What Mobius does

Mobius (legally Mochi, Inc.) is a blockchain company that builds consumer-facing tools on the Stellar network for cryptocurrency commerce. Founded in 2017 by David S. Gobaud (Stanford CS, Harvard Law; prior co-founder of Yoshi and White House alumnus), the company provides a mobile wallet for storing and transacting in crypto, a decentralized app store (DApp Store) where developers can monetize applications via the MOBI token, and an SDK that enables third-party integration of crypto payments. All transactions settle on Stellar's SCP consensus protocol, completing in approximately 5 seconds at a cost of 0.00001 XLM (~$0.0000025 USD) per operation, with the first 10,000 transactions free for new users.

The company monetizes primarily through micro-transaction fees and the MOBI token ecosystem: User-Generated Content on the platform must accept MOBI for uploads, and credits are used to access content at a 1:1 MOBI ratio. Its go-to-market combines product-led growth (Google Play distribution of the wallet and direct APK downloads from GitHub) with community-led developer engagement (DApp Builder Directory, hackathon participation, SDK documentation). The legal entity is Mochi, Inc., a U.S. corporation governed by California law, with a registered agent address in George Town, Cayman Islands.

Mobius is best characterized as a 2017–2018 vintage ICO-era project. It raised approximately $39 million in a January 2018 ICO on the Stellar platform — the first ICO conducted on Stellar — supplemented by a $500,000 round from Camp One Ventures in November 2017. Headcount is reported at 51–100. Available data shows product launches (Mobile Wallet, DApp Store) and a single strategic partnership with Producers Market (May 2018, enabling crypto payments across 9-country agricultural cooperatives) plus a Gopax exchange listing (February 2018). Public financial disclosures are absent, the website copyright footer reads 2018, and no post-2018 funding rounds, M&A, or product launches appear in the sources, making current operating intensity difficult to verify.

Name

Mobius

Legal name

Mochi, Inc.

Website

https://mobius.network

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Mobius (Mochi, Inc.) builds a Stellar-network mobile wallet, DApp Store, and crypto-payment SDK enabling consumers to store digital assets and merchants to accept near-zero-fee cryptocurrency transactions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cryptocurrency Payments Software

NAICS

Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (52232)

SIC

Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200), Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Crypto Payments & Stablecoin Settlement Platforms (BPAMAFAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enterprise Payments & Tokenized Money (stablecoins, tokenized deposits, CBDC rails) (FSAPAIAJ), Launchpads, IDOs & Token Distribution via DEXs (FSADABAL)

Keywords

• Cryptocurrency payments
• Mobile wallet
• Blockchain SDK
• DApp marketplace
• Stellar payments

Headquarters

HQ city

George Town

HQ country

Cayman Islands

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Transaction Fees: Mobius charges a minimal transaction fee of 0.00001 XLM per operation (~$0.0000025 USD). The first 10,000 transactions for new users are free.
2. MOBI Token Ecosystem: MOBI is a digital token used within the Mobius ecosystem. User-Generated Content must accept MOBI for uploads. MOBI can be exchanged for Services Credits at a 1:1 ratio. Credits are used to access User-Generated Content on the platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Mobius (operated by Mochi, Inc.) builds blockchain software on the Stellar network that enables consumers to pay with cryptocurrency and merchants/developers to accept it. Its core products include a mobile crypto wallet, a decentralized app store (DApp Store), and a developer SDK that integrates MOBI token payments into third-party applications.

Product overview

Mobius is a blockchain company built on the Stellar network that provides a suite of products for cryptocurrency commerce: the Mobius Mobile Wallet (for storing and spending crypto), the Mobius DApp Store (a decentralized app marketplace), and the Mobius SDK (for developers to integrate crypto payments). The company focuses on enabling consumers to pay with cryptocurrency and merchants to accept it, leveraging Stellar's fast (5-second) near-zero fee transactions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Mobile Wallet: A secure app to store cryptocurrency, hold tokens, and pay with cryptocurrency on the Stellar network.
• DApp Store

Products and services

• Mobius Mobile Wallet A secure mobile cryptocurrency wallet application for storing secret seeds, managing thousands of tokens, and making QR code-based payments on the Stellar network. Features biometric security, 12-word mnemonic backup, and near-zero transaction fees of 0.00001 XLM per transaction. Distributed via Google Play and direct APK download.
• Mobius DApp Store An open-source, decentralized app store interface for discovering DApps and paying with cryptocurrency. Allows third-party developers to submit apps and collect MOBI coin payments through the Mobius SDK.
• Mobius SDK

Quantifiable outcome

• Mobius transactions complete in 5 seconds at $0 fees compared to Stripe's $3.20 and Ethereum/Bitcoin's 50 minutes at $0.70

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Producers MarketcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 May 2018Mobius partnered with Producers Market, representing 9 country farm cooperatives, to enable cryptocurrency payments in the agriculture industry. This partnership allowed MOBI to become the first cryptocurrency to facilitate payments in the agriculture sector, enabling farmers to accept crypto payments for their products.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Coinbase Wallet: Coinbase's self-custody wallet app supports multi-asset storage, dapp browsing, and crypto payments. It is a direct competitor to Mobius's Mobile Wallet, with significantly broader chain support and a much larger user base.
• MetaMask: MetaMask is the leading self-custody wallet and dapp browser across EVM chains. While focused on Ethereum rather than Stellar, it competes for the same crypto-payments and dapp-discovery use cases Mobius targets.
• Blockchain.com Wallet: Blockchain.com operates a long-standing self-custody mobile wallet with multi-asset support and a built-in dapp/exchange experience, competing with Mobius for mainstream crypto-payments users.
• Crypto.com DeFi Wallet: Crypto.com's self-custody DeFi Wallet supports multiple chains, in-app dapp browsing, and crypto payments — overlapping meaningfully with Mobius's wallet and DApp Store product positioning.

Direct peers

• Trust Wallet: Trust Wallet is a multi-chain mobile self-custody wallet supporting thousands of assets and a built-in dapp browser — directly comparable to Mobius Mobile Wallet in product scope and target user (crypto-native consumers).
• LOBSTR: LOBSTR is the most popular Stellar-native mobile wallet with multi-asset support and fiat on-ramp integrations. It is the closest direct peer within the Stellar ecosystem, competing head-to-head with Mobius Mobile Wallet for Stellar users.
• Exodus Wallet: Exodus is a multi-chain desktop and mobile self-custody wallet with built-in swap and dapp integrations. Comparable to Mobius as a multi-asset consumer wallet targeting retail crypto users.
• Edge Wallet: Edge is a mobile-first multi-asset self-custody wallet with built-in exchange, purchases, and dapp browsing — directly comparable to Mobius Mobile Wallet's feature set and target audience.

Emerging players

• Solar Wallet: Solar is a Stellar-based wallet and DEX interface that combines wallet functionality with on-chain token swaps. Comparable to Mobius's wallet-plus-DApp-Store combo within the Stellar ecosystem.

Others

• Stellar Development Foundation: Stellar is the underlying L1 network on which Mobius is built. While not a direct competitor, Stellar's protocol decisions, ecosystem investments, and competing wallet efforts directly shape Mobius's opportunity set.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mobius_network
• GitHubgithub.com/mobius-network
• Facebookfacebook.com/mobiusnet

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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