Their product, the Green Bitcoin Wallet, will enable banks to expand their revenue base while boosting their environmental footprint. The partnership takes the digital asset ecosystem further in the quest for sustainability.
Combining revenue and sustainability for banks

With their project, AlgoTrader and Peer Energy succeeded at the accelerator program run by BLKB and Venturelab. For the Swiss bank, opening new revenue streams while underscoring its commitment to sustainability and innovation was the perfect strategic match.

The Green Bitcoin Wallet executes carbon compensation through a peer-to-peer network. In contrast to conventional carbon offset contributions, Peer Energy’s blockchain-based PEP tokens represent carbon which gets programmatically avoided. The money paid for the tokens contributes to local energy transition, efficiency gains and innovations. The product’s inherent transparency - tracking each transaction and its corresponding carbon offset - will also comply with ESG reporting standards.

While interest in digital assets has never been higher, there is increasing concern about the environmental cost. Peer Energy calculates that although a Bitcoin transaction costs the user only USD 7, the carbon cost is USD 45. A Bitcoin block that may generate USD 200,000 in mining reward at current prices also entails a shocking USD 166,000 energy cost.

Innovating digital asset trading

AlgoTrader founder and CEO Andy Flury said: “The market is ripe for client-focused offerings that foreground sustainability. Banks that can give retail customers easy-to-use tools to access digital asset trading will be one step ahead as the sector expands, broadening their revenue base and building their reputation for innovation. Ensuring that environmental concerns are not neglected is a crucial part of meeting the expectations of clients as well as regulators.”

Peer Energy CEO Robert Bühler said: “We are excited to have AlgoTrader joining our war on carbon. Tying our PEP token to crypto transactions means customers can promote renewable energy production and increased efficiency while trading. Sustainability must be fun and convenient.”