The funding package is spanning first-party products, protocol infra, research, and a strategic fund for trading and AI partners. Aptos network holds $1.2B in onchain assets; sub-50ms block times and sub-500ms finality are central to the institutional pitch.

Major beneficiaries

– Decibel: Aptos-incubated onchain perps exchange; $1B+ cumulative volume since February mainnet launch

– Shelby: Hot storage protocol for AI agent data markets; targets AI training datasets and agent-to-agent data exchange