Kula Just Dropped a $50M Crypto Masterpiece (And Your Grandma’s Confused)

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What to know:

  • Kula just took $50 million and chucked it into a blockchain-based impact investing party where Zambian limestone and Nepalese hydropower get to finally feel relevant. 🤷‍♀️
  • They’re handing out governance tokens like candy at a crypto conference-except the candy’s for voting on real-world projects. 🍬🗳️
  • Goal? Redirect cash to emerging markets while letting locals yell “NO” to bad decisions. Revolutionary stuff. 🔥

Kula, a “decentralized investment firm” (read: crypto buzzword soup), just fully onchained $50 million in impact investing. Their genius move? Letting communities in places like Zambia and Nepal run the show on natural resources and energy projects. Because who better to decide how to drill for limestone than the people who live near the limestone. Obvious, really.

Forget tokenizing boring old stocks-Kula’s all about tokenizing actual stuff: a limestone concession (Zambia, anyone?), a hydropower project (Nepal, hello?), and electric car infrastructure across East Africa. Their secret sauce? A DAO framework that’s “transparent” and “compliant.” Translation: It’s fancy, but works. 🧠✨

“As RWA tokenization evolves,” said Paul Jackson, Kula’s CEO, probably sipping a kale smoothie while telling CoinDesk, “the real win is letting regular humans make decisions, not just rich folks with yachts.” Because nothing says “progress” like democratizing power. 🛥️➡️🗳️

Kula’s raised $25 million from partners who clearly need a new hobby. Impact investing? It’s a $1.6T industry, but 70% of it’s stuck in high-income countries. Because nothing screams “global justice” like funneling money to places where people can already afford lattes. ☕💸

“Kula’s mission,” Jackson added, “is to make inaccessible assets… accessible. And let communities actually govern the stuff that affects their lives.” Groundbreaking. Like giving the people who live near the hydropower dam a say in whether it gets built. Revolutionary. 🌍

Their DAO lets locals vote on where the cash goes, how assets are managed, and basically everything else. Suddenly, centralized institutions are like, “Wait, we’re not in charge anymore?” Welcome to the future, everyone. 🏛️➡️🗳️

With RWA tokenization set to hit $2T by 2028, Kula’s betting on a world where blockchain assets come with built-in accountability. Or as Jackson put it: “Power to the people (and the limestone concession holders).” Because who better to trust with $50M than folks who’ve never held a credit card? 🎉

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2025-12-15 18:19