Mantle, the blockchain backed by Bybit, is making a major push to onboard institutional assets by combining high-level compliance infrastructure with a politically notable partnership.
The network announced a significant partnership with World Liberty Financial (WLFI) to deploy its USD1 stablecoin on Mantle. This news was delivered at TOKEN2049 by high-profile figures, including Donald Trump Jr. and WLFI executives Zach Witkoff and Zak Folkman, lending the project substantial political recognition.
Simultaneously, Mantle launched a Tokenization-as-a-Service platform. This offering is designed to streamline the technical and legal complexities for institutions issuing tokenized assets, or Real-World Assets (RWAs). The platform provides a complete solution covering everything from Know-Your-Customer (KYC) integration and legal frameworks to smart contract deployment and security audits.
This infrastructure drive is being paired with efforts to grow its developer ecosystem through global hackathons and scholarships focused on RWA applications. Mantle has also secured key liquidity channels via partnerships with Hyperliquid's DEX, Coinbase International Exchange derivatives, and a planned listing on Revolut.
Highlighting the importance of this sector, Mantle Key Advisor Emily Bao noted that the RWA market is currently valued at $26 billion and is forecasted to reach trillions by 2030. This growth has seen the tokenized asset market expand by 380% over three years, according to RWA.xyz, intensifying the competition among blockchains.
Ben Zhou, CEO of Bybit, summarized Mantle's strategy as providing "a full-stack institutional bridge from TradFi to DeFi," positioning the blockchain to capture a significant share of the rapidly expanding RWA issuance volume.