Public Chain Aptos Closes $150 Million Round Led by FTX Ventures, Jump Crypto

Aptos, a new public chain project founded by former Meta employees, closed a $150 million round of funding led by FTX Ventures and Jump Crypto, with participation from Griffin Gaming Partners, Franklin Templeton, Circle Ventures, and Superscrypt. At present Aptos operates on a series of testnets and its mainnet has yet to launch, although it is slated for later this year. Previously, Aptos closed a $200 million strategic funding round in March led by a16z with participation from Tiger Global, Multicoin Capital, FTX Ventures and Coinbase Ventures.