Aptos


Markets

Ether, XRP Down 5% as Crypto’s Painful Week Continues; APT Jumps 10% Amid Aptos ETF Registration in Delaware

Losses in crypto markets mirrored those in U.S. equities after lesser-than-expected earnings from technology stalwart Nvidia failed to wow investors.

Up and Down (CoinDesk archives)

Tech

The Protocol: Trump Makes More Pro-Crypto Appointments

Also in this issue: Aptos Labs' leadership shift and Sonic's airdrop to TikTok users.

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Finance

Aptos Labs CEO Mo Shaikh Quits; Avery Ching to Take His Place

The Aptos co-founder is sticking around as a strategic adviser, though.

Mo Shaikh (Aptos Labs)

Finance

Payments Giant Stripe Brings Crypto Services to Aptos as Circle's USDC Stablecoin Launch on the Network

The integrations aim to boost global payments and decentralized finance on the Aptos network.

Aptos founders Mo Shaikh, left, and Avery Ching (Aptos Labs)

Finance

Franklin Templeton Adds Aptos Blockchain to Support Tokenized Money Market Fund

The $435 million fund is also available on Avalanche, Arbitrum, Stellar and Polygon.

Aptos founders Mo Shaikh, left, and Avery Ching (Aptos Labs)

Markets

Aptos Leads Losses as Crypto Weakness Continues; Coinbase Shares Fall to 7-Month Lows

Bitcoin tumbled below the $56,000 level on Thursday before a modest bounce.

Bitcoin Price 9/5 (CoinDesk)

Finance

OKX Ventures, Aptos Foundation Initiate $10M Fund for the Move-Based Layer-1 Ecosystem

The fund will be used to develop an accelerator program for projects built on Aptos.

Aptos founders Mo Shaikh, left, and Avery Ching (Aptos Labs)

Opinion

The Blockspace Singularity

One of crypto's biggest flaws – a lack of mainstream use – could be going away.

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Finance

Aptos Integrates Chainlink's CCIP and Data Feeds to Boost Decentralized App Development

Aptos will be the first blockchain that uses the Move coding language to integrate Chainlink's services, according to the announcement at Consensus 2024 in Austin.

Aptos founders Mo Shaikh, left, and Avery Ching (Aptos Labs)

Videos

Aptos' APT Token Down 52% in April After Booming March: VanEck

According to data from VanEck, Aptos' APT token dropped 52% in value after an auspicious March where it surged 44%. The asset manager added that Aptos lost the most on-chain revenue, month to month, of any chain outside of Ethereum. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

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