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Aptos (APT) ranks #80 by market capitalization, at $716.86M. It belongs to the Networks sector (Layer-1). It has traded since Jan 11, 2022, across 74 markets on 42 exchanges, with $156.76M of volume in the last 24 hours. Its all-time high of $19.80 was reached on Jan 30, 2023; the current price is 97.0% below that peak. Its cycle low of $0.515746 came on Aug 31, 2026.
42.1% of the maximum supply of 2.10B APT is in circulation. 67.3% of the token allocation has been unlocked. The next scheduled unlock is on Nov 12, 2026. 25 investors are recorded as backers, including Coinbase Ventures, YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs), OKX Ventures. 2 team members are listed. Development data lists 49 core developers and 50,612 code commits.
About Aptos
Aptos is a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) smart contract network that uses the Move programming language for virtual machine (VM) transaction execution. The AptosBFT consensus mechanism is architected with Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT), which means the network functions properly if less than one-third of the validators act dishonestly. The Move ecosystem was designed for safety and contains a compiler, a virtual machine, and developer tools. In Move, smart contracts are known as Modules.
Background
Aptos was founded in 2021 by Mohammad Shaikh and Avery Ching to provide a safe, upgradeable, and scalable blockchain network that would facilitate “fair access to decentralization” for anyone. Aptos is inspired by the Diem (formerly Libra) blockchain, which Meta (formerly Facebook) discontinued.
Aptos Labs, the project’s supporting entity, claims Aptos was built from the Libra/Diem technology developed at Meta. More specifically, “Aptos will be built in part on the technology we developed in the open over the past three years. Aptos is using Move, the safe and reliable language originally developed for Diem.”
Aptos’ mainnet launched on Oct. 12, 2022, with the capacity to process module (smart contract) execution requests and asset transfers. Though Aptos has the ability to shard for increased scalability, the project does not plan to add shards until network activity requires such. (whitepaper, pg. 7)
On Dec. 5, 2023, the project team announced the findings from Previewnet, a test environment for increased network transaction capacity. From Nov. 6-21, 2023, transactions per second (TPS) on the testnet peaked at over 30,000 due to the implementation of multiple techniques, including:
Aptos Labs is also developing a new Aptos Move Compiler, bringing a set of new language features that aim to streamline coding processes and expand functionality. These include receiver-style function calls, higher-order functions, and user-defined abilities. Aptos Labs intends to implement most of these new features in the first half of 2024.