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CRYPTO 101

Ep. 658 How TradFi will Invest in DeFi: Mantle's Innovative Approach to Fundraising

CRYPTO 101

Bryce Paul & Brendan Viehman

Business, Investing

4.6821 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Crypto 101 podcast, hosts Bryce and Brendan discuss the current excitement in the crypto market with Tim Chen, the global head of strategy at Mantle. They explore Tim's journey into the crypto space, Mantle's unique approach to fundraising through tokens, and the importance of simplifying user experiences to drive mass adoption. The conversation also delves into the competitive landscape between Layer 1 and Layer 2 solutions, the introduction of Mantle Index 4, and the bridging of traditional finance with decentralized finance. Additionally, they touch on the regulatory landscape for crypto in the US and the potential future of crypto in everyday finance.


Chapters

00:00 Crypto Market Excitement

02:52 Tim Chen's Journey into Crypto

06:18 Mantle's Unique Approach to Fundraising

09:55 Understanding Mantle's Ecosystem

12:24 Building for the Future: Mantle's Strategy

15:36 L1 vs L2: The Competitive Landscape

18:35 Introducing Mantle Index 4

22:57 Bridging TradFi and DeFi

26:24 Regulatory Landscape for Crypto in the US

30:11 The Future of Crypto and Traditional Finance


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Transcript

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0:00.0

All right, everybody, welcome back to another high caliber action-packed episode of the Crypto 101 podcast.

0:16.9

Man, I am so excited.

0:18.4

The markets are going crazy.

0:23.4

We're recording this on a great day.

0:29.3

And Brendan, I mean, I'm jazzed up. How are you feeling raining from the other side of the country?

0:38.1

The East Coast. I'm just as hyped up over here. I mean, how can you not be? There is positive information everywhere you look about the cryptospace.

0:43.4

In fact, I think it would be a difficult time right now, Bryce, to go and find some negative catalyst, some negative news. Because everything is just on fire. You look at the technicals,

0:48.4

the fundamentals, you look at adoption on a global or domestic scale, everywhere.

0:53.4

We are firing over here. So we're hyped

0:55.9

up and as per usual, we're bringing in the biggest and the best in the space to talk about

1:00.6

everything crypto. Absolutely. Yeah. No, you're totally right. I mean, the stars are aligning.

1:07.8

Not only for a Bitcoin season, as everybody knows, it's like we can get questions all

1:11.9

the time. Oh, it seems like it's a Bitcoin season. Bitcoin dominance is, you know, riding high.

1:16.8

Is there any slowdown when altcoin season? I think we're feeling it. I could feel it in my gut.

1:23.9

You know, we've been here, you know, trading these markets for the better part of almost 10 years now.

1:28.4

And it feels like there's finally, you know, some really good substance.

1:33.1

There's some really interesting projects out there that are generating a lot of value.

1:38.6

And so we brought on today, Tim Chen, who is the global head of strategy at Mantle. And so, Tim, we are so excited to have you

1:48.2

come on, talk to us all about what you guys are building. But first, how are you doing?

1:54.4

And are you sharing the same level of excitement as us? I'm pumped. I mean, if you told me,

1:59.1

I mean, a year ago, we saw the corporate treasury play start manifesting in the U.S. post-ETS, right? We saw BICO strategy get more falling behind you. We saw Metaplanet Japan. Today is a phenomenal day because to your point about all-coin season, you need all-coigne season. It happens when Bitcoin dominance comes down, which usually happens when ETH has more wind-ended sales.

2:19.0

And today there was announced that Joseph Lubin, founder of Consensus, is building the micro-strategy for Ethereum.

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