Aptos price APT

What is Aptos?

Aptos is a high-performance layer-1 blockchain built by Aptos Labs, founded by Mo Shaikh and Avery Ching, two former Meta engineers who worked on the company’s abandoned Diem project. Like Sui, it uses the Move programming language, paired with a parallel execution engine that lets it process many transactions at once. Its token, APT, pays fees, secures the network through staking and is used for governance.

Aptos launched in October 2022 with heavy venture backing and has since pursued enterprise partnerships with names such as Google Cloud and Mastercard.

Following the live Aptos price

On this page you will find the live Aptos price in both US dollars and euros, with the context you need to read the market. The chart opens on the last 7 days by default, and you can switch to 24 hours, 7 days, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months or a full year. Pick a period with the buttons and the chart updates on the spot.

It is a quick way to set short-term swings against the longer trend before you decide anything.

Market data at a glance

Beside the live rate, the page brings together:

• The intraday high and low.
• Market capitalisation in dollars (B for billion, M for million).
• Combined trading volume across the major exchanges.
• The amount of APT in circulation.
• The all-time high, the date it was set and how far below it the price sits now.
• Where you can buy APT.
• Links to the official website, whitepaper and social channels.

Convert APT and see the real cost

The calculator turns any amount of APT into dollars or euros instantly, and it works in reverse too. Alongside it sits an exchange fee calculator, so you can see what a trade really costs after fees and roughly how much APT you would end up with, not just the headline rate.

Historical Aptos data

Under historical data you can look back at past prices on any date, shown in dollars as the market standard, with the matching trading volume and market cap.

Aptos’s price story

• October 2022: APT lists around 7 dollars and quickly jumps before pulling back.
• January 2023: a rally on partnership news and altcoin momentum lifts APT to its all-time high near 20 dollars.
• 2023 to 2025: a long consolidation, as scheduled token unlocks add supply and capital rotates to rival layer-1s.
• 2026: APT trades around a dollar, far below its early peak.

Like other young layer-1s, Aptos has had to absorb steady unlocks while competing for developers.

What moves the Aptos price?

The value of APT reflects supply and demand, with ecosystem growth and its token release schedule both playing a large part. The main drivers:

Why the value climbs

• Growth in apps, users and activity on the network.
• Enterprise partnerships and institutional interest.
• Lighter unlock pressure as more of the supply is already circulating.
• A strong crypto market and risk-on sentiment.

Why the value drops

• Large scheduled token unlocks adding fresh supply.
• Competition from Ethereum, Solana and other layer-1s.
• Market-wide downturns or a global crisis.
• A buy the rumour, sell the news reaction.

These are not the only factors, but they cover most of the moves. For broader context, follow our latest altcoin news and our Ethereum news.