Monad not only possesses excellent performance but also has a strong ecosystem. In this issue, we will discuss the LSD track (liquid staking) project on Monad -- aPriori.

# What is aPriori

In proof-of-stake (PoS) public chains, token staking is an important mechanism for maintaining network security and decentralization. The aPriori token plays a key role in maintaining PoS public chains like Monad, similar to Ethereum's Lido and Solana's Jito.

Like other proof-of-stake (PoS) public chains, users earn PoS rewards on the Monad public chain by staking $Mon to receive liquid tokens $aprMON. In addition, stakers can leverage their liquidity to participate in DeFi (collateral, lending, mining) for profits, and aPriori provides additional rewards to stakers through capturing MEV profits from the public chain. Furthermore, aPriori optimizes block construction and transaction ordering to reduce gas fees, enhance user experience, and increase the attractiveness and decentralization of the network, thereby strongly supporting the stable operation of the PoS public chain.

Simply summarized as:

  1. Stakers can earn staking rewards and participate in the DeFi ecosystem to generate profits.

  2. In addition to earning traditional staking rewards, stakers can also gain additional profits from MEV.

# Financing Background

In July 2024, aPriori completed a seed round of financing of $8 million, led by the well-known venture capital firm Pantera Capital, attracting many well-known institutions including Consensys, OKX Ventures, CMS Holdings, ABCDE, Gumi Cryptos Capital, Flow Traders, Laser Digital, Chorus One, Everstake Capital, and Staking Facilities.

During the same period, strategic financing was also obtained from YZi Labs (the predecessor of Binance Labs), making aPriori's financing background quite strong and diverse. This round of financing brought aPriori's token valuation to at least $100 million. Previously, aPriori raised $2 million in a pre-seed round co-led by Hashed and Arrington Capital. These funds will be used to expand aPriori's operations, accelerate R&D progress, enhance platform security, and further improve the performance of the Monad blockchain.

# How to Participate

Participating in aPriori is very simple; we just need to visit the aPriori official website, stake $MON tokens to obtain the liquidity certificate $aprMON, and afterwards you can either sell it directly or unlock the tokens on their official website Withdrawals.

It is important to note that withdrawal requests require several epochs to process; the testnet is set to 10 minutes, while the mainnet may take longer.

# Summary

aPriori addresses issues such as low MEV efficiency, high gas fees, and centralization risks on the Monad blockchain through its innovative MEV liquid staking platform, while also providing users with higher staking rewards and a better decentralized experience.

As a native liquidity solution, aPriori needs to be a key interaction!

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