Aptos (APT) and Sui (SUI), as Layer 1 public chains based on the Move language, are often referred to as the 'Move Duo.' These two public chains have similar starting points in technical concepts but have gradually diverged into different trajectories in market performance and ecological development. Recently, Sui has seen a strong price surge and ecological vitality, while Aptos seems to have fallen behind, both in ecological trends and token price.
However, with two public chains having similar technical backgrounds, it feels like a twin independent track; when a leader in a certain track rises, the runner-up will also catch up. As of April 28, 2025, the price of Aptos is $5.62, having slightly risen from $5.285 to $5.624 over the past month (from March 31 to April 28), with an increase of about 6.41%.
In contrast, the price of Sui's token soared from $2.345 to $3.767, a staggering increase of 60.64%, nearly ten times that of Aptos. This indicates a huge potential for APT's price, but a skilled cook cannot make a meal without rice; the basis for a rebound also relies on the project's fundamentals being strong.
This article will conduct a deep analysis of Aptos's market performance, ecological development, management adjustments, community dynamics, and market strategies by comparing it with Sui, and combined with Sui's personnel changes and positive experiences, it will look forward to Aptos's future development potential and price trends.
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1. SUI's crazy price performance
The price has been described earlier, so let's talk about trading volume. The trading volume data further confirms this trend: Aptos's 24-hour DEX trading volume is $70.02 million, while Sui's is as high as $427.1 million, making the gap in liquidity and trading activity evident. Clearly, Sui is dominating the market stage with a more rapid posture.
2. SUI's ecological dominance
The competition in ecological development also reveals the differences between the two. Total Value Locked (TVL), as an important indicator of DeFi attractiveness, shows that Sui leads with $1.82 billion compared to Aptos's $1.118 billion. Although Aptos's TVL in the stablecoin sector has exceeded $1 billion, demonstrating certain growth potential, the overall ecological scale still lags behind Sui's vigorous momentum.
In terms of user participation, the number of daily active addresses for Aptos is about 150,000, while Sui fluctuates between 500,000 and 1,000,000, showing a broader user base and higher ecological vitality. This difference in activity reflects Sui's significant lead in community building and project support.
3. Who will cause trouble when SUI comes? Aptos has also changed its leader.
The crypto space is not novel; the technology is essentially the same. The key is who can make things happen commercially. Sui's strength is not accidental; the personnel changes and positive news behind it provide valuable lessons for Aptos. Recently, Sui decisively replaced its founding team and brought in executives from Solana, making its market strategy more aligned with Solana's successful model. Through active ecological construction and airdrop activities, Sui quickly attracted a large number of users and developers, rapidly expanding its ecological footprint.
In contrast, Aptos's development history appears more low-key and stable, but a series of recent adjustments have injected new hope. A significant highlight is the change in management: Avery Ching, a Chinese-American, has taken over as CEO. Previously, he served as Aptos's CTO and, with a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Northwestern University and extensive experience at Facebook and Yahoo, he has demonstrated a solid technical foundation. His appointment not only brings technical-driven leadership to Aptos, but his Chinese heritage may also help the project gain traction in the Asian market.
In February 2025, Avery Ching announced at the Consensus conference in Hong Kong that the Movemaker plan would serve as the engine for promoting ecological construction within the Chinese-speaking community. This plan, initiated by Aptos, has established a physical space called Aptos Space in Hong Kong through project funding, developer activities, and community meetings.
4. Recent positive developments for Aptos
Recently, Aptos will launch the Emojicoin platform, leveraging the Move language to provide users with an innovative experience, which may attract more developers and users into the ecosystem.
Bitwise has launched the world's first Aptos Staking ETP, offering about 4.7% net staking rewards, which could open doors for institutional investors.
South Korea's largest wireless carrier, SK Telecom, announced its support for the USDT stablecoin on Aptos, further expanding its practicality in the payment field. These dynamics indicate that Aptos is striving to narrow the gap with Sui through technological innovation and strategic cooperation.
On a technical level, Aptos still holds significant advantages. Its Zaptos architecture achieves an astonishingly low transaction fee of $0.03 through optimizations such as optimistic execution, concurrent pipelines, and block-level concurrency, while maintaining extremely fast confirmation speeds.
Aptos has demonstrated unique competitiveness in high-frequency financial interactions and PayFi, becoming the first choice for many users when making transfers. In contrast, Sui's technical performance is equally impressive, but Aptos's extreme optimization of fees has earned it a foothold in specific scenarios.
In terms of community dynamics, Aptos is also actively adjusting its pace. Recently, the community proposed a plan to reduce staking yields from 7% to 3.79% within three months, aiming to curb inflation pressure, stabilize the token price, and encourage large holders to shift funds from staking to DeFi projects to enhance ecological vitality.
Aptos's thoughtful planning for the future.
In terms of market strategy, Aptos is shifting from its past 'close to Wall Street' image to a more crypto-native approach. The Aptos Foundation has committed to investing $200 million to support the ecosystem, with a focus on on-chain innovation projects, such as the straightforwardly named Onchain Casinos, showcasing a new attitude of embracing the 'wealth creation effect.' At the same time, the Movemaker plan, by funding Chinese-speaking community projects and activities, provides a means for Aptos to root itself in the Asian market. If these strategies take root, Aptos's ecological activity and market attention are likely to see significant improvement.
5. APT price outlook
Looking ahead to the future price of Aptos, in the short term (around 2 months), Sui's strength may continue to provide a rebound impetus for it, but due to SUI's recent rapid rise, there may be some slight correction. Therefore, APT may fluctuate in the $5-6 range, and positive developments such as the Emojicoin launch, Bitwise ETP, and SK Telecom collaboration may push it to break through $6.
In the long run, the technical advantages of the Zaptos architecture, the ecological dividends of the Movemaker plan, and the strategic adjustments by Avery Ching have a good chance of helping Aptos establish a foothold in the payment and high-frequency finance sectors. If a leading meme project rises, the token price is expected to steadily climb to $8-10 or even higher.
TVL, daily active address count, and the execution effectiveness of market strategies.
In summary, Aptos, as Sui's 'twin brother', is temporarily lagging in price and ecology, but its technical foundation, management adjustments, and market strategy optimizations lay the groundwork for its future potential.
Although SUI currently leads in certain indicators, Aptos is strategically planning for the future. The new CEO's Asian focus is like a horn that may herald a new wave of collaboration and adoption; the adjustment of staking yields is like a spring rain that could nurture every inch of the DeFi ecosystem. The launch of Emojicoin and Staking ETP is like two wings flying together, adding diversified appeal to Aptos. If Aptos can learn from Sui's experiences in competition and synergistically leverage technology and ecology to 'make things happen and attract people', its token price and prospects will undoubtedly be exciting. In the competition between the Move Duo, every step forward by Aptos is worth the attention of investors and developers.
