# Overview **Introducing Supala**, a permissionless cross-chain lending protocol powered by LayerZero, purpose-built for Real World Assets (RWA) tokenized stocks on the Mantle ecosystem. Supala enables users to collateralize tokenized equities such as **AAPL, AMZN, and MSFT**, borrow against them across chains, and actively **trade their collateral without closing their lending position**. Unlike traditional DeFi lending protocols where collateral becomes static once deposited, Supala introduces a **Tradeable Collateral,** allowing users to rebalance, rotate, or gain exposure to different tokenized stocks while maintaining open debt positions. This creates a new DeFi primitive where **lending, borrowing, and trading are unified into a single capital-efficient workflow**. By combining Mantle’s RWA-first ecosystem with LayerZero’s omnichain messaging, Supala transforms tokenized stocks into fully composable, cross-chain financial building blocks. ## Why Mantle Is Supala’s Home Chain #### Built Where RWAs Already Live Mantle has emerged as a natural settlement layer for RWAs and yield-bearing assets. Supala is deployed on Mantle to directly integrate with an ecosystem designed for real-world value, making tokenized stocks first-class collateral on-chain. #### Designed for Active Collateral Management Supala’s core innovation, tradeable collateral requires frequent updates, low-latency execution, and minimal transaction costs. Mantle’s modular design enables this without sacrificing user experience or capital efficiency. #### Secure Settlement for Real-Value Assets Tokenized equities represent real economic value. Mantle’s Ethereum-backed security and fast finality provide the settlement assurances needed for lending protocols handling RWAs at scale. ## What Supala Unlocks for the Mantle Ecosystem #### From Passive RWAs to Productive Capital Supala turns tokenized stocks from static holdings into **active financial instruments** enabling borrowing, leverage, and portfolio optimization without liquidating long-term equity exposure. #### A New Lending Primitive: Trade While Borrowing Supala introduces a lending model where users can **trade their collateral without closing positions**, expanding Mantle’s DeFi design space beyond conventional overcollateralized lending. #### Omnichain Liquidity, Mantle Settlement Through LayerZero, Supala aggregates liquidity and users from multiple chains while keeping Mantle as the settlement and risk engine, positioning Mantle as a cross-chain RWA liquidity hub. #### Institutional-Ready DeFi Foundations With RWAs, predictable collateral behavior, and flexible risk management, Supala provides the base layer for institutional DeFi use cases on Mantle, without permissions or custodians. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://supala-finance.gitbook.io/supala-fi-docs/getting-started/overview.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.