On this joyful day, my guest is Julien Marcadé — the CEO and Co-Founder of Mintera. He is a serial entrepreneur, founder of blockchain consulting firm Marcazor Conseil, former Director of the Blockchain Practice at management and technology consulting group Synvance, and a Berkeley University alumni.
Chris: Hello there! What a remarkable project you got! Tell us what Mintera is, please.
Julien: Mintera is an ambitious digital investment firm based out of Paris, France. We develop investment solutions and products based on green digital assets, with a net positive environmental impact. Our goal is to make Mintera the green digital investment bank of the future. To that end, we are launching a range of sustainable investment products based around the Mintera Token, the utility token of our ecosystem. In our journey, we want to onboard a responsible community of like-minded individuals who care about making a positive impact in this world.
Chris: Cool! What stands behind the idea? How was it forged?
Julien: Our team members at Mintera have been involved in the blockchain ecosystem for years. We are true believers in the incredible potential of this technology in many fields. However, we’ve also witnessed the darker side of some projects: unethical practices, colossal energy consumption and waste, unsustainable fundamentals, and speculation based on hot air.
We are convinced that using responsible, fair, and long-term oriented practices in blockchain can lead to fabulous results. That is why we are creating a financial ecosystem that has a net positive impact for the environment and benefits all parties involved. We are betting on a “regenerative economy”, as we see a future moving away from extractive business models and instead focusing on positive contributions for nature and society. And it’s not empty words: for instance, we commit to donate 50% of Mintera’s profits to environmental organizations.
We aim to unite the advantages of blockchain and traditional finance by bringing safer and more stable investment solutions backed by real assets on the blockchain. Passive income products, savings accounts, green crypto indexes, all with a net positive environmental impact. We offer a stakeholder centered, sustainable financial ecosystem backed by blockchain and web3 applications.
Chris: Talking of passive income, how does your model work exactly?
Julien: We will be launching the Mintera Token along with our first publicly accessible investment product, called Green Mining Yield (GMY). This will enable Mintera Token owners to easily receive a real yield in stablecoins, entirely powered by our green mining operation. Our web interface will allow anyone to easily send their Mintera Tokens to our smart contract and receive weekly passive income. And they will be able to unlock their tokens and claim their rewards anytime.
This yield comes from mining the Chia green cryptocurrency. Chia Network uses Proof-of-Space-and-Time (PoST), a novel consensus mechanism that relies on mostly idle HDDs, making the blockchain 500x more energy efficient than PoW. So GMY is backed by real physical assets and the expertise we gained by operating a 1,900 Tb Chia mining farm for the past year. Chia was launched in 2021, so we are still ahead of the adoption curve.
Chris: Sweet! Alon the same lines, what are some unique features of the token?
Julien: The Mintera Token is at the heart of our net positive ecosystem of green investment products, revenue streams, and perks. It is an ERC-20 launched on Ethereum, one of the most energy efficient blockchains in the world. It will empower you to invest, trade, pay, hodl, use, in a stakeholder centric economy powered by web3.
All investment products launched by Mintera will be accessible exclusively by Mintera Token owners. Being part of the Mintera tribe also comes with numerous perks, like access to private channels with like-minded investors and a VIP club. In the future, it will be the key to access our first net positive NFTs, the Mintera Debit Card, and get taxes and financial services by certified professionals.
Chris: Can you tell us about your core team? How did you guys come together?
Julien: Our core team consists of deeply passionate innovators who share the same vision for a greener digital future. Our team members are experienced entrepreneurs, developers and engineers, with experience working both in crypto and traditional firms such as Accenture, Sopra, and the French Public Investment Bank. Mintera has three co-founders: Tom Créance, Antoine Marcadé and I. We have been exploring blockchain together since 2016, but when we identified the opportunity for a green crypto investment firm a few months ago, it finally clicked.
Chris: How big is your community? Do you put a lot of effort into nurturing it?
Julien: Mintera has been operating privately since the beginning of 2022, entirely funded by private investors. We only recently decided to take it a big step further by launching the Mintera Token along with publicly accessible investment products and onboarding a community. We just started communicating around the project - we are still at the very beginning of our journey but we are putting a lot of effort into nurturing our growing community!
If you like what we are doing at Mintera we would love to hear about you:
Twitter: @mintera_co
Discord: discord.gg/297kR39W8y
Chris: What are your milestones for the end of 2022, first quarters of 2023?
Julien: Our most immediate goal is to grow awareness around Mintera, in preparation for the upcoming Mintera Token sale. The public sale will take place from January 12th, 2023, to April 12th, 2023. Our Green Mining Yield product will be launched one month after that, on May 12th, 2023. Then we will build on top of that foundation, adding other products and perks for Mintera Token holders.
Chris: Thanks! Anything else you would like to mention? Where can we follow your updates?
Julien: We would like to thank the amazing team at Bitcourrier for conducting this interview. We have big plans for Mintera and we can’t wait to show you everything we have in store.
Website: https://www.mintera.co/
Twitter: @mintera_co
Discord: discord.gg/297kR39W8y
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