Mantle Surpasses $1 Billion TVL as Institutional On-Chain Liquidity Expands — Mantle Network

Event summary

Mantle's on-chain DeFi TVL surpassed $1 billion, with a 230% growth in H1 2026.
The platform expanded to 155 tokenized equities and over $90 million in RWA DeFi TVL.
Mantle Vault managed over $200 million in assets under management.
Launched tokenized SpaceX (SPCXx) and Franklin Templeton's USPXx ETF on the platform.
Hosted a Turing Test AI Hackathon with over 500 submissions.

The big picture

Mantle's H1 2026 performance underscores the accelerating shift from physical to on-chain capital markets. The platform is positioning itself as a critical infrastructure layer for institutional participation in tokenized assets, competing with traditional finance by offering deeper liquidity and efficient execution. The expansion into agentic finance further differentiates Mantle, setting the stage for autonomous market participants.

What we're watching

Institutional Scale: How Mantle will sustain and deepen institutional liquidity flows into DeFi through Aave and other partnerships.
Agentic Finance: The pace at which autonomous agents integrate with financial markets on the Mantle network.
Market Expansion: Whether Mantle can broaden its range of tokenized equities, ETFs, and funds to maintain growth momentum in H2 2026.