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Introducing the AptoStars: Aptos Grant DAO Round 1 Rewind

Introducing the AptoStars: Aptos Grant DAO Round 1 Rewind

The first round of the Aptos Long-term Funding Program “Aptos Grant DAO” has happily closed with 137 applications, 10,241.8 APT in quadratic funding(plus extra 30,000 USD in funding) and 38,862 community voters. Thank you all the enthusiastic supporters of Aptos’ ecosystem building!

The program is devoted to supporting early Aptos ecosystem contributors and applications. Please note that Aptos Grant DAO is always open to applications. You can submit your works at https://dorahacks.io/aptos to join. Applications submitted before the second judging round (Feb 7th, 2023) will enter this judging round.

Here we are delighted to introduce the BUIDLer’s Grants winners!

First Rank Grantees

Aptin Finance

Category: Lending

About: Aptin is a decentralized lending platform. Powered by Aptos, Aptin enables users to effortlessly lend, borrow, and earn digital assets within a global network.

Profile: https://dorahacks.io/buidl/3461?roundProj=2589

OmniBTC

Category: Defi

About: OmniBTC is the first omnichain financial platform based on cross-chain interoperability protocols. It has three core functions, OmniSwap, OmniBridge and OmniLending.

Profile https://dorahacks.io/buidl/3697?roundProj=2466

Fewcha Wallet

Category: Wallet

About: Fewcha Wallet is the first pure Move self-custody crypto wallet for tokens, NFTs, and Defi on Move Blockchains (Aptos and SUI). Fewcha makes it easy, safe, and fun for everyone to explore the Web3 universe.

Profile: https://dorahacks.io/buidl/3864?roundProj=2621

Apscan

Category: Blockchain explorer

About: Apscan is the blockchain explorer for Aptos, which aims to be the most comprehensive and powerful explorer for users in Aptos Ecosystem. Our key features are as follows: Full Dimension of DA; Cover all aspects of Aptos blockchain; Performance and Services; Absorb the experience from Etherscan.

Profile https://dorahacks.io/buidl/3746?roundProj=2560

Second Rank Grantee

Cetus Protocol

Category: Defi

About: Cetus is a pioneer DEX and concentrated liquidity protocol focusing on Move-based ecosystems like Aptos and Sui. It works as a crucial part of the ecosystem infrastructure to satisfy the comprehensive needs of traders, LPs, upper applications and an increasing DeFi population.

Profile: https://dorahacks.io/buidl/3754?roundProj=2567

Scale Protocol

Category: Defi

About: As an on-chain decentralized derivatives trading hedging tool, Scale Protocol hopes to rebuild a highly decentralized derivative trading hedging tool on the chain based on high performance public chain and accurate and fast prophecy machine quotes.

Profile: https://dorahacks.io/buidl/3547?roundProj=2584

Leviosa

Category: Defi

About: Leviosa is a platform that focuses on maximizing extractable real yield. Users can stake native tokens on PoS network to earn yield from consensus layer, execution layer, application layer and assets layer. Leviosa will provide liquidity solutions to PoS tokens, such as staked Aptos, enabling it to become a seed for maximizing yield through 4 layers.

Profile: https://dorahacks.io/buidl/3725?roundProj=2537

Mira Finance

Category: Defi

About: Mira Finance is building index funds that give investors exposure to assets on multiple chains in one click.

Profile: https://dorahacks.io/buidl/3700?roundProj=2515

Meson

Category: Defi

About: Meson is a stablecoin swap protocol facilitating stablecoin free flows among Ethereum, Layer 2s, and major high-performance public chains. With its all-new product design and technology stacks, Meson offers point-to-point swaps among major stablecoins on any supported networks with fast confirmation, minimal fees and zero slippage. It does not rely on any existing cross-chain solutions.

Profile: https://dorahacks.io/buidl/2570?roundProj=2531

Nomis

Category: DeFi

About: Nomis is a Credit Karma for DeFi or a multi-chain lending aggregator that smartly connects borrowers with DeFi protocols offering custom loan terms based on borrowers’ on-chain credit scores. Nomis is designed to bring mass adoption closer and enable DeFi lenders to get more clients.

Profile: https://dorahacks.io/buidl/3891?roundProj=2697

Hamster

Category: Infrastructure, DevOps Service

About: Hamster is building the one-stop infrastructure, developer toolkit framework DevOps service platform in Web3.0, providing a set of development tools as well as O&M tools, empowering projects in Web3.0 to improve their coding and delivery speed, quality and efficiency, as well as product reliability & safety.

Profile: https://dorahacks.io/buidl/3866?roundProj=2626

MetaSecureLabs-Link3

Category: Infrastructure

About: MetaSecureLabs-Link3 is a trustworthy cross-chain messaging protocol, based on strong security ecosystem.

Profile: https://dorahacks.io/buidl/3729?roundProj=2540

MoveDID

Category: DID

About: MoveDID is a DID protocol that compatible with Move-based blockchain networks, including Aptos, Sui, and Starcoin. The vision of MoveDID is to be the foundation for the next generation of large-scale Web3 finance and Web3 society. MoveDID could be used for 3 types of subjects: human, organization, and bot.

Profile: https://dorahacks.io/buidl/3765?roundProj=2579

Aptos Dart SDK

Category: SDK

About:  Aptos Dart SDK is an open source Aptos Mobile SDK and an open source Mobile Wallet with decentralized governance. All mobile wallets on Aptos can also be built using its SDK.

Profile: https://dorahacks.io/buidl/3802?roundProj=2606

Mokshya Protocol

Category: Infrastructure

About: A multiple open source solutions on the Aptos Blockchain. So far Mokshya Protocol has deployed four smart contracts on Aptos Mainnet.

Profile: https://dorahacks.io/buidl/3701?roundProj=2473

Aptos Passport

Category: Tooling

About: Aptos Passport(APass) is a protocol that integrates Domains, DIDs, and SBT. It will be referenced on-chain to shape your unique charm.

Profile: https://dorahacks.io/buidl/3699?roundProj=2471

Aptools.xyz

Category: Tooling

About: Make Aptos easy to use for non-tech people by:

  • Coin Creator. Enables you to create a coin without any developer needed.
  • Airdrop tool Lets you to spread your coins to a wide range of users.
  • Coin Locker Enables you the ability to lock any coin to show faith in your project to the community.
  • Vesting Tool Allowing automated coin distribution for investors/employees and advisors.

Profile: https://dorahacks.io/buidl/3705?roundProj=2477

MuseBot.AI

Category: NFT, Creator Economy

About: The next-gen NFTs engine powered by AIGC. MuseBot.AI is the first AIGC powered one-stop NFTs platform, aims at lowering the entry barrier for individuals to start their NFTs journey from concept to market. MuseBot.AI toolkit leverages Web3 business by offering seamless one-click AIGC NFTs generation service for project integration.

Profile https://dorahacks.io/buidl/3794?roundProj=2625

Aptos Grant DAO is always open to applications. You can submit your works at https://dorahacks.io/aptos to join. Applications submitted before the second judging round (Feb 7th, 2023) will enter this judging round. Welcome onboard!