The NFT market saw a huge explosion in 2021, with a 21,000% increase in sales compared to 2020. That is an unbelievable amount of interest to have poured into the NFT space in only just a year. Despite the massive jump in popularity, issues still linger around creating NFTs that…

After a very successful second stage of its incentivized testnet (AIT-2), Aptos has opened registrations for AIT-3, which will run from August 30 to September 9 and onboard 225 participants. This time the focus is on stress-testing the governance and network upgrades. Aptos and Its Incentivized Testnet Aptos is a new Layer 1 blockchain with…

Aptos and Sui are exceptionally fast (over 100,000 tps) and scalable smart contract platforms. Both use the Move language, originally developed for Meta’s Diem project, and count Diem executives among their founders. Let’s see how they compare in terms of technology, performance, available dApps, and more. What are Aptos and Sui? Aptos and Sui are…

Liquid staking allows you to get the most out of your staked ETH, SOL, KSM, and other coins. Learn how to boost APY and earn extra DeFi yields with Lido Finance, Marinade, and Karura. What is liquid staking? Liquid staking is a tool that allows you to enjoy the utility of your assets…

Aptos uses its own consensus algorithm called AptosBFT, based on HotStuff — which, in turn, is based on Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance, of pBFT. Sounds complicated? Read our beginner guide, where we unpack all these terms. What is Aptos blockchain and which consensus does it use? Aptos is a new L1 blockchain that aims to become the fastest and most…

A second round of testing for the blockchain of the future Here at Pontem, we’re building foundational tools for Aptos, a new Layer 1 blockchain that is faster, more secure, and more scalable than other blockchains. It was created by former Meta engineers, who also developed the Move programming language…

3AC was one of the biggest crypto investment funds with billions under management. Yet it got liquidated after losing an enormous amount of money in the Terra disaster — and dragged other crypto companies with it. Here’s what you need to know about Three Arrows Capital, its founders Zhu Su…

Breaking down the latest crypto crisis “If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.” This is a great, time-tested piece of financial advice that everyone should know, especially when you work in crypto. It certainly came true in the case of Celsius, the massively popular crypto lending…

What is Aptos? Aptos is a new Layer 1 blockchain that is faster, more secure, and more scalable than other L1 blockchains that are live today. It was built by former Meta engineers, who also developed the Move language for this blockchain. Aptos is launching their mainnet in Q3 of 2022. Pontem is…