The Messari Aptos Reports are full of information and a great way to get a general overview of the Aptos Network and its progress in Web3.
These latest reports have been written by Matt Kreiser
The State of Aptos reports have been published by Messari since 2023, with the newest report entitled “Aptos Financial Ecosystem Analysis”.
Check them out below:
1.) State of Aptos Q3 2023, Nov 7, 2023
2.) State of Aptos Q4 2023, Feb 17, 2024
3.) State of Aptos Q1 2024, May 10, 2024
4.) State of Aptos Q2 2024, Oct 10, 2024
5.) Aptos Financial Ecosystem Analysis, Dec 3, 2024
Some of the highlights of the latest report include:
-
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, expanded its USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), Aptos is the only non-EVM chain to be integrated with BUIDL.
-
In October, Franklin Templeton expanded its onchain U.S. Government Money Fund (FOBXX) to Aptos, one of seven supported chains. FOBXX invests at least 99.5% of its total assets in U.S. government securities, cash, and repurchase agreements fully collateralized by U.S. government securities or cash.
-
On November 19, 2024, Bitwise, the largest crypto index fund manager, began trading its Aptos Staking Exchange-Traded Product (ETP) on the Swiss exchange SIX under the ticker APTB, providing both European institutions and individuals investment access to Aptos’ native token APT.
-
In July, Ondo Finance launched its U.S. Dollar Yield Token (USDY) on Aptos. USDY is a tokenized note secured by short-term U.S. Treasuries (~99%) and bank demand deposits (~1%).
-
At the end of October, Tether, the largest stablecoin by market capitalization, went live with a native token contract on Aptos. As of December 1, 2024, native USDT on Aptos has a circulating supply of 130 million.
-
On November 21, 2024, Circle announced a native USDC token contract is coming to Aptos.
-
In November, Aptos’ total value locked (TVL) surpassed $1 billion for the first time and is up 19x year-over-year.
And many other advancements in addition to these have happened when it comes to Ecosystem projects on Aptos.
For the full report from Messari about Aptos, read more below 
