You're on stage, so do you want to do a quick mic check while we wait?
Can hear you loud and clear.
Looks like we've got Levi here.
Just wait a few minutes for the other folks to join.
GM, Levi, good to see you.
Looks like we've got Gabe as well.
Gabe, if you could request to speak, I'll add you here in just one minute.
Yeah, I'm already a speaker.
Looks like we're just waiting for ASEAN from Agni.
Yeah, it's a Wednesday for me, so hump day.
Yes, we just got snow here, so we're kicking into full winter vibes where I live in the world.
But, yeah, can't complain either.
I haven't seen snow in six years.
The grass is always greener, as they say.
I imagine if it was snowy all year long, I probably wouldn't be saying the same.
Or not all year long, but for months at a time.
But I've always enjoyed, you know, a nice, like, one-week winter storm.
The holiday season with snow is definitely 10x, 10x vibes compared to sunny Christmas for me.
Let me send out one more quick invite to our final speaker, and then we'll just jump right in.
And unfortunately, I am having a little issue on my side, adding myself as a co-host.
So I'm going to have to run back and forth between the multiple accounts to co-host this space.
So things might be a little delayed if we have to bring speakers up.
So just give me one quick second here.
Looks like we've got ASEAN in the audience.
If you could just request to speak or accept the speaker invite that I sent out there.
And forgive me if I'm saying the name incorrectly.
I'm pretty sure from our last conversation we had, I'm pronouncing it right.
It's ASEAN in New York Magni.
Could you just give us a quick hello to make sure we can hear you?
I'm hoping it's really exciting to be joining this space today.
Thank you so much for joining.
And why don't we get started?
Thank you, everybody, for joining, all of our speakers, all of our audience.
Again, it's good to see familiar faces here, other team members, too, GM, to all of you.
So welcome to the second Twitter space all about Mantle's Yield Lab campaign on Layer 3,
where we've got 1 million MNT up for grabs.
So if you're not familiar, the Mantle Yield Lab is all about exploring the Mantle DeFi ecosystem
through quests, again, as I said, on Layer 3, and rewarding all that participation,
including the protocols who are innovating in Mantle DeFi ecosystem.
So rewarding both users and the protocols involved.
We've got a pretty dynamic reward scheme for this campaign,
which should keep it exciting throughout.
So we've got eight protocols in total on Layer 3,
and these include DEXs, money markets, Yield Vaults, BTC5 protocols, cross-chain protocols,
so a good mix of options for, again, like diving in and exploring Mantle's DeFi ecosystem.
So if you're wondering how to earn a share of the 1 million MNT rewards,
we can put it pretty simply by looking at the different reward pools that are available.
So in short, it's really you complete Quest, unlock lottery tickets
for probably the main interaction that folks will have in this campaign.
So we've got 400,000 MNT for the various quests.
For each quest, you can earn lottery tickets.
These are welcome quests, which are like social tasks and opportunities
to just get to know the different protocols that are involved.
And we've got advanced tasks, which are on-chain things like swapping
or depositing into a protocol.
You can earn two lottery tickets for those.
And then we've got street quests, which are daily repeat quests, simple actions.
Again, something like swapping a token where you can earn one lottery ticket.
The more lottery tickets you have, the more chances you have of winning a share
of that 400,000 MNT prize pool.
And the top prize there is four winners will receive 5,000 MNT each.
So that's the first prize pool.
Then the second half is the 600,000 MNT.
So this is where protocols will kind of compete based on total value locked
And those protocols, based on their rank, will get more or less MNT allocated to them,
which will then be distributed back to the users who helped them hit those goals,
So as you complete the quests, you're going to earn lottery tickets to win a share
of the 400,000 MNT and also help the protocols climb in their total value locked
in daily active user rankings to win a share of that 600,000 MNT.
We've also got a side pool for the protocols who didn't make it into the main campaign.
And those protocols can distribute a potential of 20,000 MNT to their users.
And you can find those quests on Mantle Missions, which is like our hub for joining quests
and activities in the Mantle ecosystem.
And that's at missions.mantle.xyz.
And I'll go ahead and pin some more information about DeFi Fest here in this space
so you can explore more on your own through our blog post
and through the actual quest interface itself.
As we go through this, please do feel free to ask questions in the chat.
I'll try to answer those directly.
I don't know if we'll have time to answer them here on the space,
but I'll definitely be looking there.
So without further ado, why don't we dive straight into the Yield Lab
with Merchant Mo, Agni, Mitosis, and Gabe here from the Mantle team.
So let's go around and do a quick round of introductions.
I'm just going to go based on how I see it here on my show.
We'll start with you, Gabe.
Can you give us an introduction to yourself and what you do at Mantle?
I currently look after the DeFi ecosystem at Mantle.
So I'm generally focused on layer 2 integrations,
working with partners on specific go-to-market campaigns
and also sourcing for new partners to work with.
And yeah, work with many, many GigaChats in the company
and yeah, happy to be here.
I am the marketing and community lead for Merchant Mo.
I've been working with Merchant Mo since day one
when we launched last January.
And yeah, I've been here ever since.
Love working here on Mantle.
The community here is great.
The Merchant Mo community is great.
And super excited to be a part of this campaign
and any of the other campaigns that we run ourselves.
Super excited to have you here, Levi.
And if you guys missed it yesterday,
you got a recording of the campaign
that we highlighted for Merchant Mo on our Twitter.
But let's pass over to Zach from Mitosis.
Assuming I'm coming through fine.
I handle strategy and ecosystem at Mitosis.
This means I work both with teams building on Mitosis faults,
as well as other programs and integrations.
I've been with the team for just over six months now.
So yeah, happy to be here
and looking forward to get into it.
We've got a really good lineup here.
It looks like we've lost our guest from Agni.
Let me scroll through the group here.
When he rejoins, we'll add him in and get him in the mix.
But why don't we just go ahead
and dive into the questions we've got here.
So I want to just touch on broad level here at first.
So we can start with Levi.
What drew the Merchant Mo team to participate
in the Yield Lab campaign?
Well, I mean, the first obvious one
is the 1 million MNT right there.
But basically, Merchant Mo is the cornerstone decks of Mantle.
We really pride ourselves as being like the number one spot
where you can get deep liquidity,
great UX for pretty much anything
that you need to do on Mantle ecosystem.
And so this campaign is right up our alley.
on pretty much every single major campaign to date.
And we were excited to be a part of this one.
Super big shout out to our community.
So we got voted the number one favorite decks
based on the community vote,
which was just awesome to see.
So super excited to be here as a part of this campaign.
And I hope many of you who might, you know,
be trying out Merchant Mo for the first time
are enjoying the platform.
Feel free to join our community as well.
We love to have new folks join.
And I just want to kind of in a rarefied air
up here on these Twitter spaces about Yield Lab
because we had 10,000 voters with over 54,000 votes
to narrow down to eight protocols
that actually joined the Yield Lab campaign.
And we've got three here on stage.
So Zach, I'm actually going to hand it over to you now too
to ask the same question.
What kind of inspired you guys over at Mitosis
to get involved in this campaign?
Yeah, of course, the MNT was massive,
but also we were really looking at finding some, like,
activities for our users to participate in.
And I think the key thing for this is
it kind of gave us a bit of an excuse
to start getting started on Mantle
and basically joining this, like, exciting DeFi ecosystem
and actually onboarding some of our community
It really came in clutch at giving us an excuse
to get started, basically.
It looks like we've got ASEAN back.
We were just going through our round of first questions,
but maybe you can introduce yourself
and what you do over at Agni first
Is it just me or can we not hear?
Yeah, not hearing it as well.
We'll give ASEAN over there just a little bit of time
to work on his mic and any technical issues.
I'll shoot you a DM there on Telegram to help you out
if there's anything you need there.
But let's just keep moving forward
and we'll circle back maybe a little bit later.
So let's just talk about the broader level of goals here.
I think we touched on this a little bit,
but Levi, maybe we can just kick it back to you.
What are you guys hoping to achieve through this collab
with Mantle and with the Mantle DeFi ecosystem?
And actually, before you jump in there,
I just want to mention to our speakers here on the stage,
feel free to jump in if you have a follow-up question
or something else to add to whatever anybody else says.
But yeah, back over to you, Levi.
this is actually like relatively perfect timing.
So some of you guys might've been here
for our stream deep dive yesterday,
but we just launched our biggest campaign
And honestly, I think Mantle has been slept on
by the broader DeFi crypto ecosystem,
I think for like the last year.
Like we'll have these moments
where we kind of pop our head out
and people will start to see us.
I feel like we're very underappreciated in the ecosystem.
And so doing a campaign like this really just brings,
I don't remember the number,
but I think on the dashboard,
there's been like 50,000 users or something
coming on to layer three,
to try, you know, these different tasks.
And like just getting that influx of new people
to try the ecosystem is a huge first step.
And then from there, you know,
hopefully more and more people will realize
how much great stuff's going on.
Like I just posted something on Merchant Mode.
We have right now on Mantle,
there's basically 10 million in rewards up for grabs
between three different Mantle reward stations,
Mantle, Yield Lab, and then Moe's Rager.
Like I think the biggest thing right now is,
you know, we've done great things
to build Mantle into a great ecosystem,
you know, to build it to what it is now.
And now we just got to make sure
other people know about it
so that we get more and more people coming in.
And so, you know, Merchant Mode
definitely wants to be at the center of that.
So when new people do come on,
we want to give them a great first experience
and, you know, help them stick around.
Kind of similar when I first went on to Avalanche
back in 2020, like Trader Joe at the time,
now LFJ, was my first experience
So that's kind of what I hope
this type of campaign will do for Mantle.
Like people come in, they have a great experience,
then they're like, wait a second,
I actually like this place.
I'm going to stick around.
Well, you, uh, your favorite, uh, favorite decks,
you, you, you joined the team.
That's a pretty high conviction.
I kind of got a little lucky with that,
but I was like, as soon as I found Trader Joe,
I was like, all right, this is, this is the thing.
And then that was like my, my moonshot team to work with.
And then I somehow got myself, got myself here, so.
Yeah, let's, let's just keep, let's keep moving too.
So Zach, I just want to ask you,
like, what are some of the goals, um,
you're hoping to achieve through this collab,
again, with the ecosystem and with Mantle?
Yeah, so, uh, obviously, like we're, we're hoping to, uh,
we're hoping to really like help boost the LP experience on Mantle
by, uh, also like allowing users to expand their yield stack
to additional yield sources.
Uh, but more broadly, um, uh, similar to what Levi was saying,
uh, we're hoping to get, like essentially get more attention
Um, our users are very involved already in multi-chain DeFi.
Uh, so sort of, uh, like corralling some of our community
over to Mantle, uh, to help increase usage
on, uh, different projects on Mantle,
including ourselves, of course, is pretty much the, the goal.
It's like, uh, a merging of communities, uh, so to speak.
Um, and sort of doing this through, uh, through like, uh,
yield lab as, as like a catalyst for all this,
Yeah, that, that absolutely makes sense.
And this, this is a question I wanted to ask the audience too,
which is like, is there one, what is one protocol
that you hadn't interacted with prior to the,
because I think that's going to be a big part
of people's, this is going to be a big part
of people's journey to explore something new
Again, like there's pretty wide range
Um, and it's super exciting to have, uh, the folks up here.
Like we've got two DEXs, but we've also got mitosis here.
Um, so there's, there's a good range of,
of different communities and ecosystems
that, that we can tap into.
I want to try to hand it back over to ASEAN.
I see you back here on stage.
Let's give it another shot.
If you want to introduce yourself and what you do
I think my, my space has been rugged.
Um, it's been rugged for a while,
but, um, hopefully I'm, I'm fully back
and I'm active right now.
So, um, thank you very, very much
Um, I'm representing a DEX today
as the community manager and AMA host.
And, um, for those that are quite unfamiliar
with Agni DEX, Agni DEX is, um,
a curtain edge and decentralized exchange.
Um, we focus on scalability, low latency
and advanced, um, trading features.
Um, and, um, our platform is like designed
to empower both casual and professional traders
by offering like innovative tools,
um, like multi-chain liquidity, um, seamless swaps
and advanced other types.
And, um, we are actually, um, committed
to making, um, decentralized finance
like accessible and very, very efficient
And, um, we're actually excited to be part
of the Mantle Yield Lab campaign.
Um, and this is because it aligns
perfectly with our mission of driving growth,
um, in decentralized finance,
um, while, um, enhancing, um, user experience
So it's really exciting to, um, join us today
and, um, be part of this call.
It's actually a really good intro
because I think you lightly covered our first two questions,
which were about like what inspired Agni to get involved
and what were some of the goals
you guys were hoping to achieve.
Um, so maybe on the next round roundabout,
if you want to add anything on those, uh, topics you can add in.
Um, but let's, let's keep moving here
since we've got jam packed schedule.
So, uh, have you guys observed any significant growth
or changes in, uh, metrics of like users or TVL or anything else?
Maybe it's some community metrics
since the start of this campaign.
And actually, let's start with ASEAN.
What have you guys noticed in terms of growth
and changes in your user base since starting?
Um, this is very, very exciting.
It's, uh, um, so, um, we've started seeing some,
um, some growth, um, since, um, launching, um,
the campaign, um, the Mantle Yield campaign.
I've actually observed an increase in user engagement
and also, um, our trading volume
as, as more people have come, like,
have come to discover AgniDex, um,
through our campaign activities and quests
And also, the quest design definitely played, like,
as it encourages, like, users to engage with the platform
and also rewarding, which has, like,
translated into higher, like, higher retention rates.
Um, but, um, moreover, we've noticed that, um,
the spread and reliability of transactions
on, on Mantle's and network
have really enhanced the overall user experience.
Um, we've had, um, positive,
positive feedbacks from traders.
Um, and as a result of this,
we've seen, like, a significant uptake,
like, in new wallet addresses,
um, interacting with our platforms.
And then also, user feedback
have been overwhelmingly positive,
like, regarding the smoother onboarding
So, in, like, in general,
I'm just gonna say that the whole
Amantle You'd Lab, like, um, campaign
has been exciting for us.
Um, on the side of the team,
we've had, um, an exciting experience.
We've interacted with more users.
We have people reaching out to us,
creating tickets, asking questions.
And, um, it's very, very interesting
to see how interested people can get
And, yeah, we've seen some good metrics.
Yeah, all super exciting.
It's great to see and hear about the growth
that you guys are experiencing over there.
Zach, I'm gonna kick it over to you.
What have you guys noticed in terms of, uh,
growth and changes in, like,
maybe even user behavior?
a lot of, like, liquidity has been added
We've got, like, over a million dollars
in the mitosis vault on Amantle.
Um, of course, our community
due to this, uh, campaign,
in parallel to our, our testnet.
Um, one interesting thing,
we've minted a lot of, uh,
different, like, assets on,
on testnet just to try to simulate
And we've seen a lot of, uh,
usage around, like, uh, CMEth
and it's my asset equivalent,
uh, M-I-CMEth on testnet.
interest even just on, uh,
that aren't even actual real assets,
uh, wouldn't really be possible
without sort of this campaign
uh, as I think it's really
proximate additional interest
uh, which has translated over
and usage on our testnet,
It's good to hear that, like,
they're not just sticking
to the playbook of this campaign
and completing the strict tasks,
but they're also digging deeper
Um, Levi, how about you guys?
What have you guys noticed?
What are, what are the big insights?
Yeah, I think at this point,
you can obviously, you know,
feel the community impact.
asking how to do things and stuff,
Um, you know, it remains to be seen
additional campaign going on
right now, which will hopefully
kind of be our, our second net
and have them stick around.
the, the biggest thing is
you can clearly see the increase
So, like, in the weeks prior,
or, like, even the week prior
where it was just the simple
onboarding tasks versus, um,
once you entered the advanced
task portion of the campaign
daily active users is climbing,
like, pretty impressively.
Um, and hopefully, you know,
we are just two days into our,
you might already know this stuff,
but if not, definitely go
listen to the AMA deep dive
from yesterday, the stream.
But, um, we have the journeyman
the way you rank up in that,
uh, to earn higher rewards
is to engage on the decks
and do things on the decks.
Mantle Yield Lab is about.
these daily active users,
introduction to Merchant Moe.
and they'll start to see,
on the journeyman trials.
but I could also be earning MNT
swirling around everywhere.
is, is cooking right now.
something waiting for you
if you want to get involved
for these eight protocols
that are in the Yield Lab.
I want to pose a question
Show it for your community.
let's dig into the details here.
Let's dig into the nitty gritty.
on the quest you designed
Can you tell us a little bit
uh, community engagement,
like, raw community numbers,
give you additional benefits,
a real chance to experience,
on-chain and not just off-chain,
that absolutely makes sense.
there's something kind of there
Can you tell us a little bit
the streak and advance tests,
in collaboration with the,
actually designed to be both,
educational and also rewarding.
one thing we've really done
trying to make them have a feel
of what Agni Dex is like,
through our new features,
designed to gamify the learning process
which can be used for trading
And then one of our favorite quests,
involve users completing a set of actions
that demonstrates their understanding
of decentralized exchanges
and their ability to interact
by completing these stacks,
and also exclusive access
very valuable to our users.
the educational element there
what the deeper offerings
and really any ecosystem.
And I just want to mention