Transforming Global Currency Exchange with Onchain FX

A unified global currency infrastructure for retail traders, institutions, and liquidity providers.

Mento is the FX layer for DeFi, powering 24/7 global markets with local and major currency liquidity. Designed to support both institutional strategies and emerging DeFi use cases, Mento unifies fragmented liquidity across chains while reducing FX friction at every level.

Why Choose Mento for FX Trading and Liquidity?

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 Trading and Liquidity?

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 Trading and Liquidity?

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 Trading and Liquidity?

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 for FX Trading and Liquidity?

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 Leveraging Mento Onchain FX and 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

PUSO

cCOP

Multiple

Valora

A self-custodial mobile wallet that lets users send, receive, and store stablecoins with just a phone number, making peer-to-peer payments easy and borderless.

Utilizes:

cUSD

Multiple

MiniPay

Enabling the “Pockets” swap feature between cUSD, USDC, and USDT, Mento brings seamless FX functionality to MiniPay users worldwide.

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.

Utilizes:

cUSD

Multiple

Carbon DeFi

Carbon DeFi users generate consistent yield opportunities with deep, real-world FX liquidity powered by Mento decentralized stablecoins.

Utilizes:

cUSD

PUSO

eXOF

Multiple

Squid Router

Squid by Axelar leverages Mento’s FX infrastructure to enable cross-currency swaps for users around the world.

How Does It Work?

Choose a Mento decentralized stablecoin

e.g. cUSD, cEUR, cKES, cCOP

Deploy it into
a DeFi protocol
or liquidity pool

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

Earn passive yield in your chosen currency

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

Withdraw
or redeploy
your assets

anytime, without losing currency parity.

How Does It Work?

Integrate Mento Stablecoins

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

Connect
to Ramps

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

Enable Onchain Payments

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

Power
Real-World Utility

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

Mento Products

for

Onchain FX Trading and Liquidity

Mento Decentralized
Stablecoins

Enabling stable value transfers across multiple economies.

Mento Asset
Exchange

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

Powering the Next Generation of Onchain FX with Multi-Currency Stablecoin Infrastructure.

Whether you are building, trading, or allocating capital, Mento offers a transparent, scalable path into the future of global currency markets.

Frequently Asked Questions

What makes Mento FX trading different?

Unlike traditional AMMs, Mento uses a vAMM model where liquidity is dynamically minted and burned, reducing capital requirements and improving depth.

Is Mento suitable for professional trading?

Yes. Mento supports predictable execution and provides real-time access to collateral and reserves.

Which currencies are supported?

Mento supports a rapidly expanding portfolio of decentralized stablecoins including cUSD, cEUR, cREAL, cKES, cCOP, PUSO, eXOF, and cGHS with more coming soon.

Can I earn by contributing to FX liquidity?

Yes, via liquidity pools powered by Uniswap v3, Aave, and more.

cUSD

cEUR