said the catalyst for broader user adoption will be something new News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEEDWhile many crypto ecosystems focus on decentralization as the core tenet of Web3 Aptos is seeing success with hybrid platforms that blend Web2 and Web3 technologies In an interview at the Token2049 event in Dubai told Cointelegraph that Web2.5 platforms are earning “tons of revenue” within Aptos He noted that consumer-focused applications Web2.5 is a term used to describe platforms or applications that blend centralized Web2 experiences with decentralized Web3 elements These applications avoid full decentralization, often drawing criticism for not fully embracing the Web3 vision Pampati told Cointelegraph that one of the trends he sees within the Aptos ecosystem is that founders want to build “great consumer experiences.”  He said the Aptos network was built to support projects with almost a Web2-like scale Aptos has a developer stack focusing on abstracting friction away from Web3 Pampati described this as more of a Web2 user experience “without sacrificing Web3 principles.” He said platforms that followed such models had found success within the ecosystem: Pampati said the trend is mainly influenced by their developer stack and what the Aptos platform offers which focuses on broad consumer applications Related: From digital identity to outer space: Projects push crypto use cases While Web2.5 applications address some of the user experience problems for crypto and Web3 Pampati said that one of the challenges in the space remains the onboarding of non-crypto natives to the industry “I think the biggest challenge is trying to predict the next catalyst that pulls forward the next million I think there’s a lot of tendency to go and refight old wars,” Pampati told Cointelegraph adding that founders often move back into concepts like memecoins and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) finding the next catalyst to spur broader mainstream adoption will require creating something new Pampati added that collaborating and motivating founders to “see through the corners and not just try to recreate what’s already been created before” remains a challenge He said that founders should be prepared for the next catalyst Magazine: Crypto wanted to overthrow banks, now it’s becoming them in stablecoin fight Edible Monterey Bay 2025—Talk about an impactful exchange student experience Céline Molière—co-owner of brand-new Emilie and the Frenchies which soft-opened last weekend—came to Santa Cruz as a high school student bakery co-owner and store manager Mary Jane Dean remembers what she calls the “old-time dating-style” profiles of potential guests with an image and a profile listing interests and what stood out about Molière: Her affection for Nirvana The pair would fast find out they had much more in common “We were teenagers learning about each other and we had similar interests,” Dean remembers adding one key: “[Molière] was curious about Santa Cruz and I wanted to show her all the things about Santa Cruz I loved.” Molière was so into what she found in Surf City that once she graduated from college she opened a cafe in Nice’s historic district (along with her neighbor and friend Emilie) inspired by the cafes of Santa Cruz including gone-but-not-forgotten Caffe Pergolesi and community stalwart Lulu Carpenter’s.  The cafe proved popular: French audiences responded to tastes that that the cafe added a second Nice location Today Molière oversees seven of her own cafes and Santa Cruz represents their first American cousin “It was always something we joked about,” Dean says a long time catering and take-out restaurant at the Aptos Center next to Outside-In and across the street from the updated Aptos Public Library Molière’s wife and business partner Eliz Cervetti is also collaborating on the project Fait amusant: Dean officiated their wedding in the Dean family’s backyard simple seating and a menu of 15+ hot coffee drinks (including French flavored lattes) and a short but sturdy lineup of breakfast tartines hot and cold sandwiches and a few salads (see menu Fair-trade Malongo brand espresso coffee and teas star among the sippers and sandwiches are made with bread from Companion Bakery and Kelly’s Bakery “Emilie and the Frenchies is a French cafe that is affordable “We want to change assumptions of the French food experience We make simple recipes with really fresh Opening hours run 7am-4pm Wednesday-Sunday complete with a ribbon cutting ceremony by the Aptos Chamber of  Commerce at noon Dean sounds audibly delighted to share buttery madelienes and loaded pan bagnats with their Aptos audience “This is how the French and Californian ways of life are so similar,” she says Our cafe is French food and pastries with California vibes…Everything in our lives brought us back  together to share our favorite Southern French recipes with the community we love so much.” And while some readers might be surprised Santa Cruz has gotten so big in southern France at least one early patron to Emilie and the Frenchies flipped the script A local came in during the soft opening and announced she used to frequent the original spot in Nice ‘I can’t believe there’s some Nice in Santa Cruz,'” Dean adds “It was a nice full circle moment for us as well.” More at emilieandthefrenchies.com Reach him by way of @MontereyMCA on Instagram or mark@ediblemontereybay.com Digital EditionText Edition At Edible Monterey Bay, our mission is to celebrate the local food cultures of Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey Counties, season by season. We believe in sustainability, and that everyone has a right to healthful, clean and affordable food. We think knowing where our food comes from is a powerful thing, and we hope our magazine, website and events will inspire readers to get to know and support our local growers, fishers, chefs, vintners and food artisans. EMB is one of 80+ magazines in the award-winning and beloved Edible Communities family. The Edibles span North America, but each is locally owned and run. We hope you enjoy all that we have to offer, and we look forward to hearing from you! While many crypto ecosystems focus on decentralization as the core tenet of Web3, Aptos is seeing success with hybrid platforms that blend Web2 and Web3 technologies, commonly referred to as “Web2.5.” In an interview at the Token2049 event in Dubai, Aptos’ head of ecosystem, Ash Pampati, told Cointelegraph that Web2.5 platforms are earning “tons of revenue” within Aptos. He noted that consumer-focused applications, in particular, are thriving in the network. Web2.5 is a term used to describe platforms or applications that blend centralized Web2 experiences with decentralized Web3 elements.  These applications avoid full decentralization, often drawing criticism for not fully embracing the Web3 vision. Consumer-focused Web2.5 platforms generate revenue on Aptos He said the Aptos network was built to support projects with almost a Web2-like scale. Because of its Meta origins, Aptos has a developer stack focusing on abstracting friction away from Web3.  Pampati said the trend is mainly influenced by their developer stack and what the Aptos platform offers, which focuses on broad consumer applications.  The challenge of attracting the next million users While Web2.5 applications address some of the user experience problems for crypto and Web3, Pampati said that one of the challenges in the space remains the onboarding of non-crypto natives to the industry.  “I think the biggest challenge is trying to predict the next catalyst that pulls forward the next million, 10 million users into crypto. I think there’s a lot of tendency to go and refight old wars,” Pampati told Cointelegraph, adding that founders often move back into concepts like memecoins and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Still, he said, finding the next catalyst to spur broader mainstream adoption will require creating something new.  Pampati added that collaborating and motivating founders to “see through the corners and not just try to recreate what’s already been created before” remains a challenge. He said that founders should be prepared for the next catalyst. Copyright © 2025 FactSet Research Systems Inc.© 2025 TradingView While many crypto ecosystems focus on decentralization as the core tenet of Web3 Web2.5 is a term used to describe platforms or applications that blend centralized… We strive to uphold the highest ethical standards in all of our reporting and coverage. 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If APT stay above these levels the potential of a drive upward in an impulsive manner continues to exist if the APT fails to overcome the resistance Traders should look out for the RSI levels above 50 in order to measure bullish momentum Meanwhile, the Aptos blockchain is moving steadily to establish itself as a top player in DeFi use cases. In the last couple of months, Aptos developers have focused on polishing the Move programming language in order to optimize the performance and security of DeFi protocols New elements like Dynamic Script Composer and Account Abstraction are aimed at streamlining DeFi interactions and allowing users to carry out flash loans and intricate trades with ease the Move programming language has also been supplemented by faster data types including Ordered Maps and Big Ordered Maps These optimizations are set to meet the high expectations of the DeFi market so that Aptos continues to be a viable platform of choice for high-performance financial apps These developments indicate a bright future for the Aptos ecosystem and its increasing use by developers Written By:Advertorial Team The hunt for significant returns in the world of crypto usually looks like a game of luck masquerading as strategy Most investors desire high returns but cannot bring themselves to admit that they’re really gambling on a coin’s potential instead of making decisions on the basis of profound analysis these off-the-charts returns are not all chance; there’s a recipe for them: early access The best-performing crypto assets in history weren’t always the flashiest at the start many were underappreciated before they skyrocketed or even meme coin Pepe success stories unique is that they were positioned early.  People believed before the hype engine was activated Early-stage projects like EarthMeta are such opportunities when something is in its infancy and the potential on the upside is massive Well-developed projects with good tokenomics particularly in a landscape where too many projects don’t have meat or potential The distribution of the tokens is a very important thing to get Projects coming out with enormous supplies of tokens and the majority in the possession of the dev team are a formula for catastrophe.  and equitable allocations can lay the groundwork for sustainable growth EarthMeta is an early-stage metaverse venture that presents one of the best growth opportunities available in crypto right now As opposed to the majority of projects centered around disjointed virtual real estate EarthMeta enables people to purchase and own actual cities tokenized in the form of NFTs.  The concept is deceptively simple but powerful: cities in EarthMeta aren’t passive assets that just collect dust cities in EarthMeta actually generate income through marketplace transactions There is a capped supply of just over 150,000 cities with each city tied to real-world mapped locations The platform is driven by the governance token EMT.  It’s more than just a utility token; it’s a gateway to accessing features and participating in a healthy digital ecosystem The project is already deployed on various chains and it has a well-designed tokenomics model in place for longevity and healthy growth What sets EarthMeta apart is its open leadership and community interaction Unlike most projects that fall silent once the initial buzz has faded EarthMeta’s team is out there and is in touch with the community this offers a second opportunity to invest in a project like Ethereum or Solana in their nascent stages Aave is a silent superstar of the DeFi arena As flashy promotions and token burns from most projects catch all the headlines Aave operates in the background to support a large share of decentralized finance transactions and interest accruals without requiring traditional banks Many other DeFi projects rely on the protocol so it’s a long-term participant in the crypto environment AAVE is underappreciated in the wider market Aave’s infrastructural role will only become increasingly important AAVE is not simply a coin it’s a governance token that provides actual clout over the workings of the platform.  As more focus is placed on projects that value actual utility and reliability Aptos is a blockchain that was developed with scalability and speed From the ashes of Facebook’s Diem failure Aptos is a blockchain that aims to resolve most of the problems that have hamstrung conventional blockchains it’s optimized for thousands of transactions per second with phenomenally low fees making it perfect for decentralized apps (dApps) Aptos employs a more secure and efficient programming language called Move with less likelihood of smart contract catastrophe As interest in scalable and efficient blockchain systems increases Aptos is staking its position as the number one Ethereum alternative offering developer-friendly tooling and an emphasis on user experience Aptos is in its infancy stage but has every likelihood of being the building block of the next wave of blockchain use cases and thus a likely candidate for significant returns in the future Privacy is turning into a very sizzling issue in the cryptocurrency space, and Monero (XMR) is at the very center of the debate While most other cryptocurrencies claim to be private but are not which makes it a safe haven for those who care about the privacy of their finances in an era of heightened surveillance As the rules close in around the crypto space privacy will become increasingly priceless Monero has already withstood the test of time enduring several cycles of the market without the crutch of hype or marketing fluff Its longevity and increased demand for anonymity make Monero an excellent contender for future expansion Mantle is an Ethereum Layer-2 solution that aims to deliver high-performance low-cost transactions without compromising Ethereum’s security The project is meant to scale Ethereum without compromising decentralization allowing developers to develop decentralized applications (dApps) at a lower cost and with greater throughput compared to the main Ethereum network Mantle is supported by the largest  DAO-controlled treasury of over $3 billion which it leverages to finance developers and reward ecosystem growth This model of funding differentiates it from other projects that are based on speculative growth and guarantees a solid future Mantle’s strategy places it as a sustainable and long-term bet in the crypto space with high potential for growth as Ethereum scales Osmosis is a Cosmos SDK-based decentralized exchange (DEX) that is intended to make cross-chain transactions as easy as possible Most DEXs are hampered by the problem of blockchain incompatibility but Osmosis overcomes this with its inter-blockchain communication (IBC) protocol which enables assets to flow between blockchains effortlessly This emphasis on interoperability makes Osmosis stand out as an essential part of the DeFi puzzle but by a clear vision for a cross-chain DeFi future It’s still early in the cross-chain game and as decentralized and interoperable finance demand rises Spell Token is Abracadabra a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that allows users to borrow Magic Internet Money (MIM) by collateralizing interest-bearing assets The concept is that rather than having your assets idle you can leverage your assets as collateral to borrow MIM and still receive interest on your assets SPELL is essential to the ecosystem of the platform: it assists in governance (enabling token holders to vote on major decisions) and incentivizes users by rewarding them It also facilitates long-term strategies such as compounding where users can reinvest their profits to accumulate their assets The platform does not seek to replace fiat currency or traditional banks and handling assets without having to sell them Amidst an environment where speculation is king SPELL is unique in its real-world usability and in serving the DeFi ecosystem The crypto space is rife with opportunity for the savvy investor who knows what to look for Whether it’s the emerging metaverse economy with EarthMeta or the rapid and low-latency blockchains such as Aptos there are a multitude of projects that have significant potential and to perceive the genuine utility behind each project Investments in the early 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volatility and liquidity in tokens related to these platforms as market participants digest new partnership announcements and strategic updates Traders should watch for post-event trading volume spikes and potential price movements in Aptos and Binance-linked tokens as a result of increased institutional and retail interest following the conference Welcome to your premier source for the latest in AI and AI search tools—driving tomorrow's innovations today originating from Meta's Libra project is a high-throughput blockchain still seeking widespread adoption despite its technical strengths.The project focuses on asset tokenization and decentralized infrastructure to drive its growth and adoption.Aptos aims to democratize financial access and enhance the DeFi ecosystem by leveraging its fast cost-effective blockchain technology.After three years on mainnet Aptos still occupies an unusual position in the blockchain ecosystem Born from Meta's abandoned Libra project with backing from top-tier VCs it entered the market with high expectations and even higher valuations built on the Move programming language for enhanced security Yet while its technical capabilities are undeniable the project's path to widespread adoption remains less certain in an industry where the gap between technical superiority and actual usage often seems unbridgeable to discuss how the project is navigating these challenges and whether its institutional DNA is a help or hindrance in today's market Ash Pampati was Business Lead at Metaplex Studios on Solana and spent seven years at YouTube leading music industry partnerships The YouTube-to-blockchain experience informs his approach to Aptos’s adoption "Our overarching thesis is that all the world's assets will come on-chain," he said This interview has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity CoinDesk: I've noticed Aptos evolving toward a more grassroots builder culture All ecosystems are competing for developers with great ideas who are motivated to ship against all odds The community-building strategy begins with a fundamental question: How do we convince a developer not only to choose Aptos over other chains but to choose Web3 over Web2 Your developer outreach in Southeast Asia has been notable Is this a strategic focus because those markets are more receptive or because established developers have already committed to other chains We've built amazing grassroots relationships with talented students worldwide — California We're showing them the value of Web3 and how a consumer-oriented high-performance chain like Aptos can help them launch DApps in a week if they have the ideas and infrastructure ready you must be ready to invest in talented and motivated people immediately We have an opinionated but effective grants program where we coach people through accelerators or connect them with investors who share complementary visions Solana faced similar technical promises but saw its ecosystem dominated by pump.fun and $fart and $dawg does Aptos risk the opposite problem — impressive technology but not a lot of speculation of the meme coin frenzy adding assumptions about our identity We believe tokens and tokenized assets enable businesses to emerge that otherwise couldn't in any other market and they allow users entry into businesses they wouldn't otherwise have Do I believe 60,000 tokens should emerge daily on Aptos But do I want a consistent stream of quality projects using tokens to align their communities or build products Those are the kinds of builders we want to attract What strategic areas is Aptos focusing on now We have three core focus areas that help us overcome adoption challenges Our overarching thesis is that all the world's assets will come on-chain We're seeing that convergence now with RWAs institutional interest converging with native DeFi We want to build a network that enables the global trading engine of these assets which leverages Aptos's technical advantages We've integrated the top three stablecoins on Aptos in just three months reaching about a billion dollars in total market cap Aptos is orders of magnitude cheaper from a transaction cost basis — by a factor of a thousand — compared to the next high-throughput blockchain We also have the fastest finality at sub-second speeds Our third focus involves decentralized infrastructure supporting emerging technologies you can unlock capabilities around storage and compute never seen with previous blockchains This enables running AI and ML infrastructure on fully decentralized networks Your examples frequently focus on institutional use cases Is there a disconnect between Aptos' vision and where the market actually is today Our PACT protocol exemplifies what we want the next five years to look like It’s utilizing on-chain rails on a high-throughput blockchain with stablecoin integration to extend credit networks to people in markets who never had access to credit before a rickshaw driver in India who needs a loan to fix their vehicle can now get one Democratizing access to financial markets gives me goosebumps which has had product-market fit for several cycles and been pioneered within the Ethereum and EVM L2 communities we're exploring what a healthy DeFi ecosystem looks like on a high-throughput blockchain that abstracts much of Web3's friction a doctor in Kentucky who saves all his passwords on notepads park some stablecoins in a reliable place to earn yield and participate in the on-chain economy with limited friction Not having to save a passkey while still benefiting from decentralization and self-custody Making it easier for people to onboard and earn money in the on-chain economy is very exciting for us We're in a period where many crypto projects have fallen short of their promises What keeps you confident that Aptos can succeed where others have struggled Speaking broadly to the industry of founders: the macroeconomic environment is uncertain and there will always be volatility in this market But foundations like ours and others remain focused on the goal and are willing to invest in people to continue the mission.My biggest fear is talented people leaving Web3 for more stable environments Anything we can do to retain talented people to continue the mission of decentralized networks we'll never see the revolution in the world we want to see on a timescale that matters We shouldn't take progress for granted It takes work to keep people building for the future Afra Wang is a freelance writer and journalist with working experience in AI and crypto She previously studied international history at Columbia University and the London School of Economics and her personal website can be found at afra.work Bitcoin ATMs: How Do They Work and How to Use Them? 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It powers the network by handling fees, staking, and governance. Currently, APT token ranks among the top #30 cryptocurrencies with a market cap of $3.59B, according to CMC data APT tokenomics define how the token is distributed The initial total supply of APT was 1 billion tokens at the mainnet launch You select a wallet that supports APT, such as Petra Wallet the official Aptos wallet developed by Aptos Labs downloadable from petra.app or browser extensions like Chrome Other options include Martian Wallet or Fewcha but Petra is widely recommended for its reliability download the Petra Wallet extension for your browser (e.g. open the extension and click “Create New Wallet” to start setup The process takes a few minutes and ensures your wallet is ready to hold APT Step 3: Secure your wallet with a seed phrase The wallet generates a 12-word seed phrase which you write down and store offline in a safe place This phrase is your key to recovering your wallet if you lose access Confirm the phrase in the app to activate your wallet Now, buy Aptos from an exchange like Binance or MEXC then withdraw it to your Petra Wallet address (a unique string starting with “0x”) copy your address from the “Receive” section paste it into the exchange’s withdrawal form Transactions are finalized in seconds due to Aptos’s speed Check your Petra Wallet balance to confirm the APT arrived using Petra’s interface to monitor activity Keep your seed phrase safe and never expose your private key online The Aptos blockchain is a promising contender in the Layer 1 space and innovative Block-STM technology offer developers and users a robust platform for dApps While competition from Solana and Ethereum looms Aptos’s focus on accessibility and performance makes it a blockchain to watch in 2025 and beyond 1 Aptos (APT) is worth approximately $6.10 in U.S based on real-time data from CoinMarketCap Aptos software refers to the Aptos blockchain a Layer 1 Proof-of-Stake network built by Aptos Labs and scalable decentralized applications (dApps) targeting over 160,000 transactions per second Aptos and Solana both aim for high-speed transactions Aptos boasts over 160,000 TPS in tests with Move’s security-focused design while Solana claims 65,000 TPS and has a more established ecosystem Solana’s Rust-based coding is widely adopted Neither is definitively “better”; Aptos offers potential in security and speed while Solana leads in adoption and real-world use Aptos could be a good investment due to its strong tech – high TPS and $350 million in funding from firms like a16z per Aptos Foundation records – but it’s risky yet crypto volatility and competition from Solana or Ethereum pose challenges Aptos’s (APT) price prediction varies widely due to market unpredictability Some analysts suggest up to 100% growth in 2025 and analysts speculate it could climb if Web3 adoption grows You can buy Aptos (APT) on major cryptocurrency exchanges like Binance, Coinbase, KuCoin, and MEXC specializing in Crypto and Blockchain Technology With over 5 years of experience in the crypto and Web3 space Amit has authored more than 1,000 articles making him a prolific and knowledgeable writer in the field as he is also the founder of two crypto websites: walletreviewer.com and reviewexchanges.com he is also a stock investor and enjoy playing cricket in his free time NFTevening is an award-nominated media outlet that covers NFTs and the cryptocurrency industry Opinions expressed on NFTevening are not investment advice Before making any high-risk investments in cryptocurrency or digital assets investors should conduct thorough research Please be aware that any transfers and transactions are done at your own risk and any losses incurred are entirely your responsibility NFTevening does not endorse the purchase or sale of any cryptocurrencies or digital assets and is not an investment advisor please note that NFTevening participates in affiliate marketing Cryptocurrency Data Learn News Guides Exchanges Please be aware that our Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, and Disclaimers & Ethics notice have been updated NFTevening is a renowned and award-nominated media platform dedicated to reporting on the cryptocurrency industry Its journalists adhere to a rigorous set of editorial standards guided by principles designed to uphold integrity and maintain unbiased reporting across all its publications 2025 Aptos community proposal seeks to slash staking rewards by nearly 50% The proposal seeks to cut Aptos staking rewards from 7% to 3.79% over three months to boost capital efficiency News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEEDAn Aptos community member submitted a proposal on April 18 to slash staking rewards for the network’s native token The proposal, submitted by a community member called MoonSheisty aims at reducing reward yields from 7% to 3.79% in a three-month period aligning Aptos staking rewards with other layer-1 blockchains and encouraging capital efficiency but early comments on GitHub show some initial resistance A community member going by ElagabalxNode noted that reducing the staking reward without “compensatory mechanisms like a robust delegation program” could push smaller validators out of the network thus weakening the Aptos blockchain’s decentralization and long-term resistance Related: Aptos to accelerate innovation with new tech, investment in India The proposal addresses the validators’ role in the network stating that Aptos should consider a community validator program to give grants and stake to small validators contributing to the ecosystem.” Aptos was founded in 2021 by a group of former Meta engineers. According to DefiLlama the Aptos blockchain has a total value locked of $974 million as of April 18 with nearly a $320 million coming from lending protocol Aries Markets While high staking rewards can incentivize users to lock up tokens on Aptos MoonSheisty argues that they may also discourage participation in higher-risk higher-reward opportunities within the ecosystem Staking rewards can vary significantly across blockchains real returns on the BNB Smart Chain are among the highest at 7.43% while Cardano offers one of the lowest at just 0.55% Staking offers multiple benefits: It incentivizes users to lock their tokens on-chain supports validators and helps secure the network Rewards work similarly to interest earned on a savings account — but instead of cash Related: Coinbase’s Ethereum staking dominance risks overcentralization: Execs While staking gives the community a true “stake” in the network including the consolidation of smaller pools into larger ones This trend can undermine decentralization and weaken the blockchain’s overall resilience Magazine: Ethereum restaking — Blockchain innovation or dangerous house of cards? Please note that VanEck has positions in Sui (SUI) and Aptos (APT) Previously, we discussed the potential of Ethereum and Solana to onboard billions of users to crypto they represent earlier generations of blockchain technology newer blockchains have emerged to address the limitations of these systems two related blockchains founded by the diaspora of Facebook’s blockchain project Diem aimed to create a stablecoin payment system for Facebook’s social media platform but was shelved due to regulatory pressure its experiments spurred significant advancements in blockchain technology One of the most important outputs of Diem was the Move smart contract programming language. Move is based off the popular (+4.3M developers worldwide 3rd fastest growing language) Rust language and was optimized to solve issues with earlier smart contract languages like Ethereum’s Solidity and Cardano’s Haskell Both Aptos and Sui leverage Move to create a quicker and more intuitive development environment for software engineers to build applications out of smart contracts Move also helps the underlying engine of both Aptos and Sui called “the virtual machine” (VM) process transactions faster (how quickly a user receives a confirmation) and with more throughput (how many transactions the system can process per time period) Move's potential is so high that the value of all Move-based blockchains has surged from ~$5B to ~$22B in just one year Move is important because it offers a better entry point for incoming developers The number of crypto developers is very small and a popular quip is that there are more full-time developers at Meta (Facebook) than there are in all of crypto By offering a more approachable and efficient language Move has the potential to attract a broader developer base This is vital for uncovering the next groundbreaking application that could drive mass adoption We view blockchains as a platform for innovation and experimentation with high valuations of SCPs driven by their capacity to enable groundbreaking applications that can engage hundreds of millions of users Because no one knows what that application may be it is important to have as many people experimenting as possible Both Sui and Aptos pair their Move VMs with advanced consensus mechanisms that ensure each network efficiently validates transactions and updates This combination of cutting-edge virtual machines and consensus protocols forms the foundation of their technology delivering superior performance compared to previous blockchain systems Until innovations like Solana’s Firedancer prove otherwise Sui and Aptos stand as the pinnacle of blockchain technology Peak daily transactions of different blockchains Sui and Aptos offer important blockchain technology capable of serving hundreds of millions of users Aptos and Sui bring blockchain scaling alongside simplicity and safety for builders which offers scaling at the cost of complexity which provides a richer ecosystem at the tradeoffs of governance through a rigid technocracy and inferior technology Sui and Aptos offer a better user experience for crypto’s current use case – speculation and value transfer they lay the groundwork for future non-speculative applications like AI agents While the future blockbuster crypto applications are uncertain Sui and Aptos stand out as strong contenders for attracting the blockchain users of tomorrow While Sui and Aptos both utilize the Move programming language their blockchains are architected with distinct design philosophies Each network employs its own version of Move optimized for different tradeoffs that influence how transactions are processed When a transaction is sent to a blockchain it contains information that tells the blockchain’s software what parts of the blockchain’s database (called state) it wants to change Blockchain engineers call these database updates “state changes.” Most blockchains operate in a hierarchy where one validator acts as the “leader” for a set period of time before a new one is selected During a validator’s leadership span determines their validity (ensuring authorization and then updates the blockchain’s state The resulting block of transactions (the block in the blockchain) is broadcast to the other validators in the network and synchronize their copies of the state with other validators Once a supermajority (66%) of validators agree that the state update is valid the blockchain progresses to the next block of transactions A blockchain's architecture can be segmented into two primary components: blockchains must either increase the volume of data transmitted across the network (enabling larger transaction blocks) or optimize the efficiency of data processing and communication (enhancing the message exchange process) Sui and Aptos tackle these challenges differently by leveraging their unique adaptations of Move to push the boundaries of blockchain technology to increase the efficiency and volume of data each processes Both Aptos and Sui optimize methods to increase the size of the data that can be processed and how quickly the network disseminates that data This analysis examines their approaches to the first step “Processing transactions and building blocks of transactions,” to highlight each chain's unique advantages and tradeoffs To simplify the technology behind Aptos and Sui improvements in blockchain technology introduced by Aptos and Sui can be likened to optimizing the restaurant’s operations This includes making the kitchen faster and the waiters more efficient and ensuring orders are processed and delivered to customers quickly and accurately Ethereum is software that processes one state update at a time and this happens only after transactions are accumulated in a list over a relatively lengthy period Each block of transactions is small and can handle only a limited number of operations transactions are processed sequentially rather than in parallel meaning each one must be executed one after the other Even if transactions touch different parts of the blockchain’s state they must wait for other transactions to be processed and sequential execution leads to low throughput and creates significant scalability challenges imagine Ethereum as a restaurant with many waiters taking orders from tables but only one cook in the kitchen customers give their food orders to their waiters and these waiters come together to build the orders into a giant list The list size is very limited; if a customer does not buy an expensive enough item his order is bumped off the list (and he still owes money for his order) the list of customer orders is sent to the Chef At the ‘Ethereum Restaurant,’ the Chef is very “entrepreneurial,” so he accepts “tips” to process orders first so that customers can receive their food sooner Once the Chef has decided on the order sequence he prepares the food according to the customer's preferred meal This almost always means the Chef cooks food first for patrons who give the largest tips Since the ‘Ethereum Restaurant’ has only one person making food many tables placing orders at once will result in a long queue of orders While many consider the food at the ‘Ethereum Restaurant’ to be very good it has proven far too popular and cannot scale up to customer demand Patrons of ‘Ethereum’s Restaurant’ are annoyed by the long wait times and the high costs of “tipping” the head waiter to get a timely meal They particularly despise the experience of paying a lot of money and not receiving food Blockchains like Sui and Aptos have made a big improvement by allowing transactions to be parallelized This is accomplished by allowing transactions that do not conflict to occur simultaneously this means that transactions using different applications or simple payments can be processed together but Sui and Aptos currently offer the most advanced designs this capability of parallel processing would be equivalent to the restaurant adding many cooks to the kitchen the expanded staff can prepare many meals at once to fulfill customer orders much faster how each blockchain achieves parallelization is very different and comes with tradeoffs While there are now more chefs to process orders each restaurant’s kitchen is still limited by the amount of equipment it possesses If six tables order pizza at the same time limited space in the pizza oven means that some pizzas must be cooked before the others this would be like two traders competing to get the best price on the same DEX on the same coin These “conflicts” must be resolved and Sui and Aptos have different methods of doing this the pros and cons of each blockchain’s processing scheme have important implications for application developers and each’s ability to scale Sui employs a method to parallelize orders called “static parallelism,” which is similar to Solana’s process This means that transactions on Sui must explicitly specify the parts of the blockchain’s ledger they want to read and write Because Sui then knows what parts of the blockchain a transaction wants to touch it can then allow other transactions that touch different parts to be processed at the same time In the case where two transactions try to write to the same part of the blockchain simultaneously Sui recognizes the conflict before the transactions are processed Sui determines which transaction comes first based on ordering criteria like fees paid we can better understand what this looks like in practice At the Sui restaurant “Casa Sui,” when a table orders the waiter takes the order and mentally breaks down the order to determine which parts of the kitchen will be used during preparation If a hamburger and french fries are ordered the waiter tells the kitchen to use the grill and the fryer one of Sui’s many chefs “locks” the area of the kitchen he needs to prepare the meal During this “lock,” no other orders can be processed using that same kitchen equipment items that use other parts of the kitchen can be cooked at the same time If two waiters simultaneously try to call on the same parts of the kitchen ‘Casa Sui’s’ ordering system recognizes the “conflict” before the cooking begins one order is selected to be cooked first and the other to come afterward Let’s assume three orders are placed simultaneously: Table A’s and Table B’s orders conflict because they both use the pizza oven Sui’s waiters both determine this dependency upfront and determine the best ordering ‘Casa Sui’ selects Table B’s order to go first and Table A’s to go after the salmon is processed without any hold-up because it was known in advance that the grill station would be free There are ample waiters taking orders and many chefs cooking but a limited supply of culinary equipment Aptos does not worry about kitchen conflicts occurring Aptos makes that tradeoff by assuming that conflicts in the kitchen are rare and can be quickly resolved Aptos uses what is called “dynamic” parallelism transactions do not specify what parts of the state they touch orders are “optimistically” processed an algorithm called the “Scheduler” processes transactions based on maximizing the output of transactions over the shortest period of time it only finds conflicting transactions when it actually goes to write the change in the blockchain’s state the conflicting transactions and any dependent transactions are sent back to the scheduler who must sift through the conflicts and resolve them the set of transactions is processed to completion the waiters do not have to assess which parts of the kitchen must be touched they simply pass the orders to the kitchen the “Kitchen Head” (The Scheduler) receives them and determines the most efficient cooking process the Kitchen Head assumes there are no conflicts and orders the cooks to begin cooking food it is only discovered once the cooks start cooking and ask the Kitchen Head to resolve the dispute While the process of “throwing away the whole meal” sounds like a waste and would slow down ‘Le Maison de Aptos’ This is because Aptos’s kitchen is very But what are the implications of each model Aptos is considered by many to be a more flexible system because it does not force transactions to specify the parts of the state they touch upfront This is important for developers because when they build applications they must work through all the necessary dependencies and write the code to describe them processing customer orders on Aptos is much easier than it is on Sui because the waiters do not have to think about what parts of the kitchen are used for an order From the standpoint of attracting builders to an ecosystem some consider this development annoyance to be frustrating enough to opt for Aptos over Sui This is because writing out extra code takes time and dependencies may need to be changed often development is more straightforward for its application creators many dependencies are difficult to know upfront for both users and developers While developers want optionality in application design users may want many different transaction pathways that they will not know in advance Due to the preference for optionality of both developers and users transactions may “lock” part of the state that they do not need which causes other transactions to be held up If a business relies upon lots of shared resources to operate it will be challenging for it to reserve all resources at once using Sui’s format a business on Sui may even lock parts of the blockchain it does not need In the example of the restaurant at ‘Maison de Aptos’ a patron can tell the waiter he desires “chicken” and that he wants whichever type is made fastest (open kitchen spot) between fried the customer must tell the waiter which kind of chicken he wants upfront and the customer cannot embed contingencies Sui resolves conflicts between competing transactions upfront allowing it to establish an order at the outset This approach reduces the need for computational resources to handle conflicts during execution freeing up the capacity to process additional transactions This design is advantageous in scenarios with heavy decentralized exchange (DEX) activity often called “contentious state writes,” such as traders competing for arbitrage opportunities detects and resolves conflicts dynamically during transaction processing the difference in performance between the two chains is minimal as Aptos's conflict resolution takes only a few milliseconds This is because Aptos transactions being processed into a block reside “in memory,” the processor's cache the Aptos transaction scheduler can become a bottleneck during extreme trading scenarios High levels of contention require repeated detection and re-execution of conflicting transactions which can significantly slow down transaction processing Kingman’s Formula from operations management illustrates that as system utilization approaches its maximum capacity will result in exponentially longer wait times heavy trading activity can overwhelm its scheduler and significantly degrade performance While such scenarios have not yet occurred on Aptos particularly during events with significant trading contention blockchain transaction throughput (TPS) benchmarks often focus on simple wallet transfers rather than real-world trading scenarios This discrepancy means chains boasting high TPS may struggle under contentious trading conditions Restaurant Analogy: Sui is like a restaurant kitchen that pre-sorts orders to prevent clashes over limited kitchen space kitchen space at ‘Casa Sui’ is more efficiently allocated which usually works well but can create chaos during peak times Imagine a Friday night at ‘Maison de Aptos,’ with multiple diners competing for the popular Dover sole resembling Lucy and Ethel struggling to keep up at the chocolate factory This can lead to delays and inefficiencies under high demand highlighting the potential drawbacks of Aptos's dynamic scheduler Source: I Love Lucy as of 12/17/2024 Sui has its own bottlenecks and challenges due to the use of "write-locks." Transactions in Sui can reserve sections of the blockchain during processing but some may fail to utilize the reserved resources effectively This inefficiency can lead to certain parts of the blockchain being "boxed out," preventing other transactions from accessing them until the write-lock is released Such scenarios could reduce overall system efficiency especially under heavy transaction loads or when write-lock contention is high Sui’s approach to resolving state writes upfront introduces a unique advantage called “local fee markets.” This feature allows Sui to manage transaction costs more efficiently by segmenting fees based on the specific parts of its blockchain being accessed this means that the cost of interacting with a heavily used application on Sui can increase without affecting fees for other applications if there is high demand for trading in the SUI/USDC pool on the Sui-based DEX Aftermath Finance the blockchain can raise transaction fees specifically for that pool users accessing other applications or parts of the blockchain will not face increased fees This localized pricing model contrasts with blockchains like Aptos and Ethereum such as during a popular NFT minting event This makes the entire blockchain more expensive and difficult to use Restaurant Analogy: At the ‘Casa Sui’ cooking stations can each set prices for usage relative to demand if there’s a rush for sea urchin ravioli but the cost of triple-stuffed steak quesadillas from the grill station remains unaffected all kitchen resources share a single pricing mechanism at ‘Maison de Aptos’ the fees for unrelated items like red snapper pizza will also rise Sui’s design also enables service-level agreements (SLAs) on its blockchain Validators on Sui can make binding commitments to applications regarding transaction latency and pricing on a per-day basis This guarantees specific performance levels ensuring businesses building on Sui do not have to worry about being crowded out by high activity elsewhere on the blockchain a business running an e-commerce platform on Sui can lock in agreements for low transaction fees and quick processing times Sui's architecture ensures that operations remain unaffected even during high demand on unrelated applications This capability gives businesses a level of predictability and reliability that is unavailable on most other blockchains this creates a compelling reason to choose Sui as a platform as it allows them to focus on growth and operations without worrying about network congestion or fluctuating fees Past performance is no guarantee of future results Not intended as a recommendation to buy or sell any securities namedherein Sui has two mechanisms that surpass other blockchains in terms of latency (user feedback time) and throughput (TPS) Sui calls these “Fast Path” and “Pilot Fish.” Fast Path allows simple payment transactions to bypass consensus resulting in transaction latencies as low as 300ms Pilot Fish demonstrates that Sui can be scaled nearly infinitely by allowing validators to add additional servers to process more transactions seamlessly Sui’s unique scaling capabilities stem from the interaction between its transaction processing model its version of the Move smart contract language A key distinction of Sui is its state architecture This differs from the more rigid account-based structure found on blockchains like Ethereum accounts do not directly "hold" a balance of USDC balances are tracked within the Ethereum-based USDC smart contract which acts as a ledger for all USDC owners they must interact with the USDC smart contract This process involves calling the contract to deduct the sender’s balance and credit the recipient’s balance Every USDC transfer requires an interaction with the smart contract it deletes the $1,000 object to create two new $500 objects; one is sent to Greg Balances of USDC on Sui are not centralized as ledger entries within a single contract USDC exists as an object that individual user accounts own directly they transfer ownership of the USDC object itself I create a new USDC object representing the transferred balance and ownership of that object is assigned to the recipient’s account This eliminates the need to repeatedly call a central contract for every transaction By allowing accounts to own and manage token objects directly Sui achieves a more decentralized and scalable design This object-based approach reduces bottlenecks caused by interactions with centralized smart contracts and provides a flexible framework for state management This design significantly impacts blockchain parallelization suppose two entities send USDC simultaneously on Solana or Aptos Their transactions must be ordered in that case because both will interact with the USDC smart contract and touch the same part of the Solana/Aptos state Sui’s accounts own USDC as individual objects the transactions only modify the ownership of their respective token objects these transactions can be processed in parallel transactions involving the same object must still be serialized to maintain consistency Sui introduces a unique property where simple object transfers This is possible because these object transfers can only be initiated by the owner and do not need to be globally ordered All that is required is a signature verification and an update to the state by the validators to reflect the transfer calling a smart contract (like the USDC contract) must go through consensus Consensus is one of the most time-consuming aspects of blockchain transaction processing often accounting for 70% or more of the total processing time in high-throughput blockchains like Solana This is because validators worldwide must exchange messages to agree on the transaction order The time taken is measured in "RTTs" (round trips of messaging) depending on the validators' geographic locations By bypassing consensus for simple transfers shaving up to 500ms off transaction processing time Restaurant Analogy: This would be similar to ‘Casa Sui,’ offering diners the option of a pre-cooked meal This significantly reduces service time and expands the number of diners who can be served at other blockchain "restaurants," all orders must go through the kitchen Sui’s object-based structure enables near-unlimited scaling through a mechanism called Pilot Fish Most blockchains scale by optimizing software to run efficiently within the constraints of a single server per validator allows validators to scale horizontally by using multiple servers This means a validator facing resource constraints (e.g. or computational power) can add servers to handle more transactions While "hot" (high demand) areas of the blockchain still require ordered transaction processing the ability to distribute processing across multiple servers prevents bottlenecks in other parts of the blockchain Restaurant Analogy: If ‘Casa Sui's’ main kitchen becomes overwhelmed additional kitchens with specialized equipment can be contracted to handle the load While patrons ordering popular dishes may face wait times others can enjoy meals prepared in less busy stations Aptos has developed a scaling mechanism called Quorum Store that optimizes blockchain speed by focusing on the consensus process (the second part of blockchain processing) to increase throughput and reduce latency It allows more validators to participate in the initial transaction processing than just the leader blockchains rely on a leader-validator system where one validator at a time ingests transactions Quorum Store disrupts this model by allowing any validator to disseminate transactions across the network This frees up the leader to focus on proposing the blocks and disseminating those blocks This speeds up the time needed to process transactions and enables other validators to do some of the leader’s workload Quorum Store may exacerbate Aptos's scheduler challenges under high-conflict scenarios such as when many transactions compete for the same trade multiple validators proposing conflicting blocks can slow Aptos’s ability to resolve dependencies and conflicts Quorum Store improves transaction efficiency “there is no such thing as a free lunch,” and Sui’s design introduces new problems alongside its unique capabilities One key decision is to skip a process called DAG certification which serves as an additional check on transaction authenticity This decision reduces the number of RTTs (round trips of messaging) required during consensus resulting in faster transaction processing such as a 1% loss affecting 5 of Sui’s 100 validators could significantly degrade the network’s performance While these claims should be interpreted cautiously due to a lack of transparent methodology they highlight a potential vulnerability in Sui’s design Sui could experience transaction latency issues that more robust designs like Aptos might avoid and these vulnerabilities are still largely theoretical Sui’s broader attack surface could pose a greater risk as the ecosystem matures Both Move blockchains are less than a few years old; their usership is in its early innings Sui and Aptos’s ecosystems are relatively small Sui is currently leading Aptos based on the most fundamental metrics of usership Though Sui and Aptos have roughly the same number of monthly active addresses Note: Active Addresses may not be a reliable measure of user activity due to the simplicity of one user controlling multiples addresses Sui has captured 6x of the fee revenue of Aptos in the past year ($10.4M vs $1.7M) Sui has also transacted 3.5x the DEX volume of Aptos ($38.3B vs $10.8B) Aptos ($750M) has more stablecoins on the chain than Sui ($476M) Drilling down further into each ecosystem’s constituents both have most of the core components needed to facilitate speculation-focused use cases of crypto Each ecosystem has ample applications in DEX Sui has stronger entities within the Borrow/Lend category in Suilend and Navi Sui has a deeper perpetual futures trading market mostly centered around an application called BlueFin Bluefin averages around $250M in trading volume and ranks 7th in all crypto Aptos has a more successful decentralized stablecoin project The go-to market for attracting developers for Sui and Aptos has been to offer substantial incentives for builders to come to each chain. For example, on October 13, 2023 Sui pledged 157M SUI tokens to incentivize the growth of its ecosystem this has been utilized to bootstrap its DeFI by rewarding those who trade We estimate that the collective impact of Sui’s incentives resulted in rewards that have added 5.2%-10% in annualized yields since June 2024 We estimate that Sui has awarded more than 70M Sui in incentives in 2024 alone We estimate that Aptos spent over 10M APT worth around $100M to incentivize its DeFI ecosystem While Sui has spent more than Aptos in dollar terms we estimate Aptos has allocated slightly more of its token supply than Sui (0.9% vs The result has been that both Sui and Aptos bootstrapped very important components of each ecosystem very quickly this has also led to substantial “mercenary capital” (users only there to extract rewards) deploying to each chain Similar to a federal government providing subsidies for an industry the Sui and Aptos incentive campaigns have created a massive ecosystem Sui and Aptos have focused on creating their respective communities by asserting each chain’s technical supremacy Though many developers herald the advantage of the Move programming language and some have fallen into the camps of Sui or Aptos there is currently no material depth to either chain’s culture compared to legacy blockchains We assert this based upon Google search interest in each’s memecoins and the total number of developers tracked in public repositories While Sui averaged 280 weekly active developers in 1H2024 Sui and Aptos builders represent less than 4% of all active developers in crypto From the standpoint of retail interest in each’s community Sui is ahead of Aptos by a factor of nearly 9x when examining Google Trends (Aptos: 2 vs global search interest for Sui was higher than it was for Solana on 17 days and higher than Ethereum on 16 days The consequence of the relatively anemic development community of Aptos and Sui is that neither can boast of a truly differentiated Though Sui has a few interesting applications like “FanTV” and “Birds,” neither application has attracted significant usage Another current disappointment of Sui and Aptos is that neither has an application leveraging the unique technical capabilities of either chain the most important perpetual exchange on Sui has its entire trading engine deployed on Bluefin’s private server and not on Sui’s blockchain Sui’s system is currently better for traders than Aptos Sui has created a better system for traders which should translate into better prices for Sui DEXes We base this upon the following components: Sui has poured tremendous thought into building a system optimized for onchain trading through built-in components of Sui’s code and innovations created by Sui’s team The first is the concept of programmable transaction blocks (PTB) which enable a single transaction to dynamically interact with multiple parts of the blockchain state where transactions call a pre-defined function Sui’s PTBs allow transactions to dynamically decide which calls to make and which parts of the state to touch This dynamism enables real-time decision-making based on both onchain and offchain data This capability is particularly significant for applications requiring high performance such as decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregators these aggregators can leverage offchain compute (like ASICS/GPUs) to determine optimal trading routes incorporating both onchain liquidity and external pricing data this level of sophistication is challenging or impossible on Ethereum or Aptos Sui’s design surpasses Solana in practical applications While Solana theoretically allows similar functionality its stringent limits on the number of input accounts (64) and maximum transaction instructions significantly restrict its usability a complex Sui transaction that interacts with more than 100 objects would be unfeasible on Solana This makes Sui a more robust platform for advanced trading applications Both Sui and Aptos set their transaction prices based on the complexity of a transaction measured in network resources used (gas) that each network charges for some unit of resource utilization Aptos gas prices function by having governance set a minimum gas price at an indeterminate interval and then allowing gas prices to float above this minimum based on transaction demand Aptos does not have a priority tip separate from the gas price; instead priority is achieved by setting the gas (cost per unit of network resource used) higher Sui’s validators set a “reference price” that bonds validators to process all transactions that pay this reference price To gain a higher spot in the processing queue a transactor on Sui can attach a priority fee to their transaction Aptos has a global gas price that does not charge larger fees for higher-demand pieces of Aptos blockchain (like a DEX with lots of trading) Sui enables more in-demand parts of the state to charge higher fees than lower-priority parts of the state These seemingly minuscule differences are important because they affect the economics of traders in meaningful ways Particularly important traders called “market makers” often place and cancel (updating) thousands (or more) of orders per second This is done to bid/offer advantageous prices relative to newly developing information With PTBs that change many parts of the state simultaneously a market maker can update their book of bids/asks with fewer transactions This alone makes operating on Sui cheaper than other chains like Aptos Sui has an interesting component of architecture embedded in its blockchain called “DeepBook,” which is a global centralized limit order book (CLOB) on Sui for wholesale liquidity This liquidity layer allows DEXes and DEX aggregators (entities that access all DEXes in their selection set) to tap into global liquidity across Sui This centralized order book aggregates liquidity across Sui into one unified pool and enables deeper liquidity for traders operating on Sui Since any app can tap into their liquidity layer it reduces the advantages of applications with lots of liquidity thus leveling the playing field and lowering the prices that DEXes can charge users Sui and Aptos have both designed their systems so that high usage of each respective blockchain will accrue value to each respective token its token’s value will likely appreciate in price both blockchains’ chief token use cases are very similar: APT tokens is that SUI has a capped supply of tokens while APT tokens have no maximum supply Aptos inflation currently rests at 6.7% per annum and decreases each year by 1.5% this endless supply of APT due to persistent inflation is offset by the fact that transaction fees on Aptos result in a token burn The consequence is that more activity on Sui will benefit those staking tokens over those not staking tokens This is because those who stake validators on Sui will receive the transaction fees an increase in transaction fees benefits everyone equally it must be noted that while Aptos can achieve a deflationary token system through substantial activity Sui has it baked in by means of its storage system An interesting feature of Sui and Aptos is their approach to addressing the long-term challenges associated with storing crypto data onchain Blockchains continuously grow in storage size which must be maintained by validators and nodes This poses a problem because the increasing storage demands drive up costs and place additional strain on blockchain networks they primarily charge transaction fees based on the consumption of network resources like bandwidth these costs are transient as they account only for the resources consumed at the moment of the transaction Most blockchains fail to charge fees for persistent resources such as the ongoing cost of storing a user's account data and transaction history on the blockchain Sui and Aptos address this issue by incorporating the cost of data creation into transaction fees they price new data storage directly within the transaction ensuring that users contribute to the long-term costs of maintaining the blockchain's storage storage fees in APT are locked behind the data that is created If someone modifies the data to be smaller or deletes the data entirely a portion or all of that locked APT is remitted to whoever deleted that data the process of removing data from Sui’s storage also allows for a refund of stored SUI while most of the SUI can be returned (up to 99%) creating a permanent “token sink” of SUI This storage fund earns rewards from the network (newly minted SUI allocated from the original 10B total supply) This fund then remits SUI rewards to the Sui network validators to help them pay the long-term costs of storing SUI’s blockchain ledger We base our valuation of Sui and Aptos on their projected year-end market share within the total smart contract platform (SCP) market capitalization Our forecast for SCP market capitalization is derived from the estimated growth of the United States M2 money supply We project M2 to reach approximately $22.3 trillion by the end of 2025 continuing its annualized growth rate of 3.2% since its last trough in October 2023 we estimate the total SCP market value to reach $1.1 trillion by the end of 2025 a 43% increase from today’s capitalization of $770 billion This compares to an all-time peak valuation for SCPs of $989 billion in November 2021 Historical analysis of M2 changes versus SCP market cap changes shows a strong statistical relationship The 12-month moving average of SCP market cap changes correlated positively with monthly M2 changes exhibiting an R² value of 0.36 and a t-statistic of 5.7 (p < 0.0001) Move-based blockchains hold a combined market share of approximately 2.7% of the SCP market using an AR model demonstrating the lowest AIC among comparable forecasting models This model also predicts the individual shares for Aptos and Sui Sui (SUI): 5.5% of the SCP market, corresponding to a market capitalization of $61 billion. With 3 billion tokens unlocked by January 2025, this equates to a token price of ~$16. This represents a 326% gain from today’s price of $3.75. corresponding to a market capitalization of $11 billion With 50.5% of its token supply (507 million tokens) unlocked this equates to a token price of ~$22 and is a 201% gain from today’s price of $7.30 These projections highlight the strong growth potential for both chains We believe Sui and Aptos are poised to capture a larger share of the expanding SCP market as other chains lose their relative status and price targets in this blog are not intended as financial advice or any call to action or as a projection of how Sui (SUI) and Aptos (APT) will perform in the future Actual future performance of Sui (SUI) and Aptos (APT) is unknown and may differ significantly from the hypothetical results depicted here There may be risks or other factors not accounted for in the scenarios presented that may impede the performance These are solely the results of a simulation based on our research Please conduct your own research and draw your ownconclusions We believe the evidence supports Sui over Aptos due to its performance advantages and scaling potential We find that It currently offers capabilities that are not replicated in Aptos Sui may offer a set of technical capabilities and economics that prove more attractive to market markers resulting in a better-priced DeFi ecosystem Sui has formed its technical capabilities into powerful memetic narratives that have attracted token investors and application builders This has translated into better token performance and a more vibrant ecosystem of applications we believe that Aptos’s edge in designed flexibility and arguably more robust chain architecture may prove to be competitive advantages While Sui has a substantial lead in many economic metrics The long-term winner will depend on which platform can sustain innovation while translating it into ecosystem expansion including novel applications of crypto technology The greatest challenge facing both Aptos and Sui is achieving effective business development While both projects have invested significant resources to incentivize ecosystem growth and emphasize their technical advantages neither has yet developed a cohesive strategy that integrates technical development with ecosystem expansion Both blockchains represent state-of-the-art distributed systems design driven by teams at the forefront of technological innovation business success requires more than technological breakthroughs Aptos and Sui must attract and cultivate differentiated projects while using feedback to inform technical direction but it is crucial to strike a balance between advancements that address current usability challenges and those designed to enable future use cases While both chains have successfully onboarding projects their ecosystems must attract applications that leverage their unique capabilities to create innovative use cases where business development collaborates closely with technical development is essential to build technology that solves problems users care about Without this alignment and differentiation these systems risk failing to achieve their potential Sui and Aptos feature novel blockchain designs that have yet to be fully stress-tested in high-demand or adversarial environments Although both have experienced surges in transaction volume most were simple transactions rather than Solana-esque levels of DEX trading activity This leaves uncertainty about how the systems would handle the intense trading conditions that have previously stressed many chains while the innovative features of these blockchains (Pilot Fish they might require adjustments if significant performance issues arise under extreme scenarios These changes could potentially compromise some of their high-level capabilities making it critical for the teams to continuously refine their systems without losing their edge As second-generation high throughput blockchains Aptos and Sui face competition from established ecosystems like Ethereum and Solana While these older chains may lack the technical sophistication of Aptos and Sui they benefit from larger developer bases and broader distribution backed by users with substantial financial resources Emerging competitors like Monad and Berachain further intensify the landscape Monad combines strong technology with a dedicated community while Berachain has gained momentum by tapping into the crypto community's speculative animal spirits potentially surpassing Aptos and Sui in speed and throughput investors backing the narrative of better technology Blockchain teams must consistently deliver and implement new innovations quickly to maintain relevance History is filled with high-performance blockchains that lost their edge and token valuations to newer Given the enormous economic incentives in the blockchain space many of the world’s brightest minds may pursue degrees in distributed systems engineering These developing entrants will continue to the 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