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Dubai, UAE, January 29th, 2025, Chainwire

Freedx, a newly launched cryptocurrency exchange, today announced the completion of its $50 million funding round.

Freedx has secured regulatory permissions in Panama and a BTC license in El Salvador, representing initial steps toward expanding its compliance efforts globally.

The investment reflects investor confidence in Freedx’s approach to offering a platform designed with a focus on clarity, simplicity, and advanced trading tools.

With an emphasis on intuitive design and robust security features, Freedx aims to fill a vital gap in the market by combining advanced capabilities—such as optimized order routing, real-time analytics, and frictionless execution—with a sleek, user-friendly interface.  

Founded by a team of industry veterans drawn from top financial and crypto institutions such as Binance, Deutsche Bank, Upbit, eToro, and more, Freedx brings together a powerhouse leadership unit with decades of experience spanning trading, technology, and risk management.  

Since its inception, the Freedx team has grown to nearly 100 members dedicated to building a transparent, efficient, and secure trading environment. 

“At Freedx, we believe that trading should be as seamless and transparent as possible,” said Jonathan Farnell, CEO, Freedx. 

 “This fundraise validates our vision to build a platform that prioritizes traders’ needs above all else. We’re thrilled about the opportunity to continue developing innovations that empower our community and drive the industry forward.” 

The USD 50 million fundraise will enable Freedx to accelerate platform enhancements, expand global reach, and strengthen its customer support capabilities.  

Early adopters can sign up here and expect ongoing platform updates, new asset listings, and a suite of professional-grade trading tools designed to enhance the decision-making process. 

Key Freedx Features: 

• Trader-First Design: Built by active market participants, Freedx’s interface integrates advanced tools without sacrificing simplicity. 
• Industry-Leading Security: Proprietary security protocols and multi-factor authentication ensure user assets and data remain safeguarded. 
• Rapid Performance: High-speed order matching engine and optimized infrastructure deliver rapid trade execution with minimal latency. 

Freedx is preparing for its Beta Launch at the end of Q1 2025, during which users will have an opportunity to explore its platform and features, including advanced trading tools, and exclusive giveaways.

By participating in the Beta, users will have the unique opportunity to influence Freedx’s ongoing development and shape the future of a platform built by traders, for traders. 

Freedx aims to foster trust and transparency by adhering to compliance standards.  

As part of its growth strategy, the company will continue forging partnerships with institutional investors, blockchain innovators, and recognized regulators. 

About Freedx 

Freedx is a next-generation cryptocurrency exchange designed by traders, for traders. Guided by a user-centric philosophy, Freedx combines professional-grade trading technology with a sleek, intuitive interface, empowering a broad spectrum of users to trade confidently in the rapidly evolving digital asset landscape. 

To learn more about Freedx, users can visit www.freedx.com, or follow Freedx on social media or their blog. 

Media Contact 

For media inquiries or to reach the team, users may contact pr@freedx.com.

Contact

Head of Marketing
Rahil Bhagat
Freedx
pr@freedx.com

Miami, Florida, January 29th, 2025, Chainwire

Floki has announced a strategic three-month marketing campaign in collaboration with CoinGecko, the world’s largest independent cryptocurrency data aggregator. Set to launch on Jan. 31, the campaign aims to showcase the Floki Trading Bot to millions of crypto users globally.

CoinGecko’s extensive ecosystem will serve as the campaign’s platform, leveraging over 167 million monthly pageviews, 111 million monthly users, and 9.9 million total app downloads. The collaboration will also tap into CoinGecko’s 3 million+ social media followers and its coverage of over 16,000 crypto assets across 1,000+ exchanges.

The campaign will include premium placements like Top Leaderboard Banners (projected 3.03 million impressions), Row Banners (3.33 million impressions), and in-app programmatic banners (6.5 million impressions). 

It will also feature dedicated video content for CoinGecko’s 222,000 YouTube subscribers, mobile push notifications, and social media promotions across Facebook, Instagram, and X. Altogether, the campaign is expected to generate approximately 12.9 million impressions, boosting the visibility of the Floki Trading Bot.

What the Floki Trading Bot is

The Floki Trading Bot is a multichain trading tool designed to simplify cryptocurrency trading via Telegram. It offers an intuitive interface, allowing users to trade cryptocurrencies seamlessly across multiple blockchains. 

The bot charges a 1% fee per trade, with half of the fee allocated to buying and burning the FLOKI token, supporting its deflationary mechanism. The other half contributes to the Floki Treasury to fuel ecosystem growth.

With a community of over 480,000 onchain holders, the Floki Trading Bot has already gained significant traction. It boasts over 60,000 users, a total trade volume exceeding $139 million, and nearly 70,000 trades executed.

https://youtu.be/XEoXPzLXfbw?si=ps9MI0e-Ffajv3WT

About Floki

Floki is the people’s cryptocurrency and utility token of the Floki Ecosystem. Focused on utility, community, philanthropy, and strategic marketing, Floki is working toward becoming the world’s most recognized and used cryptocurrency. With over 490,000 holders globally, Floki has already established a strong brand presence. Learn more at floki.com.

Website: https://www.floki.com/ 

 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@FlokiOfficial 

 Telegram: https://t.co/vBZd3lbFQK 

 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/floki_crypto/ 

 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@floki_crypto 

 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/floki 

 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/290420602797109/?ref=share  

 Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Floki/ 

 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/officialfloki 

 Valhalla: https://valhalla.game

Contact

Community Relations Officer
Pedro Vidal
Floki
Marketing@floki.com

Mahe, Seychelles, January 29th, 2025, Chainwire

LayerAI, a leading innovator in AI and blockchain technologies, has announced the integration of DeepSeek’s advanced models, DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-Coder-V2, into its platform. This collaboration aims to elevate the capabilities of LayerAI’s offerings in AI-assisted coding, natural language processing, and interactive learning modules.

Key Integration Highlights:

• Advanced Model Deployment: By incorporating DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-Coder-V2, LayerAI enhances its platform’s language understanding and coding capabilities. This integration supports applications such as code generation, debugging, and various natural language processing tasks.
• Enhanced Coding Assistance: DeepSeek-Coder-V2’s support for 338 programming languages and a context length of 128K tokens enables LayerAI to provide users with sophisticated code generation and debugging tools, facilitating the development of complex code structures.
• Efficient Performance: Leveraging DeepSeek’s Multi-head Latent Attention (MLA) and DeepSeekMoE architecture, LayerAI improves performance in processing extensive data sets and long-context scenarios, crucial for AI-assisted coding tasks.
• Interactive Learning Modules: The integration of DeepSeek-V3 allows LayerAI to offer advanced interactive learning experiences, providing real-time feedback and explanations of complex coding concepts to users.
• Community Collaboration Enhancements: With DeepSeek’s compatibility with platforms like GitHub, LayerAI fosters improved collaboration through seamless version control and AI-enhanced code review processes.
• Customized Model Fine-Tuning: LayerAI fine-tunes DeepSeek models to cater to specific use cases within its platform, such as specialized coding environments or domain-specific language understanding.

This strategic integration underscores LayerAI’s commitment to delivering cutting-edge AI-driven tools for coding, learning, and collaboration. By harnessing DeepSeek’s state-of-the-art models, LayerAI continues to provide users with innovative solutions that drive productivity and efficiency.

About LayerAI

LayerAI is dedicated to advancing the AI economy through its comprehensive ecosystem, which includes a Layer-2 blockchain, LayerVPN, KyotoX, and the LayerAI data economy app. The company focuses on establishing data as an emerging asset class, contributing significantly to the global AI landscape.

Contact

Jake Su
LayerAI
press@layerai.org

Zurich, Switzerland, January 28th, 2025, Chainwire

Enso, the leading provider of blockchain shortcuts, is powering Boyco, a liquidity incentivization platform on Berachain. To address the cold start problem faced by most Layer-1 blockchains, Boyco enables decentralized applications (dApps) and liquidity providers (LPs) to coordinate pre-launch liquidity. 

Fully integrated with Enso for all DeFi execution, Boyco leverages Enso’s infrastructure to streamline liquidity provisioning and ensure an efficient process for securing deep liquidity across Berachain’s ecosystem. Pre-deposits via third party vaults have already reached an impressive $2.1 billion in total value locked (TVL).

Boyco: Setting a New Standard for Onboarding Liquidity

Boyco, built on the Royco Protocol, revolutionizes how liquidity is secured for new blockchains. By providing a transparent and efficient platform, Boyco empowers dApps to offer incentives for liquidity provision directly to users, eliminating the need for intermediaries or opaque negotiations. This ensures that liquidity is productive from day one, aligning perfectly with the ecosystem’s growth objectives.

Enso: The Engine behind Boyco’s DeFi Execution

To streamline the movement of assets across chains, Boyco integrates LayerZero and Stargate, two leading cross-chain interoperability solutions. This cross-chain accessibility ensures Boyco participants can bridge diverse assets like USDC, USDT, DAI, wETH, and wBTC quickly, securely, and transparently. 

Additionally, Boyco utilizes Enso to automate the execution of liquidity deposits, simplifying even the most complex, multi-step actions into a single, executable transaction through Enso Shortcuts. By providing the integration with the eleven applications set to launch on Berachain, Enso plays a crucial role in routing all liquidity efficiently and accurately to the appropriate protocols, ensuring each dApp receives the deposited funds to start operating from day one.

How Boyco Works

1. Applications create Royco Markets, defining transaction parameters and offering incentives.
2. LPs review and negotiate onchain offers, directly offering to lock funds for pre-determined periods.
3. Assets are bridged to Berachain via LayerZero and Stargate.
4. Liquidity is deployed into smart contracts via Enso Shortcuts immediately upon the application’s Mainnet launch.

“Enso powering Boyco’s DeFi interactions demonstrates our commitment to enabling the next generation of blockchain ecosystems,” said Connor Howe, Co-founder of Enso. “By taking care of all the necessary integrations, we’ve saved Boyco  hundreds of engineering hours.”

Boyco sets a new standard in blockchain liquidity acquisition by prioritizing transparency, collaboration, and efficiency. Through Enso Shortcuts—predefined, multi-step blockchain operations condensed into a single transaction—Boyco allows dApps to effortlessly receive liquidity and operate efficiently from day one. 

About Enso

Enso’s blockchain shortcuts empowers builders to create applications faster and easier, turning ideas into reality without distractions. Trusted by over 60 projects, Enso has facilitated over $13 billion in onchain settlements.

About Berachain

Berachain is an EVM-identical Layer 1 blockchain prioritizing application value, sustainable liquidity, and ecosystem alignment through its novel Proof-of-Liquidity (PoL) consensus mechanism. 

About Royco

Royco is a platform for Incentivized Action Markets. (IAM). IAMs allow incentive providers to offer incentives (tokens, points) in exchange for performing onchain actions. Users can also negotiate for more incentives using the Mar

Contact

Leonie
marketing@enso.finance
marketing@enso.finance

Palo Alto, CA, USA, January 28th, 2025, Chainwire

TradePort, a multichain NFT marketplace, announced it will utilize Walrus, the decentralized data storage application developed by Mysten Labs, in order to store metadata for all its Move-based ecosystem NFT projects. As the largest NFT marketplace on Sui, TradePort streamlines and enhances NFT trading across multiple blockchain networks, which currently include Sui, Aptos, NEAR, Movement, and Stacks. 

Walrus Protocol, which launched its Testnet in October of 2024, stores and delivers large unstructured data files, including rich media content, audio files, video, images, and PDFs, from any Web2 or Web3-based source. These large files, known as blobs, are stored quickly and efficiently by Walrus, whose storage is resilient, scalable, programmable, and secure. Walrus’s public Testnet and its forthcoming Mainnet are served by Sui as the coordination layer. 

“Initially, decentralized storage may sound like a concept you’ve heard of before,” said George Danezis, Chief Scientist and Co-Founder of Mysten Labs. “But on a smart contract platform like Sui, storage is capable of logic and programmability, which is a complete game-changer.” 

“Object-based NFTs rise far above what the NFTs of the 2022 boom were able to achieve,” said Daniel Fritsche, Co-Founder of TradePort. “Thanks to their innate structure, Sui and other Move chains enable dynamic and composable NFTs, which dramatically open up the possibilities of NFT use cases. Add in programmable storage, and the attached NFT metadata becomes just as dynamic and responsive. This is only possible on a performant storage network like Walrus.” 

In addition to existing NFT metadata, all data from TradePort’s NFT collections released via their launchpad will be stored on Walrus.

TradePort will be one of the first partners to store data on Walrus Mainnet, which will be launched in the near future. 

Users who are interested in learning more about Walrus can visit Walrus.xyz. 

Media Contact

mystenlabspr@mgroupsc.com

Contact

Head of Communications
Lexi Wangler
Mysten Labs
mystenlabspr@mgroupsc.com

Dubai, UAE, January 27th, 2025, Chainwire

Zoth has unveiled its Pre-Deposit Campaign, as a part of its launch of the world’s first restaking layer for Real-World Asset Finance (RWAFi) that is designed to bridge the stability and trust of TradFi with the scalability and innovation of DeFi.

Zoth’s mission is to unlock the $2T tokenized fixed-income market by building a permissionless layer for on-chain and off-chain RWAs. Through the Pre-Deposit Campaign, participants can gain early access to ZeUSD, a stable token fully backed by investment-grade RWAs such as Treasury Bills and ETFs. 

This presents an opportunity for early adopters to engage with the next wave of RWAFi, with the potential to earn competitive yields while participating in a dynamic and evolving financial ecosystem.

Democratising Real-World Asset Finance (RWAFi)

The global demand for tokenized RWAs is surging, with products such as Treasury Bills, ETFs, and Money Market Funds becoming increasingly desirable. However, structural inefficiencies and exclusivity within TradFi have limited access to these yield-bearing instruments for retail participants.

Zoth addresses these barriers through its re-staking layer, creating a decentralized ecosystem that democratizes access to RWAs for retail and institutional users alike. With ZeUSD, Zoth delivers a stable, omni-chain token fully backed by high-quality fixed-income assets, combining the stability of TradFi with DeFi’s innovation and scalability.

“This is just the beginning! Our innovative re-staking approach is redefining the way RWAs are brought on-chain. Together, we’re building the future of RWAFi,” added Pritam Dutta, Founder & CEO of Zoth.

As Koushik, Co-Founder & CTO of Zoth, opines, “At Zoth, we believe RWAFi’s full potential lies in inclusivity. Our mission is to ensure every user—big or small—has equal access to high-quality financial instruments.”

Key Features and Benefits of ZeUSD

ZeUSD is Zoth’s omni-chain, fully composable RWA-backed Collateralised Debt Position (CDP) stable token issued on top of high-quality liquid off-chain or on-chain RWAs like U.S. T-BIlls, ETFs, MMFs, Reverse Repos, etc. 

Key Attributes of ZeUSD:

• Fully Collateralized Stability – ZeUSD is backed by a diversified mix of high-quality RWAs, ensuring trust and transparency.
• Cross-Chain Compatibility – Seamlessly interoperable across multiple blockchain ecosystems, improving liquidity and composability.
• Permissionless Issuance – Issuance is possible by allowing users to access and collateralize eligible RWAs, ensuring compliance and risk mitigation.
• DeFi Composable – ZeUSD can be seamlessly utilized across DeFi, maximizing yields for holders.
• Boosted Incentives – Stacked incentives comprising underlying RWA yield and boosted Zoth rewards.

Zoth tackles longstanding challenges in the RWA market, including limited accessibility, high fees, and institutional favoritism. By implementing the community-powered re-staking layer, Zoth unlocks a new paradigm of liquidity, accessibility, and incentives for all participants.

The ZeUSD Pre-Deposit Campaign

Zoth’s pre-deposit campaign offers participants an early opportunity to engage with ZeUSD and gain access to exclusive stacked rewards in a decentralized ecosystem.

Pre-depositors will be the first to mint ZeUSD with the RWAs of their choice from a list of curated RWA partners as part of Zoth’s ecosystem, which includes Hashnote USYC, Zoth ZTLN Prime, Matrixdock STBT, and OpenEden TBILL. Zoth’s re-staking layer via ZeUSD is actively onboarding more RWA partners, creating inclusive access across the RWAFi ecosystem. 

For more information about the Pre Deposit Campaign, users can visit https://zeusd.zoth.io/predeposit

Previous Products and Traction

Zoth’s journey is marked by notable milestones that underscore its leadership in the RWAFi sector:

• Over 25M in on-chain TVL across products. 
• Over 2M wallets were onboarded.
• 40M transactions were processed through the Atlas platform in the testnet phase.
• Founding team has built a $300M AUM fintech venture at AB InBev (the World’s largest brewing company).
• Previous customers of Zoth include Budweiser, Emirates Group, and Olea.
• Strategic Partnerships with TradFi & On-chain leaders like Standard Chartered Group, JM Financials, Chainlink, Singularity Group, and more.
• Built one of the largest RWA communities.

About Zoth

Zoth is building a community-first re-staking layer for the RWAFi ecosystem, blending the scalability of TradFi with the innovation of DeFi. Zoth creates a permissionless layer for on-chain and off-chain RWAs, enhancing their access and DeFi utility.

For more information and to participate in the pre-deposit campaign, users can visit www.zoth.io

Contact

Zoth
gm@zoth.io

Dubai, UAE, January 27th, 2025, Chainwire

Mario Nawfal,  one of the biggest names on 𝕏 for news and crypto, just announced an airdrop of $MARIO tokens, capping off one of the craziest memecoin stories in recent memory. 

The coin launched without Mario’s knowledge, and he only discovered it when 70% of its total supply unexpectedly landed in an old crypto wallet he had nearly forgotten existed.

Instead of cashing in on the $7 million windfall, Mario burned the entire amount, taking those tokens out of circulation and causing the market to rally. 

The token reached a $100 million market cap in just 12 hours, and on day one, there was over $120 million in trading volume.

Now, Mario is using his $50,000 purchase of $MARIO tokens to give back to his community through an airdrop.

“It was completely unplanned, but I saw an opportunity to turn this into something positive,” said Mario, whose X channel is one of the most trusted sources for news and politics, reaching 2 billion people every month.

What Makes $MARIO Different

Unlike most memecoins, $MARIO’s rapid rise comes from transparency and trust. Mario’s decision to burn the tokens and personally invest in the coin resonated with traders, generating interest in the project.

Some key stats from $MARIO’s debut:

• $100 Million Market Cap: Achieved within 12 hours of launch.
• 15,000+ Holders: A rapidly growing community.
• $120+ Million Trading Volume: In the first 24 hours.

Airdrop Details

The airdrop is designed to reward the $MARIO community and commemorate its unexpected success. Official channels will provide further information on participation in the coming days.

About $MARIO Token

$MARIO Token is a memecoin that has gone viral thanks to an unlikely twist of fate and a strong focus on transparency. Born out of a surprise allocation to Mario Nawfal, the coin has quickly become one of the most talked-about tokens of 2025.

For updates on the airdrop and more:

• X: https://x.com/MarioNawfal
• Telegram:  https://t.me/MarioNawfal

Contact

Pulppr
Info@pulppr.com

Dubai, UAE, January 27th, 2025, Chainwire

Singularity Finance is excited to collaborate with Particle Network, a leading Chain Abstraction infrastructure provider. This collaboration leverages Particle Network’s Universal Accounts to strengthen Singularity Finance’s ecosystem and further its efforts, through Chain Abstraction, connecting users to artificial intelligence, real-world assets (RWAs), and decentralised finance (DeFi).

By pooling resources, this collaboration aims to address key challenges in blockchain adoption, such as improving accessibility and unblocking interoperability across networks. Integrating Universal Accounts in the SFI ecosystem will allow users to seamlessly interact with any DApps on the SFI chain with tokens available on any other chains. For users, this means more efficient tools, enhanced collaboration opportunities, and an easier way to engage with the evolving AI economy.

Cloris Chen, CEO of Singularity Finance, stated, “Our collaboration with Particle Network reflects our commitment to building a robust and inclusive ecosystem for the AI economy. Together, we aim to accelerate progress and open new avenues for growth by integrating infrastructure solutions that simplify blockchain interactions and enhance the user experience.”

A spokesperson from Particle Network added, “Collaborating with Singularity Finance represents a unique opportunity to bring Chain Abstraction to an ecosystem that is shaping the future of AI and blockchain integration. We look forward to a productive collaboration through impactful product integration.”

This collaboration is grounded in a shared commitment to creating actionable solutions that make decentralised technology more effective, relevant, and ready for mass adoption. 

About Particle Network

Particle Network powers chain abstraction, addressing Web3’s fragmentation of users and liquidity. This is enabled by Particle’s Universal Accounts, which give users a unified account and balance across all chains.

For more information, visit:

Website | X | Discord 

About Singularity Finance

Singularity Finance is the first AI-centric EVM-compatible Layer 2 blockchain bringing the AI economy on-chain. It offers a fully compliant RWA tokenisation framework to tokenise and monetise the AI value chain in its entirety. Stemming from the SingularityNET ecosystem and closely tied to the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance, Singularity Finance is poised to become the financial chain for everything AI.

Learn more at: https://www.singularityfinance.ai/

Contact

Market Across
pr@marketacross.com

Queensway, Gibraltar, January 27th, 2025, Chainwire

DeFi is packed with opportunities, but navigating it has always been a challenge. Between endless noise, complex tools, and volatile markets, even seasoned investors often struggle to make informed decisions.

Dyor, the platform simplifying decentralized investing, is taking a significant step forward with its latest AI-powered app update. Combining artificial intelligence with community-driven investing, Dyor aims to make DeFi more accessible, data-driven, and collaborative for all users.

AI Meets Social Investing

At the heart of this update is AI-powered social investing, a feature that combines advanced technology with community engagement. By using AI to analyze market data, Dyor identifies emerging trends and patterns, providing users with curated token collections tailored to market narratives like AI tokens or SportsFi.

Users are notified of new token collections, which they can explore with an intuitive swipe interface:

• Swipe left to skip.
• Swipe right to invest.
• Swipe up to add tokens to their watchlist.

The app also integrates in-app trading challenges and social features, encouraging collaboration among users. This combination of AI-driven insights and community engagement creates a space where investors can learn, strategize, and make better-informed decisions together.

Redefining the Future of Decentralized Investing

With a focus on security and self-custody, Dyor empowers users to retain full control of their assets and private keys, with no third parties involved. Gamified features, like streak rewards for completing collections, add a layer of enjoyment, making the experience both productive and engaging.

“This update isn’t just about technology, it’s about empowering people to explore the opportunities of DeFi with ease,” says Markuss, CEO of Dyor. “We’re redefining how decentralized investing works, making it accessible for everyone, from newcomers to seasoned traders.”

By combining AI, user-friendly tools, and a collaborative environment, Dyor’s latest update paves the way for a new era of decentralized investing. Designed to support both newcomers to Web3 and seasoned DeFi participants, Dyor simplifies the investment process while empowering users to unlock new opportunities.

About Dyor

Dyor is a user-friendly platform designed to simplify Web3 and DeFi investing. By offering AI-curated token collections, collaborative investing features, and secure, self-custodial tools, Dyor empowers users to make informed decisions with confidence. For those exploring decentralized finance, Dyor offers a streamlined approach to navigating the space. Additional details can be found on the Dyor app or by following the platform on X.

For more information, users can visit the Dyor App or follow them on X.

App Store | Play Store

Contact

Markuss Jonans
mj@dyor.exchange

Hong Kong, Hong Kong, January 27th, 2025, Chainwire

The Aptos Foundation proudly announces the establishment of Movemaker, its official community organization. Co-initiated by Ankaa and BlockBooster, Movemaker is dedicated to advancing and building the Aptos ecosystem in the Chinese-speaking region. By integrating resources, empowering communities, and providing technical support, Movemaker aims to accelerate the adoption and prosperity of Aptos in this key market.

As a decentralized community organization, Movemaker has secured multi-million-dollar funding and resource support from the Aptos Foundation. With autonomous decision-making authority, Movemaker is designed to efficiently address the needs of developers and ecosystem builders in the Chinese-speaking region, while further expanding Aptos’ reach and influence in the global Web3 landscape.

“The Chinese-speaking community is an invaluable part of the Aptos ecosystem, and a massive driver of growth across all of Web3. The launch of Movemaker highlights a deep commitment to this community and its role in driving Web3 innovation,” said Avery Ching, CEO and cofounder of Aptos Labs “Alongside Ankaa, the teams at Aptos Foundation, Aptos Labs and BlockBooster, I look forward to empowering developers, fostering groundbreaking projects, and establishing a thriving environment for innovation and growth in this key market.”

“Movemaker is an ode to the Chinese-speaking Aptos community and represents our commitment to unlocking the limitless potential of incredible builders to launch global products,” said Ash Pampati, Head of Ecosystem at Aptos. “We are excited to accelerate Web3 entrepreneurship through the deep talent pool in this market.”

Multi-Million-Dollar Funding and Resources: Empowering Ecosystem Growth

The launch of Movemaker marks a new phase in the Aptos Foundation’s strategic expansion within the Chinese-speaking region. With the comprehensive support of the Aptos Foundation, Movemaker will focus on the following key areas:

Establishing an Ecosystem Grant Program to Support Project Incubation and Growth

Movemaker will manage and oversee the allocation of a dedicated ecosystem grant fund to drive the sustainable development of the Aptos blockchain ecosystem. This fund will prioritize innovative projects in the following core areas:

• DeFi
• Integration of AI and Blockchain
• Innovative Payment Solutions
• Stablecoins and Real-World Assets (RWA)

Movemaker will focus on supporting developers and projects from the Chinese-speaking region while also welcoming global teams interested in this market to join the Aptos ecosystem. The aim is to ensure that resources are deployed effectively to enable rapid iteration of both technology and applications.

Strengthening Aptos’ Community Presence in the Chinese-Speaking Region

Movemaker will take on the responsibility of community development and outreach for Aptos in the Chinese-speaking market. Using Hong Kong as a regional hub, Movemaker will employ a multi-dimensional approach to enhance Aptos’ visibility and influence.

• Establishing the Aptos Space: Movemaker will set up an Aptos Space in Hong Kong to provide an open collaboration platform for developers and startups.
• Developer Engagement and Community Building: By hosting hackathons, hacker houses, technical workshops, and community meet-ups, Movemaker will offer resources and technical support to developers, creating a vibrant and diverse interaction platform to draw top talent to the Aptos ecosystem.
• Public Relations and Government Collaboration: Movemaker will work closely with government agencies, industry associations, and business organizations across Hong Kong and the broader Chinese-speaking region to ensure the lawful and compliant adoption of Aptos ecosystem projects.
• Brand and Market Promotion: Through precise marketing strategies and collaborations with mainstream media and industry community leaders, Movemaker will expand Aptos’ brand recognition and influence among users and developers in the Chinese-speaking region.

Annual Goals: Driving Ecosystem Growth with Tangible Results

Movemaker’s first year of operations will focus on elevating Aptos’ ecosystem in the Chinese-speaking region, with the following core objectives:

• Onboarding 1 Million New Users: Engaging new users through community activities and educational initiatives to expand the Aptos ecosystem.
• 5x Increase in On-Chain Activity: Supporting high-quality projects and enhancing user experiences to boost on-chain interactions.
• 5x Expansion of Community Influence: Strengthening Aptos’ presence in Web3 communities across the region through extensive online and offline activities.

Looking Ahead: Building a Comprehensive Ecosystem Collaboration Network

Movemaker’s establishment represents a step forward in the Aptos Foundation’s strategic vision for the Chinese-speaking region. Moving forward, Movemaker will foster open collaboration to create a robust ecosystem network, driving Aptos’ regional and global expansion.

Movemaker will prioritize building partnerships in the following areas:

• Investment Institutions: Collaborating closely with Web2 and Web3 investment institutions to provide funding opportunities for promising projects, enabling rapid growth and bridging traditional capital with the Aptos ecosystem.
• User and Developer Communities: Continuously empowering and supporting users and developers to further strengthen the Aptos ecosystem.
• Industry Community Leaders and Media: Leveraging content creation and brand promotion to enhance Aptos’ recognition and influence in the Chinese-speaking region.
• Infrastructure Partners: Driving the Integration of On-Chain and Off-Chain Resources with the Aptos Ecosystem to Expand Its Boundaries.

Movemaker aims to become a key driving force behind Aptos’ ecosystem development in the Chinese-speaking region. Through collaboration and continuous innovation, Movemaker will unlock the full potential of Aptos technology in this market. As more partners join the initiative, Movemaker will solidify Aptos’ position at the core of the Chinese-speaking Web3 ecosystem, paving the way for greater growth and success.

Interested parties can contact Movemaker at contact@movemaker.xyz and X @MovemakerHQ

About Ankaa

Ankaa Accelerator, co-launched by Aptos OKX Ventures and ALCOVE, is committed to fostering innovation and helping founders thrive in Web3. Their mission is to support the next generation of Web3 killer consumer-facing applications in Web3 for billions of users. They provide unfair advantages to early-staged founders to solve real-world problems empowered by blockchain technologies.

For more information, users can visit ankaa.pro or follow on X @AnkaaLabs.

About BlockBooster

BlockBooster is a leading Asian Web3 venture studio. Its mission is to lead the advancement of the Web3 industry through strategic investment and deep incubation of promising Web3 projects. BlockBooster aims to empower builders in the space and to be the trusted bridge between Web2 and Web3.

For more information, users can visit blockbooster.io or follow on X @0xBlockBooster.

Contact

Core Contributor
Samuel Gu
Movemaker
contact@movemaker.xyz