Virginia Launches Digital Wetland Credit Marketplace Using Hedera AllinCrypto December 22, 2025
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has partnered with Water Ledger to launch SWaN, a new type of digital marketplace for environmental credits utilizing Hedera.
The platform aims to modernize Virginia’s approach to wetland and stream restoration by increasing efficiency in the buying and selling of environmental credits.
By leveraging Hedera, SWaN offers a real-time look into credit availability and pricing, allowing transactions to occur directly on the platform while ensuring security and auditability
Virginia DEQ x Water Ledger: What it means for Hedera
Under Virginia’s “no net loss” policy, any new construction that removes wetlands or streams within the state must properly replace them within the same watershed.
Mitigation banks may usually be used to generate such replacement credits, but existing tracking systems can fail to provide timely or accurate information, causing delays and inefficiencies.
SWaN addresses these challenges by offering a Hedera-based ledger solution that provides permittees with access to credits while ensuring the conservation of completed banks. The result is a more predictable and efficient environmental compliance process.
The adoption of Hedera by the Virginia government represents a milestone for the HBAR network heading into 2026. By powering SWaN, Hedera is able to show its ability to support large-scale public sector applications, combining distributed ledger technology with enterprise security and transparency.
Hedera’s robust network ensures that transactions between buyers and sellers of environmental credits are seamless and reliable. The platform’s ability to reduce delays, increase public trust, and standardize credit trading could serve as a model for other U.S. states seeking to utilize ledgers for environmental tasks.
Platforms like SWaN are able to validate Hedera’s technical capabilities. Most recently, Neuron announced that it will participate in NATO’s Project DIANA, utilizing Hedera Hashgraph for its real-time network use cases.
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