Enabling Secure, Onchain FX Settlement

A next-gen settlement layer for FX, with instant, risk-minimized, and fully onchain execution

Backed by the Mento Reserve and powered by oracle-based pricing, Mento enables instant, risk-minimized settlement across digital assets tied to real-world currencies, without intermediaries, manual reconciliation, or capital lockups, and with 24/7 availability that traditional systems can’t match.

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Why Choose Mento for FX Settlement?
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 for FX Settlement?
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 for FX Settlement?
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 for FX Settlement?
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

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.

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 for FX Settlement?
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.

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How Does It Work?
01

Choose a Mento decentralized stablecoin

e.g. cUSD, cEUR, cKES, cCOP
02

Deploy it into
a DeFi protocol
or liquidity pool

that supports Mento pairs (e.g. Aave, Merkl, Carbon DeFi).
03

Earn passive yield in your chosen currency

whether it's cUSD or a local stablecoin like cKES.
04

Withdraw
or redeploy
your assets

anytime, without losing currency parity.
How Does It Work?
01

Integrate Mento Stablecoins

Integrate Mento stablecoins 
to enable local currency payments directly within 
your solution.
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Connect
to Ramps

Partners can plug into Mento’s ramp ecosystem for fiat conversions, or let users retain stablecoins.
03

Enable Onchain Payments

Users send and receive stable currencies instantly onchain, with no intermediaries.
04

Power
Real-World Utility

Mento stablecoins power payments, top-ups, payroll, and transfers for a full crypto payment cycle.

Mento Products

for
Institutional FX Settlement

Mento Decentralized
Stablecoins

Enabling stable value transfers across multiple economies.

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Mento Asset
Exchange

A decentralized FX engine for continuous, trustless trading between stablecoins, designed for DeFi platforms and institutional execution.

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Frequently Asked Questions
How fast is FX settlement on Mento?

Transactions settle within seconds, with immediate finality and onchain confirmation.

Who can use Mento for FX settlement?

It is designed for institutions, protocols, DAOs, and fintechs looking to automate and streamline currency flows.

What currencies are supported for settlement?

Mento supports a growing set of stablecoins, including USDm, EURm, BRLm, KESm, COPm, PUSO, eXOF, and GHSm with more coming soon.

Is this solution suitable for institutions?

Yes. Mento is built for institutional-grade reliability with developer SDKs, documentation and reserve transparency.

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