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The Future of Stablecoin FX: A Look at Numo, Mento, and ViFi

Monday Nov 10 2025 07:20

2 min

Table of Contents

1. The Significance of Stablecoin FX Trading
1.1 Market State and Infrastructure
1.2 Projects Shaping the Future of Stablecoin FX
1.3 Towards a Universal Settlement Layer

The Significance of Stablecoin FX Trading

Foreign exchange has long been the invisible infrastructure of global commerce, yet its architecture has lagged behind other facets of finance. Stablecoins are changing this by transforming currency into programmable, bearer assets, enabling instant transfers on the blockchain. This allows FX to occur directly on-chain, bypassing banks or payment networks.

Market State and Infrastructure

On-chain FX activity has seen substantial growth in both volume and efficiency. For example, Ethereum processed approximately $1.4 billion in FX trading volume in 2024. Major stablecoin trading pairs have seen significant improvements in liquidity and reduced transaction costs.

Projects Shaping the Future of Stablecoin FX

Several emerging projects are rethinking how on-chain currency exchange works. Rather than replicating traditional FX trading platforms, they are designing mechanisms that embed exchange, pricing, and risk management directly into blockchain infrastructure. Among these, Numo, Mento, and ViFi stand out for taking distinct but complementary approaches aimed at enabling stablecoin FX at scale.

Numo: Building Forward Markets for Emerging Currencies

Numo aims to address a long-standing blind spot in global finance: the limited access to affordable FX hedging services for SMEs in emerging markets. Numo introduces on-chain FX forward contracts, inspired by the YieldSpace AMM.

Mento: Anchoring Stablecoin FX to Real-World Exchange Rates

Mento tackles stablecoin FX from a different angle: stabilizing prices rather than creating markets. Mento introduces Fixed Price Market Makers (FPMMs) that trade at oracle-anchored mid-prices with minimal spread.

ViFi Labs: Simulating Real FX Dynamics On-Chain

ViFi Labs takes a more synthetic approach. Unlike projects like Mento that anchor stablecoins to external oracle rates, ViFi simulates the dynamics of FX markets directly on-chain, where access to dollars is limited and demand for hard currency exceeds supply.

Towards a Universal Settlement Layer

Stablecoin FX trading is quietly emerging as the foundational digital finance of the globe. Shrinking on-chain spreads, improving fiat onramps, and the shift of value transfer from banks to wallets suggest that currency exchange itself is being rebuilt for an open, programmable world. Yet FX remains the most undervalued part of the stablecoin discussion. Without efficient and interoperable FX, stablecoins will remain fragmented in their respective markets, unable to realize their global potential.

Risk Warning: this article represents only the author’s views and is for reference only. It does not constitute investment advice or financial guidance, nor does it represent the stance of the Markets.com platform.When considering shares, indices, forex (foreign exchange) and commodities for trading and price predictions, remember that trading CFDs involves a significant degree of risk and could result in capital loss.Past performance is not indicative of any future results. This information is provided for informative purposes only and should not be construed to be investment advice. Trading cryptocurrency CFDs and spread bets is restricted for all UK retail clients. 

Written by:

Liam James

The Future of Stablecoin FX: A Look at Numo, Mento, and ViFi

The Significance of Stablecoin FX Trading

Market State and Infrastructure

Projects Shaping the Future of Stablecoin FX

Numo: Building Forward Markets for Emerging Currencies

Mento: Anchoring Stablecoin FX to Real-World Exchange Rates

ViFi Labs: Simulating Real FX Dynamics On-Chain

Towards a Universal Settlement Layer

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