We've added Agora's AUSD (@withAUSD) to the Mento reserve.
This represents another dollar asset backing our FX infrastructure, and the new default USD collateral, with reserves now rebalancing across chains automatically. 🧵
"You'll have a lot more people that will start paying in stablecoins at some of these local places, because hey, I can pay with an Argentine peso stablecoin, a Brazilian Real stablecoin."
@werningfacundo, Head of LatAm at @withAUSD, at CDMX shares, where the @MentoLabs
AUSD is now a USD reserve asset in the @MentoLabs reserve, with programmatic rebalancing across chains.
Fully reserved. Managed by VanEck and custodied at State Street.
🌐 UPDATE: AUSD is added as a reserve asset by @MentoLabs@withAUSD 's AUSD stablecoin is now officially available as a reserve asset on Mento. The platform for FX onchain using stablecoins is able to select AUSD to mint USD conversion and increase protocol liquidity.
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"Agora just got a lot more powerful because we have this close relationship with Mento."
@werningfacundo, Head of LatAm at @withAUSD, explained why a dollar issuer wants its asset inside someone else's FX engine.
"Mento does synthetic FX. They hold US dollar stablecoins, then
We've added Agora's AUSD (@withAUSD) to the Mento reserve.
This represents another dollar asset backing our FX infrastructure, and the new default USD collateral, with reserves now rebalancing across chains automatically. 🧵
Almost all onchain stablecoin volume is still dollar-to-dollar. FX between currencies is the next wave and we're building the infrastructure that moves those markets onchain.
A stronger dollar reserve is how it scales. Read the full blog post here: mento.org/blog/www-mento…
New Project Report: January - May 2026
We know it can be hard to keep up with everything happening: updates are scattered across X, blog posts, governance forums, newsletters, Discord, etc. So we're kicking off regular project reports to pull everything into one place.
The
We're extending our liquidity campaign for selected pools on Monad via @merkl_xyz and will keep it running on an ongoing basis.
Check here for details about the campaign:
Onchain FX on @Celo, in one tweet:
💵 Stablecoins for 15+ currencies (USD, EUR, JPY, KES, NGN, BRL, COP, ZAR+ more) via @MentoLabs and others
🏦 Native USDC, USDT, and soon USAT
🔁 Spot via @Uniswap v4 hooks and Mento's new DEX
📈 FX perps on @Updown_xyz