Earn Onchain Yield in Global and Local Currencies

Access DeFi yield opportunities using Mento decentralized stablecoins, powered by real-world FX liquidity

Mento makes it possible to participate in DeFi and earn yield in stablecoins that reflect local currencies, expanding access beyond USD. By holding and deploying Mento stablecoins like cKES, cCOP, or cREAL, users and protocols can tap into a growing ecosystem of onchain opportunities, while maintaining alignment with local pricing and purchasing behavior.

Why Choose Mento Stablecoins for Earning Yield?

Trade World Currencies,Onchain

Deep, real-time liquidity across a growing portfolio of local and global stablecoins, including exotic currency pairs.

Efficient Execution  via Virtual AMM

The Mento Asset Exchange is powered by a virtual Automated Market Maker (vAMM) with the Mento Reserve as the liquidity backbone—enabling trades with liquidity pools.

24/7 Market Access

Traditional FX markets operate on a 24/5 schedule, leaving users locked out on weekends. Mento runs around the clock, enabling users to trade, hedge, and discover prices even when legacy markets are offline.

Low Slippage and Transparent Pricing

Pre-set execution parameters and oracle-based pricing eliminate common inefficiencies in DeFi FX.

Institutional-Grade Safety

Circuit breakers, risk limits, and full reserve visibility ensure every trade is executed with integrity and transparency.

Why Choose Mento Stablecoins for Earning Yield?

Access DeFi with Local Currency

Use local stablecoins like cKES or cCOP to participate in yield-generating protocols—without the need to convert to USD or BTC.

DeFi-Enabled Earning

Use your Mento stablecoins across the most used lending markets and liquidity protocols like Aave, Uniswap and Carbon DeFi.

Practical Utility

Mento stablecoins can be used for local-currency-denominated loans, payments, and crypto purchases—bridging traditional financial use cases with onchain tools.

Multi-Currency Participation

Users engage in global protocols without needing to adopt USD-pegged assets, supporting and growing local-currency liquidity.

Decentralized & Transparent

Mento stablecoins are overcollateralized and governed by onchain governance proposals.

Why Choose Mento Stablecoins for Earning Yield?

Currency Familiarity

Users and merchants transact in decentralized stablecoins that track the value of their local currencies (e.g. cCOP, cKES, cGHS), removing the friction of price conversions and dollar dominance.

Instant Settlement

Payments are transferred within seconds, without the delays or third-party intermediaries typically involved in traditional banking systems.

Merchant-Ready Infrastructure

Mento is already being used for real-world commerce through payment solutions like Pretium (across multiple countries in Africa) and BucksPay (Colombia).

On/Off-Ramp Ready

Mento is connected to a growing network of local fiat ramps, allowing users to easily convert between stablecoins and cash or mobile money.

No FX Risk

By using local currency decentralized stablecoins, businesses and users avoid forced exposure to USD volatility.

Why Choose Mento Stablecoins for Earning Yield?

Instant Finality

All settlements are executed onchain with immediate confirmation and full traceability.

Eliminates Counterparty Risk

Mento smart contracts ensure atomic, trustless execution—no clearinghouses or settlement windows.

Supports Multi-Currency Treasury Flows

Effortlessly move between Mento decentralized stablecoins cUSD, cEUR, cKES, cCOP, and more to hedge exposure, automate liquidity, or manage payouts.

24/7 Market Access

Built for Integration

Mento technical documentation makes it easy to embed FX settlement flows into existing DeFi protocols, wallets, or financial platforms.

Oracle-Driven Pricing

Settlement FX rates are powered by reliable data feeds, oracles, for accuracy, minimizing volatility and slippage.

Transparent

All FX settlement activity is verifiable on-chain, with collateral backing and system parameters viewable via the Mento Reserve.

Why Choose Mento Stablecoins for Earning Yield?

Instant Transactions

Send and receive payments globally within seconds, regardless of location.

Low-Cost Transfers

Minimal transaction fees compared to traditional banking and remittance services.

Stable, Localized Digital Currencies

A portfolio of decentralized stablecoins (cUSD, cEUR, cREAL, cKES, etc.) to facilitate payments in local currency equivalents.

Optimized Remittance Corridors & Currency Pairs

Key global remittance corridors, enabling transfers across various currency pairs.

Borderless Accessibility

Connect with financial networks globally, regardless of banking infrastructure.

Decentralized & Transparent

All transactions occur on-chain with full transparency, eliminating reliance on third-party intermediaries.

Ecosystem Partners and Opportunities to Earn Yield with Mento Decentralized Stablecoins

Utilizes:

cUSD

cEUR

cAUD

Multiple

Merkl

Merkl incentivizes and optimizes liquidity provision for Mento’s FX pools, driving deeper markets and real-world FX access across decentralized stablecoins.

Utilizes:

cEUR

cUSD

Multiple

vaults.fyi

User deposits Mento stablecoins and get access to curated yield strategies across DeFi.

Utilizes:

cUSD

Multiple

Velodrome

A liquidity and trading protocol on Optimism, designed to align incentives between protocols, liquidity providers, and traders.

Utilizes:

cUSD

cEUR

Multiple

Aave

Mento’s decentralized stablecoins are listed on Aave, allowing users to borrow, lend, and build FX strategies while bridging DeFi lending with global currency exposure.

Utilizes:

cUSD

cEUR

cKES

Multiple

Uniswap

Mento stablecoins are integrated into Uniswap v3, enabling concentrated liquidity pools for efficient, low-slippage FX trading between local currencies and major digital assets.