Stratum: “a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often formed one upon another”

Stratum Exchange is a native liquidity hub built as a public good to drive TVL and user acquisition to the Mantle ecosystem. Taking inspiration from Solidly and Velodrome, Stratum utilizes the ‘vote escrow’ NFT (veNFT) model, to deliver a protocol on which the projects building on Mantle to derive sustainable liquidity for their tokens and enable users to transact in a cost effective and frictionless manner.