Mantle

RedStone

World Liberty Financial

Virtuals Protocol

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 <li>The Mantle project has shared 30 key updates on its ecosystem that made the project successful in April.</li>
 <li>MNT holders anticipate a price recovery that could fuel the token to its $2.25 all time high.</li>
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Since reaching its all-time high in Q4 2025, Mantle (MNT) has been under bearish pressure. But this hasn’t slowed down progress in its ecosystem.
Last month was especially good for the project, with 30 important updates that could help it gain traction and start a rally. In an X post, the project discussed how these developments might affect the ecosystem. These updates covered the AI agent economy, tokenization, DeFi, adoption and campaigns, infrastructure, and institutional adoption.
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 April had a lot to say.
 Thirty days, thirty updates, one distribution layer, powering it all.
 Let's run it back. Here's everything we shipped and what went down:
 1) <a href="https://twitter.com/xStocksFi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@xStocksFi</a> went live on Mantle, enabled by <a href="https://twitter.com/flowdesk_co?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@flowdesk_co</a> with top tokenized equities available for 24/7 trading… <a href="https://t.co/Isg0Zli6Bo" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/Isg0Zli6Bo</a>
 — Mantle (@Mantle_Official) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mantle_Official/status/2050244165699879124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">May 1, 2026</a>
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Core Infrastructure: The post says that the network got some core updates after the Arsia upgrade. With this, Mantle went from Validium to ZK Rollup, which secures nearly $1.72 billion. OpenGradient also went live on the network, adding on-chain trading and liquidity to the ecosystem. Next-gen launchpad Printr also went live on the network. Additionally, LayerZero celebrated $250 billion in total value transferred on the network.
Tokenization and DeFi Growth: The team said that xStocks launched on the network, allowing users to trade tokenized stocks 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The crypto exchange Bybit launched Mantle Carnival with a $150,000 prize pool for xStocks users on the Mantle network. Bybit Alpha launched the USD1 trading arena on Mantle for traders to earn from the World Liberty Financial prize pool. StableFlow launched on Mantle, making it easy to move stablecoins from any chain. Finally, RedStone DeFi launched RedStone Settle for instant RWA liquidation.
AI Agent Economy: Infinit’s Prompt-to-DeFi launched new agents on Mantle, offering swapping, lending, borrowing, and more. Starchild agents can trade, deploy contracts, and manage DeFi positions on Mantle. Fluxion added Elfa AI to offer Mantle real-time social alphas and trade setups. Pieverse introduced Mantle AI Agent Skills and Scaffold into the Purr-Fect Claw. Virtuals Protocol expanded its agentic commerce to over $4 million in revenue settlements, and over 18,000 agents transacting autonomously.
Ecosystem Adoption and Partnerships: Ecosystem adoption and partnerships between institutions also grew a lot. The most consequential was Nansen enabling pay-per-call on-chain data access with x402 and PayAI for institutional-grade analytics. Mantle also worked with Tencent Cloud, World Builds, Caladan, and Starchild to bring together builders, researchers, investors, and ecosystem partners in Hong Kong.
<h3 id="strong-mantle-mnt-price-outlook-strong">Mantle (MNT) Price Outlook</h3>
Although the network has seen significant growth, Mantle’s MNT is still lagging. Since reaching its ATH in 2025, the coin has come under immense pressure, led by big-cap cryptocurrencies.
At the time of writing, MNT is trading at $0.6297 after a marginal change in the last 24 hours. The monthly chart shows a 7% drop, a stark contrast with its network activity. As ETHNews <a href="https://ethnews.com/mantle-whale-transactions-are-up-600-week-over-week-large-holders-are-moving-into-these-ten-assets/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">reported</a> last month, MNT led altcoins with a recorded a 600% week-over-week increase in whale transactions.
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