Mona El Isa and how Melon Protocol is disrupting asset management

Published: Oct. 11, 2019, 9 p.m.

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 Special Guest: Mona El Isa.