Aptos


Finance

Aptos Strikes DeFi Partnership With Microsoft, Brevan Howard, SK Telecom

The aim is to offer banks and large institutions a gateway to decentralized finance on Aptos.

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

Markets

Aptos Falls 16% Over Past Week, Lagging Ahead of $300M Token Unlocking Event

Unlocks are scheduled releases of previously locked-up cryptos to prevent early investors and insiders from selling tokens in large numbers.

Aptos price through the week to April 11 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Sui Overtakes Aptos, Cardano in Value Locked; Sees $310M Inflow in 30 Days

The Sui blockchain reached a peak of 6,000 TPS in December as it produced 13.8 million blocks in one day.

Sui blockchain TVL (DefiLlama)

Consensus Magazine

Avery Ching: Aptos Led a Year of 'VC Chains'

With hundreds of millions at stake, Avery Ching, co-founder of one of the year's most-talked-about new projects, has much to prove.

Avery Ching, who helped develop Aptos (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

Finance

Sui Foundation Calls Report of Supply Manipulation 'Materially False'

The token fell as much as 9% on Tuesday after a report questioned if SUI supply is being manipulated through staking.

Sui unlock schedule (tokens.unlock)

Markets

Counterfeit Aptos Token Deposited on Upbit Leads to APT Withdrawals Being Temporarily Suspended

Exchange has resumed operations, and some say a more significant market incident was narrowly avoided.

(Daniel Bernard/ Unsplash)

Videos

Crypto Traders Grow Bearish as Aptos Plans $103M APT Token Unlock in November: Data

TokenUnlocks data shows Aptos, a Layer 1 protocol founded by ex-Facebook employees, will release 20 million APT tokens worth over $100 million this November. Tokens are often locked to keep the big bag holders from liquidating their holdings all at once, for such an act would crater the market value. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

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Markets

Crypto Traders Grow Bearish as Aptos Plans $103M APT Token Unlock in November

The collective 20 million APT to be unlocked then equates to 112% of the average daily trading volume over the prior 30 days, according to The Tie.

APT's impending unlock in November (TokenUnlocks)

Finance

Decentralized Exchange Sushi Expands to Aptos Blockchain

Sushi has more than seven times the amount of value locked than the entire Aptos blockchain.

(Unsplash)

Web3

Base Is Here, But Some of Its Projects Raise Red Flags

This week, Coinbase launched its new Base blockchain while DeGods NFTs are way up after the project announced its upcoming Season III series. Plus, Microsoft and Aptos are teaming up to launch new blockchain AI tools.

DeGods Season III art preview. (DeGods)

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