apriori

Bubblemaps disclosed on platform X that the liquidity staking platform aPriori previously raised approximately 30 million USD, but 60% of the project's airdrop was claimed by the same entity through 14,000 addresses. It is currently unclear who is behind this and how these wallets were authenticated.Bubblemaps stated that they have contacted the aPriori team but have not received a response.

According to DLNews, the trading infrastructure aPriori, invested by YZi Labs, faced serious manipulation allegations regarding its APR token airdrop conducted on October 23. On-chain data shows that about 80% of the airdrop tokens on the BNB chain were claimed by 5,800 associated wallets, exhibiting typical characteristics of an industrial-scale witch attack.Even more suspiciously, these wallets were prepared before the official announcement of the airdrop eligibility criteria. From October 19 to 20, a large number of wallets acquired BNB needed to execute trades, but it wasn't until October 22 that aPriori announced the airdrop on the BNB chain. All suspicious wallets were funded by 13 wallets, and there were no transaction records prior to purchasing Monad testnet tokens.aPriori has raised $30 million, with investors including YZi Labs, HashKey Capital, and others. The market capitalization of the APR token is currently $93 million, having plummeted 60% from its peak. Founder Ray Song and the investors have not publicly responded to this incident.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Coinbase will launch spot trading for aPriori (APR) and Meteora (MET). If liquidity conditions are met, the APR-USD and MET-USD trading pairs will begin to open later today in supported trading regions.

ChainCatcher message, according to official news, MEXC has officially launched aPriori (APR) on October 23 at 18:03 (UTC+8) and opened the APR/USDT and APR/USDC trading markets, with a 0 trading fee promotion for spot trading within 14 days.On the same day at 18:13 (UTC+8), APR U-based contract trading was opened, supporting 1-50x leverage. At 19:03 (UTC+8), the instant exchange feature was launched, allowing seamless and instant exchanges with other assets.

ChainCatcher message, Binance Alpha will launch aPriori (APR) trading on October 23, 2025, at 18:00. In addition, the Binance Futures platform will launch the APRUSDT perpetual contract on the same day at 18:30, with a maximum leverage of up to 50 times. All eligible Binance users can participate in the Booster event to receive token airdrops; please pay attention to subsequent announcements for specific information.

ChainCatcher message, according to the Web3 asset data platform RootData X tracking data, in the past 7 days, the MEV infrastructure and liquid staking protocol aPriori has been the project with the most new followers among X (Twitter) top personalities. New influential figures following this project include BroLeon (@BroLeonAus), an Australian influencer, Web3 independent researcher Haotian (@tmel0211), and Chen Mo (@cmdefi).In addition, the project with the most followers among X top personalities also includes flyingtulip.

ChainCatcher news, trading infrastructure startup aPriori has completed a $20 million financing round, with investors including HashKey Capital, Pantera Capital, Primitive Ventures, IMC Trading, GEM, Gate Labs, Ambush Capital, and Big Brain Collective.The company is building an on-chain market execution layer for high-performance Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) networks. aPriori aims to address issues such as large spreads and maximum extractable value (MEV) leakage in the cryptocurrency market by applying high-frequency trading methods. The company has launched a liquid staking platform and an AI-driven decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator called Swapr. It is reported that the funding will be used to expand the team, accelerate product releases, and deepen collaborations with trading and staking ecosystems.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Binance Labs announced an investment in the Monad ecosystem project aPriori. Through the incubation program, the investment in the Monad ecosystem project aPriori focuses on developing miner extractable value (MEV) driven liquid staking solutions on Monad.The new round of financing will enable aPriori to expand its team, accelerate research and development efforts, strengthen security protocols, and further optimize blockchain performance to accommodate large-scale adoption.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the MEV-supported liquid staking platform aPriori based on the Monad blockchain announced the completion of a $8 million seed round financing, led by Pantera Capital, bringing its total funding to $10 million. This financing also attracted participation from several investors including Consensys, OKX Ventures, and CMS Holdings. aPriori is dedicated to building an efficient MEV and liquid staking architecture aimed at reducing gas fees, optimizing network traffic, and providing sustainable incentives for validators. The team chose to build on the EVM-compatible L1 Monad due to its high performance and portability.Pantera Capital partner Lauren Stephanian stated, "We are excited to support aPriori in building MEV-driven liquid staking services on Monad, and the team's background gives us confidence in their success." aPriori's founder Ray has held significant positions at Jump Crypto and Flow Traders, bringing extensive infrastructure building experience.

ChainCatcher news, OKX Ventures announced an investment in the MEV-supported liquid staking platform aPriori based on the Monad network. aPriori is a liquid staking platform built on Monad, planning to use the new funds to expand the team, invest in security, and promote community development. Monad's high-performance parallel Ethereum Virtual Machine creates a new design space for node-level infrastructure, and the aPriori team chose to build on the EVM-compatible L1 Monad due to its portability and high performance.aPriori focuses on reducing gas fees, optimizing network traffic, and providing sustainable incentives for validators. OKX Ventures founder Dora stated, "We are excited to participate in the investment in aPriori, which reduces spam transactions and increases validator incentives through the redistribution of MEV, achieving decentralization of the Monad network. aPriori is committed to building a transaction-centric infrastructure for Monad, enhancing throughput and user experience, and preparing for the future ecological explosion of Monad."