São Paulo, 7 April, 2025 – Mercado Bitcoin , the leading digital asset exchange in Latin America, has unveiled a strategic alliance with MANTRA, a purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain for real-world assets, capable of adherence to established regulatory requirements, to strengthen and expand tokenized asset offerings on a global scale.

With a roadmap to tokenize over USD 200 million in assets throughout 2025, MB is set to increase market reach and improve distribution channels internationally. Partnering with MANTRA, MB will develop new technological frameworks that enhance operational efficiency and attract global investors into blockchain-powered financial instruments.

RWAs are poised to become a fundamental layer of modern finance. To date, MANTRA has signed numerous tokenization deals in the UAE. Notably, with Dubai developer DAMAC Group to tokenize  over $1 billion worth of diverse assets across real estate, hospitality, data centers, and other critical sectors. Multiple institutions across industries are selecting MANTRA for their tokenization projects due to its onchain compliance, interoperability, and cohort of validators that include banks, custodians and security providers. 

The collaboration focuses on two core objectives: integrating MB's tokenization solutions with MANTRA’s blockchain infrastructure and jointly fostering a more efficient and scalable financial environment that aligns with institutional investment needs worldwide.

Having established itself as a leading player in the tokenization sector since 2019, MB recently became the fourth-largest private credit tokenization platform globally. It has introduced over 340 tokenized assets, accumulating over USD 200 million in value, along with a comprehensive suite of digital investment solutions, including tokenized fixed-income instruments, corporate debt, structured investment portfolios, revenue-sharing models, staking-based yield products, and enterprise services through MB Cloud and MB Prime.

By leveraging MANTRA’s ecosystem, MB aims to further enhance its tokenized asset offerings, with a particular emphasis on private credit instruments—an area where it already holds a dominant position. MANTRA’s blockchain will help MB optimize transaction efficiency, lower associated costs, and accelerate settlement processes, making advanced investment opportunities more accessible to investors globally.

“This collaboration reinforces our position as a leading force in tokenized assets. MANTRA’s blockchain technology enables us to deliver more efficient and cost-effective investment products while expanding international investor participation,” stated Fabricio Tota, Vice President of New Business at MB. “With MANTRA’s specialized infrastructure for RWA tokenization, MB is poised to scale its role as both a financial and technological frontrunner in the global market,” he added.

The tokenization of RWAs is revolutionizing financial markets by transforming real world assets—such as corporate debt—into digital tokens, reducing barriers to entry, enhancing liquidity, and broadening investor access to previously unavailable financial instruments.

As a global leader in asset tokenization, MB views this partnership as a key driver for scaling its operations. Through MB Tokens—its dedicated RWA tokenization division—the company has empowered retail investors with access to institutional-grade opportunities while creating alternative funding avenues for small and medium-sized enterprises across multiple markets.

"At MANTRA, we’re focused on providing developers and institutions with a purpose-built RWA layer 1 blockchain, that’s capable of adhering to real world regulatory requirements. We want to bring the world’s financial ecosystem onchain, and by partnering with Mercado Bitcoin we’re accessing not just a new region and market, but multiple communities that share our interests,” said John Patrick Mullin, CEO of MANTRA.

Beyond a simple technology integration, this partnership symbolizes the future of digital finance. Its long-term impact is expected to extend far beyond Latin America, reshaping the global asset tokenization landscape.

About Mercado Bitcoin

With more than 4 million clients and 12 years of operation, MB | Mercado Bitcoin is the leading digital asset investment platform in Latin America and a reference in blockchain and tokenized economy. The company operates with the highest standards of transparency and financial integrity. It was Brazil’s first crypto unicorn and has been audited since 2018, with EY—one of the world’s largest auditing firms—overseeing its operations since 2022.

For more information about MB, please visit: https://www.mercadobitcoin.com.br/