• Aptos Labs (co-founded by Mo Shaikh and Avery Ching in 2021); ecosystem development is also handled by the Aptos Foundation.

• Building a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain centered on the Move language with parallel execution, with scalability, security, reliability, and upgradeability as design principles.

• Total Supply: Approx. 1,207,304,182 tokens.
• Circulating Supply: Approx. 857,554,215 tokens.
• Price: Approx. 0.5214 USD.

(Current Status: APT originally had no fixed max supply; the Aptos Foundation has proposed a protocol-level hard cap of 2.1B APT set via governance in its tokenomics reform, which takes effect only after passing community governance and is currently at the proposal stage. Sources: CoinGecko, Aptos Tokenomics Update; retrieved on August 17, 2026).

• Aptos Labs completed two funding rounds totaling approximately 350 million USD before the token issuance (200 million seed round, 150 million Series A), with investors including a16z, Multicoin Capital, Jump Crypto, and FTX Ventures. APT was issued after mainnet launch in 2022/10. (Sources: The Block; retrieved on August 17, 2026)

• The Aptos ecosystem encompasses DeFi, payments, RWA, and AI applications; the team continues to drive the Move ecosystem and enterprise partnerships.

• APT is the native token of the Aptos network, used to pay transaction Gas fees, participate in staking for network security and validation, and for governance voting, among other purposes.

• The Move language and the Block-STM parallel execution engine; development is active, with 350+ developers participating, and continued rollout of consensus, smart contract, and performance upgrades.

• Technical Vulnerability History: In 2026/02, a vulnerability potentially affecting approximately 7 billion USD in assets was discovered (fixed before exploitation, with no losses incurred), indicating the underlying technology still requires ongoing security review.
• Supply Release: APT continues to have token unlocks, which pose potential pressure on the price.
• Price Correction: The token price corrected significantly in 2026; attention should be paid to market sentiment risk.

• PoS (Proof of Stake), paired with Move and Block-STM parallel execution.