Early layout of Aptos will prevent high-position buying.

Written by: Socra

Recently, there have been several significant announcements surrounding Aptos, such as TVL surpassing $1 billion, BlackRock launching the BUIDL fund on its chain, and Bitwise planning to launch the world's first Aptos Staking ETP, among others. Especially with the MOVE-based public chain Sui continuously hitting historical highs, many investors are turning their attention to Aptos.

Currently, the crypto market is showing clear signs of recovery, but the project token APT of Aptos has performed moderately. However, given the current attention on Aptos and its long-standing ecosystem development, it is still worth keeping an eye on its early popular projects on the chain.

Quietly Growing Aptos

Aptos is a blockchain that uses a Proof of Stake (PoS) mechanism, primarily utilizing the new smart contract programming language "Move." This language is based on Rust and was developed by engineers from the Diem blockchain, which was formerly part of Facebook's Meta. The chain can theoretically exceed a transaction throughput of 150,000 transactions per second through parallel execution.

In March 2022, Aptos raised $200 million in a seed round led by venture capital firm a16z. In July of the same year, the company raised another $150 million in a Series A funding round led by Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX Ventures and Jump Crypto. Two months later, Binance Labs made a strategic investment in Aptos for an undisclosed amount, bringing its valuation to $4 billion in September.

On October 18, 2022, Aptos announced the launch of its mainnet.

Currently, the project token APT of Aptos is priced at $12.05, with a market cap of approximately $6.41 billion. From its price chart, APT peaked at around $20, showing little sign of leading other public chains.

However, its TVL has grown rapidly this year, with an increase of about 1000% since the beginning of the year. When DeFiLlama data showed that the previous Aptos TVL surpassed $1 billion, it set a new historical high.

In addition, there have been continuous major news regarding Aptos recently, and its project team is actively building the ecosystem.

In November, BlackRock, the world's largest asset management company, launched its BUIDL fund on the Aptos blockchain, making Aptos the first non-EVM chain for the fund. Meanwhile, Bitwise Aptos Staking ETP is also set to be listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange on November 19, becoming the world's first Aptos Staking ETP.

In October, Aptos became the network where investors can trade shares of the Franklin Templeton OnChain U.S. Government Money Market Fund (FOBXX), which is currently the second-largest tokenized fund in the market.

In the same month, the Aptos Foundation collaborated with an AI company to build tools for the Move programming language, making ecosystem project development easier. Additionally, USDT has also launched on the Aptos mainnet.

Earlier, Aptos launched the Movementum Accelerator program, and OKX's investment division, OKX Ventures, jointly launched a $10 million fund with the Aptos Foundation to support the development of the Aptos ecosystem and the adoption of Web3.

Furthermore, the Aptos Foundation has partnered with Alibaba Cloud to launch Asia's first co-branded Move developer community, Alcove.

Popular Ecosystem Projects

With the explosion of the MOVE-based public chain Sui, many community members have begun to shift their focus to early projects and MEME coins on Aptos.

DeFi:

Amnis Finance

A liquid staking protocol on Aptos. As a fundamental component of the Aptos ecosystem, Amnis Finance introduces a secure, user-friendly, and innovative liquid staking protocol that allows users to easily maximize their APT token returns while freeing up their liquidity.

Currently, Amnis Finance's TVL is $309 million.

Aries Markets

Aries Markets is a decentralized margin trading protocol on Aptos that allows users to borrow, lend, swap, and trade margin at lightning speed through an on-chain order book.

Current TVL is $282 million.

Thala

(THL)

Thala is a decentralized finance protocol supported by the Move language, enabling seamless borrowing of the decentralized, over-collateralized stablecoin Move Dollar and providing capital-efficient liquidity supply through a rebalancing AMM on the Aptos blockchain.

Current TVL is $250 million.

Merkle Trade

Merkle Trade is the first gamified perpetual trading decentralized exchange built on Aptos. The platform aims to become the largest decentralized leverage trading center, emphasizing user-friendliness and accessibility.

Blockchain Games:

Aptos Arena

A shooting blockchain game on Aptos.

Formula Speed Thrills

An F1 racing game launched by Kult Games studio.

Quest 4 Fuel

Quest 4 Fuel is a 2020 IDLE RPG game featuring semi-automatic 5v5 hero battles, AFK rewards, and PvP arenas, set in a dark post-apocalyptic war world.

Stan

STAN is a community gathering esports fans, where fans can interact, play, and grow with their idols through a unique experience using digital collectibles/variable NFTs.

Meme:

GUI

Gui Inu is the number one community token on Aptos, created by the community. Its current market cap is approximately $22.8 million.

doodoo

Similar to SHIBA, its current market cap is approximately $13.9 million.

CHEWY

Chewy Token is a meme coin based on Aptos, featuring a green bear image, aimed at celebrating the resilience of the crypto community and rewarding those who persevere during tough times. Its current market cap is approximately $2.6 million.

DONK

Donk is a zebra-themed memecoin on Aptos. Donk Studios is also building Donk AI, comics, NFTs, games, and DonkFi.

Summary

Before Sui fully exploded, few investors could predict that it would hit new highs in a short time and accelerate the launch of on-chain projects on exchanges. Similarly, although Aptos has not fully exploded yet, its TVL has grown nearly tenfold in the past year, and its token has been included in investment product lists by several well-known institutions, indicating that it still holds investment potential and value. Therefore, at this stage, it is also worth paying early attention to the relatively early ecosystem projects on Aptos.

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