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ABCDE Highlight x Aptos Foundation Collaboration

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We are thrilled to announce an exciting partnership that promises to enhance the landscape of sustainable Web3 development. ABCDE Highlight, Asia’s leading Web3 venture and accelerator studio and an advisory arm of ABCDE Labs, is joining hands with the Aptos Foundation, which supports the ecosystem growth of Aptos, a permissionless Layer 1 blockchain focused on safety and scalability - creating a better user experience for the next digital era.
The collaboration of ABCDE Highlight and Aptos Foundation brings together a wealth of expertise, resources, and a shared vision to create universal and fair access to decentralized assets for billions of people.
The Aptos blockchain enables simpler Web3 building with battle-tested technology and user-first design. Aptos is the only layer 1 with impossible-to-beat performance across every facet of Web3. Aptos’ breakthrough technology and programming language, Move, are designed to evolve, improve performance and strengthen web3 safeguards. With rapid & continuous improvement of the dev experience and language, Aptos is upgraded almost on a monthly cadence to deliver the best technology to its ecosystem and partners.
Here's what you can expect from this collaboration:
Aptos Grant Program: Aptos Foundation will leverage the expertise of ABCDE Highlight in sourcing and incubating high-quality projects and founders to build on Aptos. ABCDE Highlight will play a key role in the sourcing, selection, and incubation of these projects to further grow the already thriving Aptos ecosystem.
Research and Innovation: Our partnership will drive forward ground-breaking research and innovation within the Aptos Ecosystem. Expect new, exciting initiatives that explore the potential of the Aptos ecosystem.
Community Engagement: ABCDE Highlight is committed to proactively forming and involving a robust Aptos local community across different regions. Drawing upon ABCDE Highlight's influential developer network in Asia, ABCDE Highlight will assist the Aptos Foundation in establishing a vibrant community of developers and builders throughout Asia.
Educational Programs: Our collaborative efforts will focus on educational programs aimed at raising awareness and comprehension of the Move language, a programming language designed to securely help developers get from ideation to production as quickly as possible. Our objective is to actively involve and educate developers about the advantages of building on Aptos, to boost development activity within the network.
Global Reach: With a combined global presence, our partnership will allow us to build a more diverse range of projects and developers, ensuring a wider positive influence and the most robust ecosystem of developers.

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