Mantle
Ethereum layer 2 turned institutional infrastructure for real world assets, backed by one of crypto's largest treasuries.
01 / THE WORK
What we built together
Overview
Mantle grew out of BitDAO and launched its network in 2023 as an Ethereum layer 2 with a modular design, using EigenDA for data availability to keep costs low. Its token, MNT, is used for gas and governance, and the ecosystem came with one of the largest community owned treasuries in crypto.
Since then Mantle has sharpened its focus. Its own positioning today is simple: institutional infrastructure for real world assets.
What stands out
- Treasury backing. A deep treasury gives the ecosystem staying power that most new chains do not have.
- mETH Protocol. A liquid staking and restaking product that turns staked ETH into a productive onchain asset.
- RWA focus. Infrastructure aimed at bringing tokenized real world assets and institutional capital onchain.
- Modular design. Ethereum security with a data availability layer built for lower fees.
Why it is on this list
Real world assets are one of the few crypto narratives with real money moving behind them. Mantle is one of the teams positioning a whole chain around that trend, which makes it worth following closely.
