Former Facebook Employees Get $200 Million To Create Blockchain System For Aptos
Silvergate Capital purchased Diem’s tech assets for $182 million earlier this year, ending the grandiose ambition of Facebook to create a blockchain payments network. The transaction demonstrated how Facebook, now Meta, is left with few regulator-approved ways to become a key participant in the blockchain ecosystem. Some ex-Meta workers are taking up the open-source Diem blockchain mantle in an attempt to accomplish the idea of a decentralized network that they claim is created to support billions of users. It is geared to cater to substantial corporate clients early on. Blockchain....
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Aptos, a new startup created by some of Meta’s former employees involved in the Diem project, has announced it has raised $200 million for its upcoming goal of creating a scalable blockchain system. The investment, conducted in a strategic funding round, involves some well-known VC names, including Tiger Global, Katie Haun, Multicoin Capital, 3 Arrows Capital, FTX Ventures, and Coinbase Ventures.
Aptos to Propose Scalability Solutions
A group of Meta’s ex-employees that worked on Diem, and abandoned the company in December, are now dedicated to developing their own....
The team behind Diem, a project launched and abandoned by Meta (formerly known as Facebook), is moving fast with the development of Aptos. A new layer one blockchain build with Move, the programming language initially designed for the Facebook project. Related Reading | SEC Regulating The Crypto Sector Will Be A “Nightmare,” Says Billionaire Mark Cuban […]
Blocto, a multichain wallet has announced the launch of a $3 million Aptos Ecosystem Fund whose objective is to help onboard new users to Aptos. Besides financially supporting projects, the Aptos fund will be used to back standout projects when they get to the “user acquisition phase.” Access to Aptos’ in-House and External Investor Base Blocto, a multichain wallet and crypto ecosystem, has announced the launch of a $3 million Aptos Ecosystem Fund to be used for onboarding new users to Aptos, a layer one proof of stake blockchain. The launch of the fund follows Blocto’s....
Developers cite business development opportunities, protocol expansion and the technical capabilities of the Aptos chain as the main reasons for the proposal. On Oct. 20, developers of the popular decentralized exchange, or DEX, PancakeSwap proposed deploying its mainnet on layer-1 blockchain Aptos.Currently, PancakeSwap is based on BNB Chain and processes about $47 million worth of trading volume each day. However, its developers have introduced the DEX's first multichain migration proposal after the launch of Aptos on October 17, writing: "Aptos is a next-generation L1 with low....
“Since departing Meta (formerly Facebook) we have been able to put our ideas into motion, ditch bureaucratic red tape, and build an entirely new network,” Aptos stated. Former Meta employees and key players behind the firm’s defunc stablecoin project Diem have raised $200 million to expand a new project dubbed “Aptos.”Aptos was cofounded by former Novi — Meta’s crypto unit — strategic partnerships lead Mo Shaikh and tech lead Avery Ching. The duo arenow serving as the CEO and CTO for the new firm. Both left the company in December, prior to Diem being sold to Silvergate Capital in February....