👨💻 Head of BD & Product @Mantle_Official | DeFI & TradFi connoisseur | Ex-@ParityTech Ex-@Citi | 📚 @Cambridge_Uni | https://xitter.cf/t.co/qy2Ggkzky5 | Follow for insights 👇
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Truly honored to share our progress with some of the largest companies in the world. From pre-funding to post trade settlement is a key unlock that honestly I found value on the stage in discussion. I should do these panels more often...
Unlocking Tokenized Equities at Institutional Scale
with @arush @joshuacheong @TFGolden @wassielawyer @jchervinsky
DAS Asia 2026 Mainstage
Interesting stuff. Looks like Nvidia's acquisition of Hugging Face has a strategy to make local AI and serving local part of their hedge on the future of the great transition when companies like OpenAI and Anthropic starts charging more for their services.
NVIDIA released an interesting new FP4 quant of Qwen3.8 Flash Next. Per its model card, it loses almost nothing vs BF16.
I'll check this one out.
huggingface.co/nvidia/Qwen3.…
Josh | Innovatoor🛠️ retweeted
Today's episode with @joshuacheong, Head of BD and Product at @Mantle_Official, dives into:
- What banks and asset managers want from onchain finance
- Why tokenized equities are gaining traction while tokenized real estate has struggled
- How stablecoins are becoming an increasingly important payment channel
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction Josh Cheong
00:36 The Current State of RWA Tokenization
01:28 Is the Infrastructure Phase Almost Over?
02:24 Why Distribution Is the Next Challenge
03:08 Bringing Institutional Assets Onchain
04:49 What Asset Managers Actually Need
05:08 Two Ways Tokenization Creates Value
06:05 Faster Settlement and Capital Efficiency
07:03 Lessons From Citi and Traditional Banking
08:51 Are Banks Finally Adopting Blockchain?
09:15 Why Stablecoins Matter to Banks
09:52 What's Slowing Institutional Adoption?
11:21 What Assets Are Worth Tokenizing?
11:50 Why Tokenized Equities Are Gaining Momentum
13:14 Who Will Win the Tokenization Market?
13:38 Why Distribution Matters More Than Ever
14:34 Mantle, Bybit and the Distribution Advantage
15:30 What Institutions Actually Want
16:32 Why Tokenized Real Estate Is Lagging
17:22 The Next Major Milestone for RWAs
Watch below or on X:
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If you’re doing business in Asia, there’s one culture you cannot avoid: KTV.
And no, I’m not talking about regular karaoke. I’m talking about private rooms where you and your clients drink, sing, and pay for girls (or guys) to keep you company.
China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand… different versions of the same thing. And if you can’t play along, you might find yourself left out of some pretty important business meetings. 🤷🏻♀️
If you didn’t grow up here, your first experience can be a real culture shock.
The mamasan walks in with a lineup, asks you to pick, and suddenly you’re sitting there with someone awkwardly, not knowing where to look or what to do.
I got dragged into a few of these KTV nights in Singapore last week, and here’s my little survival hack that has never failed:
Always pick the one who LOVES singing.
Seriously. Find the girl or guy who’s genuinely obsessed with the microphone.
They’ll happily sing all night. Duets with your business partners, solo performances, fighting for the mic… they’ll basically entertain themselves for hours.
Meanwhile, you don’t have to make small talk, flirt, or keep drinking with someone you barely know.
You fit right in, your business partner think you belong, your companion is having the time of their life, and you survive the entire night without a single awkward moment.
Everybody wins. You’re welcome.
Josh | Innovatoor🛠️ retweeted
How do Ethereum L2s support the next generation of financial services?
Joshua Cheong (@joshuacheong), Head of Product and Growth at Mantle (@Mantle_Official), is bringing the builder's perspective on this to Singapore at SBW 2026.
13–17 Nov 2026 | Singapore & Johor–Singapore SEZ
Visit singaporeblockchainweek.org/ for more information about the event.
Josh | Innovatoor🛠️ retweeted
"Trillions will be tokenized" is easy to say.
It's not even far-fetched, but few can tell you what it takes.
@joshuacheong at @blockworksDAS with top leaders from @HyperliquidX, @AlpacaHQ, and more on what scales tokenized assets from billions to trillions:
→ Today's funding model behind tokenized products caps how many real assets come onchain, and how fast.
→ User demand changes that, with leveraged RWA exposure bringing more onchain liquidity that funds new issuance.
→ Better infrastructure drives capital costs down to meet rising user demand, powering the next phase of growth.
When the two converge, trillions will follow, and Mantle is the infrastructure they'll run on.
Spent an enjoyable time with @jacqmelinek on all things RWA and the future of adoption, interview video to come soon!
Just did a great recording at Mantle’s RWA Day with @joshuacheong, head of product at @Mantle_Official diving into:
- Insights from private convos with banks and asset managers about what they actually want to do onchain
- The “gold rush” for tokenized equities
- What it will take for RWAs to cross the chasm
@_TalkingTokens interview coming soon 🤫
Josh | Innovatoor🛠️ retweeted
in the depths of the bear, you will never another network cooking up such stats:
→ $476M+ in distributed RWA value, up 110% in just 30 days
→ 1,473 tokenized assets, up from just 71 at the start of 2026
→ 96% of RWA value is yield-bearing
→ 50%+ sits in active strategies
→ ~49.5% of Openstock’s first-day pre-IPO vault deposits came from Mantle
underneath it all is probably one of the strongest distribution layers in crypto: @xStocksFi is plugged directly into Mantle’s AMM + Atomic RFQ infrastructure, while @Mantle_Official close integration with Bybit gives these assets a direct bridge between CEX distribution and onchain liquidity.
this is increasingly what separates $MNT from chains that simply tokenize RWAs
the assets actually have somewhere to go and something to do
(credits again to @joshuacheong)
I'll be speaking at the Digital Asset Summit 2026 @blockworksDAS see you there
Come join us on @Mantle_Official 's RWA DAY 2026!
Featuring:
→ Chetan Karkhanis, @FranklnTempletn
→ Liam Karwan @KarwanLiam05, @chainlink
→ Kevin Chan @kevinlichan, @grovedotfinance
→ Nathan Ma @NM_DMZ, @DMZ_Finance
→ Jacquelyn Melinek @jacqmelinek, @TokenRelations
→ Emily Bao @emilyRioFreeman, Mantle Key Advisor
→ Joshua Cheong @joshuacheong, Mantle Product & BD Lead
And more to come.
Register now: luma.com/mantle-2pek
Josh | Innovatoor🛠️ retweeted
Compliance sign-off for bringing RWAs onto Mantle just got simpler.
@chainalysis Know Your Transaction (KYT) now supports Mantle, delivering real-time anti-money laundering screening for issuers and institutions.
Monitoring requirements covered, with no setup required.
Josh | Innovatoor🛠️ retweeted
You asked, so we're running it back.
Landing at @token2049 Singapore, Mantle RWA Day convenes builders, issuers and allocators, with industry leaders featuring @FranklnTempletn, @chainlink, @DMZ_Finance, @TokenRelations and more.
All in on making the RWA economy borderless.
Mantle's native stable coin partner @Paxos is finally live with USDG! What this essentially means is fiat can move intraday back and forth from the network, making it the fastest way to get your rwas in and out. This marks a critical step forward in enabling the future of finance! – at Central Region, Singapore
One of the largest multi-billion-dollar regulated stablecoins is now live on Mantle.
USDG, issued by @Paxos, joins our institutional-grade stablecoin stack, with Mantle now a Network Partner in @global_dollar.
Another dollar for borderless access to global capital markets.
Josh | Innovatoor🛠️ retweeted
Over $800M in total asset value on Mantle, up 54% YTD.
Six asset classes, from tokenized equities to stablecoins, spanning the capital markets stack on one network, serving traders, holders, allocators, and issuers.
The foundation the open financial network builds on from here.
Josh | Innovatoor🛠️ retweeted
Mantle Vault proved itself in CeFi. Today, it opens to everyone in DeFi.
After crossing $200M on @Bybit_Official, a new vault is now live on @Fluxion_network with @grovedotfinance and @CIAN_protocol, giving millions access to RWA yield with stablecoins on Mantle.
Here's how ↓
Josh | Innovatoor🛠️ retweeted
Beyond borders. Beyond gatekeepers. Beyond market hours.
A new evolution for Mantle starts today.
Towards the open financial network built on all three, powering borderless access to global capital markets.
Our new home is live: mantle.xyz
Josh | Innovatoor🛠️ retweeted
Something is starting to shift with #Bitcoin
The green circle undermines the consensus liquidity-beta narrative; Since late June, real yields have surged, yet Bitcoin has continued to climb
This kind of divergence deserves attention
Josh | Innovatoor🛠️ retweeted
171 tokenized equities on Mantle and growing.
From fresh IPOs to the most sought-after assets issued by @xStocksFi, drawing on onchain and traditional markets' liquidity at once.
The most valuable companies on earth, now trading like the internet: 24/7, everywhere from day one.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY @Mantle_Official as you celebrate 3 years!
It has been my joy to serve the users and to futher the path of onchain finance 😍
