systems that are transparent, fair, and human-centric Clear. Fair. Accountable. That’s how we design systems people can actually trust. 🤝 Listen now: 🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7sFj3B… 🍏 Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s1-…

Climate progress accelerates when risk is visible, data is credible, and incentives align. 🌱📈 On today’s episode of The Future of Trust, our founder & CEO @Mat_Yarger sit down with Amy McCrae Kessler, Co-Founder and CEO of @FacetPower, a leading voice in next-generation climate infrastructure. 🌍 In this episode: 🔹 Why climate capital still struggles to deploy 🔹 Environmental harm as a measurable financial risk 🔹 Traceability and life cycle analysis as trust infrastructure 🔹 What it takes to move carbon removal beyond pilots to scale What does a climate project need to prove before you would trust it at scale? Let us know in the comments! 🎧 Full episode link in the replies 👇

@_Demia @FacetPower I've spoken with Amy probably a dozen times over the last year. This episode really brought together a lot of what we're working toward together. Listen to the episode on Spotify or Apple Podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/5VXuiL… podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s1-…

Material Evidence went out this morning. What stands out to me most this week is how clearly the market’s friction points are showing. #CriticalMinerals are not constrained by ore. They’re constrained by friction from everything that slows execution after discovery. Processing bottlenecks. Governance complexity. Ownership scrutiny. The long path from feasibility to verified throughput. The challenge is not that proof is impossible. The challenge is that proving what’s real in these markets is not a simple science. It’s an in-depth, manual process that consumes enormous human capital. And this is an industry with limited, aging expertise, where scaling execution means amplifying the impact of the people already doing the work. That is where the next shift happens. At Demia, our mission is simple: Secure data. Remove friction. Amplify impact. Unlock value. The future of critical minerals depends on embedding verification into the infrastructure itself, turning trust into systems, and increasingly into policy-as-code, so execution can scale without relying on endless manual reconciliation. #MaterialEvidence is how we track these signals each week, before they become the market’s breaking points.

📚 New on #Demia's blog: Inside the Mind of an Investor with @AdamFlinter Our latest post explores insights from last week’s episode, where Demia’s founder & CEO @Mat_Yarger talks with Adam on what drives #CapitalDecisions – from family offices to #VCs – and what founders need to build lasting #partnerships. 💼 Trust, alignment, and #credibility matter more than pitch decks. Learn how to scale impact responsibly. 💡 🔗 Read the full blog post: demia.net/blog/inside-th…

I continue to see how important it is for people across this space to have real clarity about what is happening. Supply chains are shifting, new industrial partnerships are forming, and decisions are being made that will shape the next several decades. Understanding these movements with verified insight is essential for anyone working to build resilient systems. The more conversations I have with operators, refiners, engineers, financiers, and policymakers, the more obvious it becomes that trust sits at the center of all progress. Communities, nations, and industries need information they can rely on. This is not just about technology or policy. It is about having the confidence to act based on evidence that reflects reality. I care deeply about contributing to that effort. Material Evidence is one way our team is helping illuminate the signals that matter. We want to support organizations that are working hard to do things the right way and give them tools and insight that strengthen their ability to plan, invest, and operate with confidence. Thank you to everyone who has supported this work and shared their perspective. Your encouragement means a great deal and motivates us to keep raising the bar. 🙏

Every material tells a story, but only verified evidence reveals the truth. This is the driving force behind Material Evidence. Last month, we issued a weekly series on Critical Minerals. This went so well that we've decided to make it a regular release. Welcome to Material Evidence. Demia’s new weekly intelligence brief decoding the signals shaping global critical mineral supply chains. From ore to end-product, every stage provides an insight into: ⏱️ timing 📦 availability ⚙️ operational performance ♻️ recycling flows 🔥 energy + emissions intensity But when industries rely on assumptions instead of evidence, the system fractures, costs rise, risks compound, and geopolitical vulnerabilities deepen. Material Evidence exists to change that. In this week’s debut issue, we break down a defining month across the U.S., Allied Nations, and the EU: 🇺🇸 new U.S. actions against Chinese price suppression 🇺🇸🤝🇸🇦 the MP Materials–Ma’aden rare earth refinery JV 🇦🇺🇺🇸 $2B toward allied gallium + critical minerals capacity 🇨🇦 Canada’s $2B sovereign critical minerals fund 🇪🇺 Europe’s intensifying industrial-security doctrine ⚛️ advances in midstream refining, recycling, and magnet supply 📉 the real risk of de-industrialization without trusted data These are defining the early architecture of a reshaped industrial world. And beneath it all, one pattern is becoming unmistakable: The future belongs to supply chains that can prove what they produce. Trusted data → lower costs → cleaner production → stronger alliances → resilient industry. At Demia, we’re building the digital nervous system that makes this possible. Connecting operators, refiners, investors, and governments with transparent, verifiable, real-time material intelligence. If you want to undersIf you want to understand where the global industrial order is going and what it means for energy, manufacturing, geopolitics, and climate, this series is for you. 📘 Read Issue #1 - Material Evidence - November in Review demia.net/blog/material-… @Mat_Yarger

Trusted Identity + Trusted Data = Trustworthy Markets It was a pleasure to contribute to the new @INATBA_org report on #AI, #blockchain, and #SSI, resulting in one of the clearest explanations of how #DigitalTrust actually works. It lays out how SSI provides the trust anchor, how AI turns verifiable data into intelligence, and how provenance and auditability create accountability across entire ecosystems. The message is simple. If identity is verifiable and the data feeding AI is provenance-rich, then markets, institutions, and autonomous systems behave predictably. That is the root of trust. At @_Demia, we operationalize these principles across critical minerals, defense supply chains, energy infrastructure, industrial operations, and environmental assets. We secure identity at the edge, verify data as it is created, and connect it all through our Zero-Trust Data Fabric that supports real planning, compliance, and industrial coordination. If you want to understand the foundation for trust in the next decade, this report is worth your time.

Trade pressure is pushing the global economy toward a new order, and the U.S. is balancing protectionism with progress ⚖️🇺🇸 Tariffs aim to defend domestic capacity, yet without #VerifiableData, even allied supply chains pay the same cost. What if proof itself could lower that cost? In our latest blog post, Adam Wood and @Mat_Yarger explore a new path in “Trade Pressure & Traceability: How Verification Becomes the New Subsidy”: ✅ A voluntary, data-driven mechanism that rewards proof over policy ✅ #VerifiedTraceability that unlocks tariff reduction, cheaper financing, and smoother trade ✅ Policy calibrated to evidence, not assumption At #Demia, verification is more than compliance — it turns data into trust, and trust into value, connecting mines, refineries, manufacturers, and financiers through transparent, interoperable data pipelines. 🌐 💡 Read the full piece: demia.net/blog/trade-pre…

We’re honored to share that our founder & CEO, @Mat_Yarger, is a finalist for Team Leader of the Year in the 2025 U.S. Forces in Business Awards, aka “the Oscars of veteran employment.” 🎖️ His 2024 Innovator Award and this new recognition reflect the mission-driven, collaborative ethos that guides us at #Demia. Through trusted digital infrastructure, we help partners collaborate securely so ethical innovation leads to real impact. 🌏 Leadership like Mat’s shows how resilience and purpose can shape the future. 🌱 🔗 Learn more: exforcesinbusiness.co.uk/2025/10/28/fin… #DigitalTrust #Leadership #Innovation @exforcesawards

We all ask why. 🤔 🌏 Why does the race for critical minerals matter so much? 🔒 Why are the systems managing them still opaque? ⏳ And why, despite the technology, do inefficiencies persist? In our latest blog post, Adam Wood and @Mat_Yarger unpack these questions, connecting economic theory, global policy, and human behavior through the lens of data. 🌐 Their answer? The future of industry depends on our ability to trust what we measure. To make sustainability not just a value, but a verified reality. 📊 👉 Read the full blog post: demia.net/blog/critical-… #TrustedData #Sustainability #CriticalMinerals #DigitalMRV #CircularEconomy #Demia

This week, our founder & CEO @Mat_Yarger joined The Future of Money, Governance & the Law by @gbaglobal in D.C. 🏛️ On the sidelines, he shared a keynote at the #DARTE roundtable, organized by @BlackVogel_ & @ninsie3. Key insights: 🌐 Digital assets are here to stay. 🤝 Trust starts at the source: finance builds structure, verifiable data builds confidence. 📈 Collaboration unlocks scale across borders & institutions. 📊 Measurable trust matters. At #Demia, we quantify confidence so decisions are transparent & resilient. He also had the pleasure of running into: 🔹 @DCPRELL, for a chat on how tokenized #CarbonCredits can reshape #ClimateMarkets. 🔹 @ScottStornetta, a pioneer cited in the #Bitcoin whitepaper for digital timestamping & blockchain integrity. 🔗 Learn more and connect with us to explore the future of digital assets and #decentralized data: demia.net

Trustworthy #ClimateAction starts with clear communication. 🌱 💬 That's why founder & CEO @Mat_Yarger is leading the Data Standards & Interoperability workstream in the #dMRV Working Group, facilitated by #BioCarbonStandard & @Planet2050earth. The team is strengthening transparency and credit integrity, turning complex data into insights auditors and operators can trust. 🔍✅ #Demia is proud to co-develop methods and tools that advance #DigitalMRV for nature & climate. 🌍 Learn more: planet2050.earth/blog/launch-bi…

🏙️ Cities are growing faster than ever, consuming more energy and facing climate shocks. Our founder & CEO @Mat_Yarger contributed to the Draft Global Digital Citiverse Framework, launched at the 1st #Citiverse Assembly, to help cities build climate resilience by connecting the physical, social, and digital dimensions of urban life. 🌏 With cities under pressure to rapidly #decarbonize while staying resilient, trusted, verifiable data is key. 📊 #Demia’s technology enables smart energy management, renewable integration, and inclusive infrastructure, giving cities the tools to accelerate decarbonization and build equitable, future-ready urban environments. 🌱 We’re excited to follow the next steps from this strong foundation – and you can contribute too! 🙌 🔗 Share your feedback: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… 🔗 Read the full draft: itu.int/metaverse/wp-c… 📸 Image credit: Draft Global Digital Citiverse Framework #Decarbonization #SmartCities #DigitalTrust #Sustainability #DataEthics

@IOTA2022 @IOTA_Deutsch @iota Read the case study. It outlines the current status in the case study.

@IOTA_Deutsch @iota Maybe @Mat_Yarger could help?

@iota Inside? 👀 #IOTA

Give it a listen and let me know what you think! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7lEvQz… Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

The @Web3foundation is also deploying over $37 million in active grants. This episode breaks down what they’re funding and what actually gets prioritized. Apply below if you're building core tools and innovations @Polkadot could leverage! grants.web3.foundation

Most people talk about trust like it’s an idea. @BillLaboon builds it into code. In the latest episode of The Future of Trust, we break down how @Polkadot became one of the most advanced decentralized governance systems in the world. And why that matters right now.