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Aptos CEO Defends 'Fair' Tokenomics After Community Backlash

The CEO of Aptos, the layer 1 blockchain led by former Meta employees that went live last month, has defended the project's "fair" token allocation following a wave of critici...

By CoinDesk Inc

Nov 4, 2022 at 6:32 p.m. UTC

Nov 4, 2022

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Aptos CEO Defends 'Fair' Tokenomics That Prompted Community Backlash

Aptos CEO Mo Shaikh told CoinDesk the token distribution is much fairer than at other projects.

By Oliver Knight Elizabeth Napolitano

Nov 4, 2022 at 9:26 a.m. UTC

Nov 4, 2022

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Aptos Token Rebounds After Upstart Blockchain's Dismal Debut

The price of the newly launched APT token has nearly rallied back to where it started trading last week, before a swift crash.

By Jocelyn Yang

Oct 27, 2022 at 8:28 p.m. UTC

Oct 27, 2022

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Celestia Labs is betting on a modular blockchain future. (Shutterstock)

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Celestia Labs Raises $55M to Build Modular Blockchain Network

The combined Series A and B round was led by Bain Capital Crypto and Polychain Capital.

By Tracy Wang

Oct 19, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. UTC

Oct 19, 2022

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Blockchain Established by Former Meta Employees Off to a Slow Start

Aptos, a new layer 1 blockchain established by former Meta (META) employees that promised extremely fast transaction speeds, isn't living up to those brisk expectations on its...

By CoinDesk Inc

Oct 18, 2022 at 7:56 p.m. UTC

Oct 18, 2022

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Aptos Debuts Its Blockchain, Putting Millions in VC Dollars to the Test

The venture capital darling has been anticipated for months.

By Danny Nelson Elizabeth Napolitano

Oct 17, 2022 at 7:26 p.m. UTC

Oct 17, 2022

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Market 'Purgatory' With Layer 1s Even After Ethereum Merge: Analyst

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Market ‘Purgatory’ With Layer 1s Even After Ethereum Merge: Analyst

Rubicon Crypto co-founder and CEO Greg Johnson predicts continued market “purgatory” even after the Ethereum Merge, particularly with other layer 1 protocols.

By CoinDesk Staff

Sep 1, 2022 at 4:12 p.m. UTC

Sep 1, 2022

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Crypto Investment Firm CoinFund Launches $300M Venture Fund For Web3 Development

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Crypto Investment Firm CoinFund Launches $300M Venture Fund For Web3 Development

CoinFund, a crypto-specific investment firm, inaugurated a $300 million venture capital fund to back early-stage blockchain projects including layer 1 blockchains, Web3 infras...

By CoinDesk Staff

Aug 17, 2022 at 6:37 p.m. UTC

Aug 17, 2022

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Three Crypto Regulatory Actions That Need to Be Taken, According to Messari's CEO

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Three Crypto Regulatory Actions That Need to Be Taken, According to Messari’s CEO

Messari Co-founder and CEO Ryan Selkis discusses his take on the crypto regulatory actions that the industry is lacking, which includes clarity on stablecoins, the CFTC’s owne...

By CoinDesk Staff

Aug 16, 2022 at 4:29 p.m. UTC

Aug 16, 2022

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SINO CEO: Layer 1 Will Have Five to Eight Winners and Solana Will 'Probably' Be There

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SINO CEO: Layer 1 Will Have Five to Eight Winners and Solana Will ‘Probably’ Be There

At #Consensus2022, Sino Global Capital CEO Matthew Graham discusses why he thinks Solana could be one of the five to eight winners of Layer 1, and what Solana needs to do to g...

By CoinDesk Staff

Jun 12, 2022 at 3:23 p.m. UTC

Jun 12, 2022

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