Mast introduces Connect and a four-metal index

Mast is rolling out two additions on Robinhood Chain: Mast Connect, which lets other businesses offer Mast portfolios to their customers, and the Mast Mineral Index, which tracks a basket of gold, silver, platinum and palladium prices.

The two releases expand Mast in different ways. Connect brings its existing portfolios into more customer experiences. The new index broadens the markets users can access through Mast.

For a wallet app or fintech business, adding an investment feature usually means building more than a screen. It needs portfolios, transaction handling and a way to track activity. Connect provides access to Mast’s existing portfolios and investment contracts, so a partner can build its customer experience around them.

A wallet app, for example, could add an “Invest with Mast” option. Customers would choose a portfolio, approve an investment in USDG and receive portfolio shares in their own wallets. Connect records which deposits came through the partner. Customers continue to control their investments and withdraw directly from the portfolio.

The initial Connect pilot supports approved businesses, branded investing pages, transaction APIs and public deposit reporting. Partners can use a page hosted by Mast or have their developers integrate the transaction flow into their own app. Defensive, Balanced, Growth and Adaptive are the four portfolios available in the pilot.

Connect is a distribution product. It gives a business a way to offer Mast investing to its audience, while helping Mast reach customers beyond its own website. It does not introduce a separate investment strategy or change what the underlying portfolios hold.

The rollout is deliberately limited. Partner activation requires review, and integration into another app requires development work. A ready-made embed widget, partner dashboard, recurring deposits and partner commission payments are not available in this release.

Alongside Connect, Mast is introducing the Mast Mineral Index, mMIN. Its launch allocation is 43.75% gold, 31.25% silver, 12.5% platinum and 12.5% palladium. The basket starts from fixed quantities, so each metal’s share of the index changes as their prices move. It does not continually rebalance to those launch percentages.

mMIN uses the same Indexes interface as Mast’s other synthetic markets. Users can inspect the basket and manage a USDG-collateralized position without learning a separate product flow. USDG secures the position; it is not one of the metals in the index.

The distinction between price exposure and ownership matters. mMIN references metal prices. It does not hold bullion, mining shares or metal ETFs, and it cannot be redeemed for physical metal. Users who mint mMIN take on a collateralized debt position and must maintain enough collateral to avoid liquidation.

mMIN begins as a capped mainnet pilot. Transaction availability depends on valid price data and the market’s operating limits. Metal prices can move sharply, and users face collateral, liquidation, price-feed and smart-contract risks. Neither this index addition nor Connect has received an independent audit.

Connect currently supports portfolio investments, not the opening of synthetic index positions. Together, these releases establish two distinct paths for Mast: more businesses can distribute its portfolios, and users can explore a broader range of reference markets through its indexes.

Explore Mast Connect and the Mast Mineral Index.