Part of the funds will go toward developing already launched projects.
The Aptos Foundation and Aptos Labs have announced an allocation of more than $50M to develop their Layer-1 blockchain ecosystem. The funds will be distributed across first-party products, protocol infrastructure, research, and a strategic fund for partners in trading and artificial intelligence.
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The company noted that the focus is on two key areas of future on-chain activity: institutional markets and autonomous AI systems that trade at machine speed.
“Markets are moving onchain. Machines are becoming the primary participants in them. The $50 million committed across the stack is how Aptos gets there,” Aptos stated.
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Key Projects
Part of the funds will go toward developing already launched products:
- Decibel — an on-chain perpetuals exchange with AI elements. Since its launch in February 2026, trading volume has exceeded $1B.
- Shelby — a decentralized data storage protocol specifically adapted for AI agent workloads.
“Trading was the first agentic workload to land onchain at scale; data is the next,” the team emphasized.
Ecosystem Growth
Stablecoins on Aptos have shown nearly tenfold growth since the end of 2024. Stablecoin market capitalization peaked at $1.93B in February 2026 and currently stands at approximately $1.66B.
The network’s TVL currently stands at $270.8M, down from peak value of $1.3B in December 2024 and May 2025.
On April 24, Aptos also launched Confidential APT▼$0.6359, a private version of its native token designed to address the balance between confidentiality and transparency for institutional users.
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