Markus Franke

BuilderCrypto

Co-founded Mento Labs, the stablecoin platform on Celo that puts local currencies onchain — from Kenyan shillings to Philippine pesos and Brazilian reals — so people can hold and send digital money denominated in what they actually earn and spend. An economist with two decades across finance and technology, he was a managing director at cLabs before leading Mento's 2022 spin-out, and now heads stablecoin strategy for the Celo ecosystem. Mento's stated mission is a transparent local-currency stablecoin for every country in the world.