Mento Magazine Q4 2023

This newsletter will inform the community about updates in the Mento ecosystem, link to recent developments and events, and share a preview for the coming months.

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October Event Highlights

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The Mento Labs team participated in external and internal events in October.

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• ETHMilan on October 6, Markus Franke presented “Create a more user-centric DeFi with permissionless low-vol / stable assets” 📽️ Watch recording 🇮🇹

• The Mento Labs team participated in an offsite in Berlin October 16-18 🇩🇪

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November News & Events

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• Mento Labs celebrated its 1st anniversary on November 1st! 🎂
• Mento Labs and Celo Kenya AMA, November 9th 🇰🇪
• Mento Labs was part of Devconnect Istanbul November 13-19 🇹🇷:
• unStable Summit: 📽️ “Overcoming Challenges in Stablecoin Governance” panel featuring Bogdan Dumitru
• idOS Connect: 📽️ “Enabling Real-World DeFi through Identity” panel featuring Bogdan Dumitru
• W3DC Dreamworld: “Stablecoins in the Real-World: Insights from the Frontlines of 'Being Stable'" presentation by Bogdan Dumitru
• ETHGlobal Hackathon 🛠️
• Celo DeFi & Trading Hackathon November 24-26 in Cape Town 🇿🇦, organized by Celo Foundation, Mento Labs, CarbonHood and Envio

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December News & Events

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• Following the successful rollout in Nigeria and Kenya, Opera introduced MiniPay (a self-custodial cUSD stablecoin wallet integrated into the Opera Mini browser) to users in Ghana 🇬🇭

• Meetup: “Enabling real-world use cases for crypto” with Mento Labs and RedStone in Berlin 🇩🇪 🍕

• The Mento Labs team visited the Medieval Christmas market in Berlin 🇩🇪

• HashKey Capital portfolio Demo Day featuring a Mento Labs’ presentation 🇸🇬

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In the Press:

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📰 “2024 Will be the Year for Stablecoins” featuring 5 stablecoin predictions by Markus Franke, CEO of Mento Labs. Read the article in Blockworks.

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Mento Labs kicked off December with the “12 Days of Mento” celebrating partners across the Mento ecosystem:

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• Unlocking Global Financial Opportunity: Valora's Partnership with Mento Labs
• Exploring cross-chain interoperability: A spotlight on Axelar and Mento Labs partnership

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Upcoming Events in Q1 2024

Meet the Mento Labs team IRL at:

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• CfC St. Moritz, January 10-12: “Mass crypto adoption across Africa - could it be a driver for the next bull run?” by Markus Franke, CEO at Mento Labs🇨🇭‍
• Africa Money & DeFi Summit West Africa, February 14-15, Nairobi, Kenya 🇰🇪‍
• ETHDenver, February 23-March 3, Denver 🇺🇲‍
• Mobile World Congress, February 26-29, Barcelona 🇪🇸

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Schedule Meeting

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Recommended Readings

• Happy 1st Anniversary, Mento Labs: A year of digital asset innovations!

• Highlights of the Mento Labs & Celo Kenya AMA: Introducing Mento Labs to the Celo Community in Kenya

• The Evolution of Mento: Direct distribution and modularity for enhanced stability

• DeFi Security: Discover the Mento circuit breaker in action

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To stay up to date on everything that is happening at Mento Labs and with the Mento Platform, be sure to follow Mento Labs on Twitter X and LinkedIn, or join the Mento community on Discord.

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