what's mantle network?
Mantle Network is a modular Layer 2 blockchain ecosystem built on Ethereum, designed to enhance scalability, security, and efficiency in the on-chain economy through innovative technologies like data availability sampling and zero-knowledge proofs. Its purpose is to serve as the "Liquidity Chain of the Future," driving capital efficiency by bridging traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi) with tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) and seamless interoperability. Key features include the native MNT token for governance, staking, transaction fees, and ecosystem rewards; the Mantle LSP for liquid staking of ETH into mETH; and recent launches like UR, a Swiss-regulated crypto-first neobank targeting Asia with zero off-ramp fees, 5% APY on USDe via Ethena Labs, and Mastercard integration for multi-currency payments. Integrations with platforms like Bybit offer discounted MNT trading and fee payments, while partnerships with Succinct Labs and Lagrange enable faster withdrawals and cross-chain verifiable computations. Mantle emphasizes modular architecture to divide tasks among specialized nodes, boosting performance and adoption in DeFi, RWAs, and global payments.
Mantle integrated a crypto index fund, deployed USDY RWA, listed for Grayscale, and hosts an AI event.
contract
ethereum
mantle
Polytrade integrated Mantle Index Four Fund from Securitize on Mantle Network, offering market-cap-weighted exposure to Layer 1 and Layer 2 assets including BTC, ETH, and SOL.
Hosts "Mantle State of Mind" episode 08 live event on April 17, 2026 at 6PM UTC+8 featuring RealClaw by byreal_io and Mantle AI Agent Skills & Scaffold.
Shubham Banerjee, formerly with Mantle Network, departed to join Humanity Protocol as Head of Ecosystem.
Deploys USDY by Ondo Finance on Mantle Network via Polytrade integration for real-world assets.
Listed on Grayscale's Q2 2026 Assets Under Consideration list alongside 27 other projects.
Reached $646M in TVL by the end of Q1 2026, growing from $167M at the start of Q1 2026.
INFINIT labs added Mantle agents (LIFI + Aave integration) enabling single-prompt strategy execution.
Reached all-time high of $682M TVL, climbing from around $135M earlier in 2026.
Launched an 8M MNT incentive program paired with Aave's deployment on the network.
Running a contest with $1,000 in $MNT prizes for 10 winners, ending on 2026-04-12.
Dragonfly transferred $2.12M MNT to Bybit, marking their first outflow in 2 months and representing their largest holding outside of BGB.
Token price declined 30.1% during Q1 2026, from $0.9619 on January 1st to $0.6720 on March 31st.
Boosted rewards for wrsETH looping on Aave V3 Mantle market end on 2026-04-16.
Engaged 2,800+ creators across 20+ countries who reached 5.8M+ users during Q1 2026 through marketing and distribution efforts.
Purr-Fect Claw by Pieverse integrated with Mantle AI Agent Skills and Scaffold, enabling AI agent functionality for swapping, yield management, and position management via messaging platforms including WhatsApp, Line, and Kakao.
Launched xStocks, offering tokenized US equities (TSLAx, NVDAx, AAPLx, MSTRx, METAx) as ERC-20s 1:1 backed by real shares on Fluxion DEX via xStocksFi, enabling 24/7 RWA trading, swapping, and liquidity provision with instant settlement.
Borderless Capital accumulated 841,000 MNT tokens worth $570,000 total through two purchases over 8 days via Wintermute on Ethereum, with MNT becoming approximately 40% of their portfolio and their largest single position.
Birdeye and Fluxion now support real-time market intelligence and deep liquidity infrastructure.
Matcha by 0xProject added sUSDe, syrupUSDT, GHO, and wrsETH on Mantle Network, integrating with 0xStableFlow to enable USDT0 routing for frictionless stablecoin transfers from any chain with zero slippage.
Listed on Bitstamp by Robinhood for trading as MNT.
Serves as the staking asset alongside BASED in Bybit's launchpool program offering 3,000,000 BASED tokens in rewards.
Partnered with Virtuals to power agent commerce with Moonpay, Abstract Chain, Arbitrum (via OWS), and Celo.
Integrated ERC-8183, an AI agent identity standard onchain enabling autonomous transactions, with Virtuals Protocol for agentic commerce in the RWA economy.
Distributed $15,000 in rewards to 50 creators from 1,000 participants in the SuperMantle arena.
Launched Mantle Super Portal enabling $MNT transfers between Ethereum and Solana.
Allora Network went live on Mantle Mainnet.
Scheduled Arsia Upgrade deployment on Sepolia testnet for March 25, 2026.
Reached $200M TVL in Bybit Onchain Earn's Mantle Vault, an all-time high as of March 31, 2026, providing a retail user funnel into onchain yield via Aave and CIAN.
Integrated Chainlink CRE services across 26 integrations on 17 chains.
Integrated Aave and LI.FI Protocol, offering 3.75% supply rate on USDT and 0.7% borrow rate on USDe.
Offers a bounty of 10,000 MNT tokens for participants who tag the official account when sharing strategies.
Offers up to 30% unsecured USDC credit lines against Mantle assets ($mETH, $cmETH, $MNT) with zero over-collateralization for US-based users.
Pumped on rumors of Coinbase investment into Bybit
KelpDAO supplied $123M+ wrsETH on Aave v3 on Mantle.
Integrated WooFi v2 as a new liquidity source on the network through 0x API in February 2026.
Top three assets on Aave deployed on Mantle Network are USDT0, WETH, and sUSDe by volume or TVL metrics.
Integrated Everclear for one-click stablecoin swaps from supported chains to Aave in a single transaction, yielding stablecoin rewards on Mantle Network.
Hosted State of Mind Episode 07 on March 17, 2026, on X, featuring Matthew Graham, Founder & CEO of Token Logic, and an Ecosystem Deep Dive on March 23, 2026.
Launched 'When AI Meets Mantle' arena with $10,000 MNT prize pool (ends March 31, 2026) and ClawHack (Phase 1 of Turing Test Hackathon), an AI agent trading competition co-hosted with Bybit and Byreal, sponsored by Nansen, running April 15-30, 2026, with a $20,000 prize pool and 5 Nansen community whitelist spots.
L2 admin key can upgrade smart contracts to allow any rule change, enabling theft of all user funds without delay.
Launched 150,000 USDT incentive pool on Bybit for xStocks deposits via Mantle Network, offering up to 100% APR and daily lucky draw rewards, ending 2026-03-15.
Integrated into Bybit's fee structure, VIP tiers, and institutional access, allowing holders to reduce trading costs and unlock platform perks.
Alpha by Bybit launched trading for four Mantle-native assets ($BSB, $SCOR, $ELSA, $VOOI), integrating with Bybit to enable real-world asset trading.
Will make a big announcement together with Bybit Alpha soon.
CIAN Protocol deployed Bybit's Mantle Vault with Aave, offering variable APY and flexible strategies.
Crossed $600M USDT deposits on Aave, becoming the 4th chain to do so, as of early March 2026.
Launched Mantle AI Agent Suite in Mantle mode, adding AI Agent Skills & Scaffold for native AI agent development, with Nansen AI CLI as data layer on 2026-03-11.
Launched MNT DCA Campaign with Bybit for MNT DCA Bot and staking incentives, offering $55,000 in rewards until 2026-03-23.
Reached near $1B stablecoin market cap, currently $765M.
BlockSt and its native token $BSB went live on Mantle, available for trading and liquidity provision via Fluxion.
Reached $1.3B TVL, ranking #12, and $1.3B+ in value secured by Chainlink oracles, growing 70% weekly and 136% monthly.
Integrated Aave deployment, becoming 5th largest Aave market by deposits at $1.48B.
Integrated Aave, reaching DeFi TVL of $1.126B, increasing 4x over the past month.
Reached all-time high stablecoin market cap of $980M on March 10, 2026, with 120% year-on-year growth.
Aave lending markets on the network grew to $900m, a 66% increase in 7 days.
Integrates Mantle Vault in Bybit's Earn Carnival, offering up to 7.63% total APR on USDT, a $2.5M prize pool, and a 300,000 USDT incentive pool. Programs end 2026-03-31.
Hosts a joint AMA with KelpDAO about DeFi ecosystem growth and rsETH integration scheduled for March 5, 2026 at 1 PM UTC.
Integrated with Bybit Pay Later service, allowing MNT holders to make purchases while keeping assets invested and earning additional 1% cashback on eligible transactions.
Listed among top gainers with MNT (Mantle Network's token ticker) alongside NEAR, MORPHO, ENA, and HYPE on March 3, 2026.
Reached $1 billion in Aave deposits in 18 days, fastest ever recorded for any chain on Aave.
Integrated Printr and Fluxion Network for single-command token deployment via Printr's MCP tool ("npx @printr/mcp"), with Fluxion serving as a DEX for automatic token graduation.
Reached $1 billion TVL on Aave's Mantle market on 2026-03-10.
Reached all-time high $755M TVL on 2026-03-23, surpassing Avalanche and Sui, with 66% growth in seven days, 230% in six months, and 513.8% in one month.
Shifted primary stablecoin from bridged USDT.e to native USDT0, minted directly by Tether with LayerZero support for burn-and-mint transfers, and integrated Merchant Moe in February 2026.
Scheduled maintenance on 2026-03-04
Featured in Bybit promotional campaign offering up to 555% APR for new users, running until 2026-03-05 10:00 UTC.
built direct liquidity bridge with Bybit exchange enabling asset transfers between the exchange and Mantle ecosystem
Integrated Aave V3 supporting ten assets, including wrsETH, with a dedicated incentive program from February 2026. Its wrsETH/WETH market delivers over 6% rewards on 10x leverage with an active boosted supply rewards program until 2026-04-15.
mETH Protocol hosts an AMA on 2026-02-24 at 2PM UTC to discuss Q1 2026 progress, ETH-native yield, institutional structured products, and positioning with Mantle Network and Ethereum.
AGNI, a permissionless AMM-based exchange built on Mantle Network, joined Immunefi's platform with a $10,000 bug bounty program.
Reached $332.7M DeFi TVL in Q4 2025, representing a 37.3% quarter-over-quarter increase.
Reached $1.4B all-time high total value secured on Aave V3, with $1.25B in deposits, becoming the 3rd largest Aave market within 38 days of launch.
Layer3 crossed 3 million verified onchain activations on Mantle Network.
MANTLE-PERP perpetual futures contract suspended trading on Coinbase with final settlement at $0.61815 USDC, calculated as the average index price over the 60 minutes prior to suspension.
Added KelpDAO's rsETH and wrsETH liquid restaking tokens, and Tether's USDT0 version of USDT.
Increased 600% week-over-week in $100K+ whale transactions, the highest among projects with $500M+ market caps.
Available for spot trading on Bybit exchange.
Mantle Treasury held 35,629 mETH onchain as of January 31, 2026, representing an 851% month-over-month increase compared to December 31, 2025.
User wallets interacting within the Mantle ecosystem held 260,353 mETH as of January 31, 2026, with a net inflow of 49,923 mETH during January and 23.72% month-over-month growth.
Concluded "Mantle Vaults" decoding challenge with two tracks, selecting 25 winners. Submissions closed 2026-02-15.
Treasury stands at $4.2 billion, representing a 54% year-over-year increase.
Runs on Mantle Network, Mantle Vaults on Bybit, powered by Aave and CIAN, enable CeFi liquidity to onchain yield, having crossed $150M.
Deployed ERC-8004 standard to power agentic services, enabling verifiable identity and portable reputation for AI agents.
TVL increased from $258M to $585M, representing +120% growth, becoming 15th largest chain as of February 23, 2026.
USDT0 received first centralized exchange support in Q4 2025.
Integrated KelpDAO's wrsETH on Aave and Merchant Moe DEX on Mantle in February 2026. wrsETH supply on Aave v3 surpassed $100 million in three weeks, offering boosted rewards until 2026-03-18.
Deployed Aave V3 with 8M MNT ($5M) and 1.5M GHO ($1.5M) incentives over 6 months, offering 5.5% APR on USDC, 6.72% APR on GHO, and 7% APR on GHO lending, supporting stablecoins including SyrupUSDT, sUSDe, USDC, USDT, USDe, WETH, and GHO. Experienced growth over 60 days on Aave deployment, with USDT0 at 4.29% APY, USDC at 6.54% APY, GHO at 6.91% APY, and WETH at 3.63% APY. Aave V3 incentives program, accounting for 67% of current TVL, ends 2026-03-31.
Participated in Solana Accelerate APAC conference in Hong Kong together with byreal_io.
Integrated Allora Network mainnet, enabling predictive AI infrastructure for AI agents in onchain trading, yield strategies, liquidity management, and DeFi strategies.
Hosting a $15,000 MNT creator campaign with open-ended content formats including threads, videos, long-form posts, and short clips.
Hosts Squad Bounty program ending on 2026-02-15 offering $4,000 in MNT rewards for content creation about Mantle ecosystem opportunities.
Hosted RWA Day at Consensus Hong Kong on 2026-02-10, featuring an RWA masterclass, panel discussions with ByReal, xStocks, Lore, DigiFT, Concrete, World Liberty Financial, institutional speakers, and hackathon winner announcements. Offers $1,000 in rewards and new merchandise.
Co-launched Super Portal with byreal_io, a cross-chain bridge between Mantle and Solana, integrating MNT token for transfers, rewards, and cross-chain yield strategies.
Deployed ecosystem on Solana blockchain, expanding beyond its original chain.
Goes live for trading on Solana.
Collaborated with Everclear for integration or partnership.
Listed on Robinhood on 2026-01-20.
Integrated with Infinex, a non-custodial DeFi platform offering cross-chain transfers, swaps, and leverage trading up to 5x.
Collaborated with Particle Network to create content and workshops promoting Universal Accounts to developers.
Benefits from Ethereum's planned fork activated on January 6, 2026, which increased blob target to 14 and blob limit to 21, raising Ethereum's data capacity and easing pressure on rollups including Mantle Network.