About this Episode

Joe Petrowski (Research Analyst, Parity) talks to Mona El Isa (Co-Founder Melonport, MAMA) about using Melon Protocol to reduce the barriers in setting up and managing funds. Mona discusses delivering on a two-year roadmap, IRL Melon experiments, and educating the next generation of financial industry disruptors.

Note: Mona has launched a new project called Avantgarde Finance. Avantgarde Finance positions itself as a company devoted towards creating value on the Melon protocol. The longer term Avantgarde vision is to create a better everyday experience for asset managers and their investors by giving them easy access to a new financial infrastructure.

00:27 Mona El Isa’s journey to Melonport

03:19 Why Melon Protocol

06:19 The advantages of tokenizing assets

08:54 Delivering on a two-year roadmap

09:47 Liquidating Melonport

10:14 The Melon Council

12:43 What the Melon protocol allows you to do

17:52 IRL Melon experiments

20:01 Scaling Melon

26:31 MAMA, the Multichain Asset Managers Association

28:08 Engaging with regulators, law makers, and institutions

30:48 Regulatory victories

35:25 Madeeba

38:22 Raising Melon awareness on a global basis

Links:

https://melonprotocol.com/

https://medium.com/melonprotocol

https://twitter.com/melonprotocol