Blockchain Engineering, Aptos, and Web3 Infrastructure by Avery Ching
Avery Ching is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Aptos Labs, a high-throughput blockchain created by former Meta engineers. At Meta, Ching was Tech Lead for Novi and Diem and contributed to data systems including Hive and Spark, which scaled to billions of global users. Aptos has raised more than US $350 million in venture funding from investors such as a16z, Binance Labs, and Franklin Templeton.
The Aptos network, launched in 2022, has achieved benchmark speeds of more than 150,000 transactions per second in test environments and supports millions of daily transactions in production. Recognition in CoinDesk’s “Most Influential” list (2023) underlines Ching’s impact on blockchain infrastructure. Annual compensation, combining equity, token holdings, and CTO salary, is estimated between US $1–2 million. Speaking engagements at Consensus, TechCrunch Disrupt, and Token2049 draw audiences of 500+. With a growing ecosystem of over 70,000 developers, Ching has positioned Aptos as one of the most technically advanced blockchains in the market.
Aptos finality under 400ms exceeds credit cards, Avery Ching notes
Avery Ching, co-founder & CEO at Aptos Labs, highlights that user end-to-end finality on the Aptos network is now less than 400 milliseconds, significantly faster than other networks and credit ...
Avery Ching: AI trading requires scalable onchain infrastructure for global markets
Avery Ching, co-founder & CEO at Aptos Labs, argues that AI trading is inevitable. Current financial infrastructure, according to Ching, is not designed to support autonomous agents moving capital ...
AI tokens and power perps are set to shape the future, Avery Ching notes
Avery Ching, co-founder & CEO at Aptos Labs, highlights the significance of AI token perpetuals, power perpetuals, and global data perpetuals as key elements for the future of the industry. ...
Avery Ching: Onchain activity and gas usage expected to rise on Aptos
Avery Ching, co-founder & CEO at Aptos Labs, expects ongoing growth in both transaction volume and gas consumption on the Aptos blockchain. Ching emphasizes that additional asset onboarding and ...
Stablecoin transfers on Aptos reach $500 billion, Avery Ching notes
Avery Ching, co-founder & CEO at Aptos Labs, reports that over $500 billion in stablecoin transfers have occurred on Aptos in the past year, as measured by the Visa stablecoin dashboard. He ...
Avery Ching: Onchain trading offers advantage over perps and prediction markets
Avery Ching, Co-Founder & CEO at Aptos Labs, contrasts perpetual swaps (perps) with prediction markets, both of which aim to price belief about future events. He notes that perps settle ...
Onchain trading infrastructure is just beginning, Avery Ching notes
Avery Ching, Co-Founder & CEO at Aptos Labs, stated that onchain trading is currently less than 1 percent of its future potential. Ching emphasized that the first step in the sector’s ...
Avery Ching: Confidential APT launches on Aptos mainnet
Avery Ching, Co-Founder & CEO at Aptos Labs, announced that Confidential APT has officially launched on the Aptos mainnet. The development is presented as a key innovation for the Aptos community ...
AI-powered trading bots launch through Hummingbot and DecibelTrade, Avery Ching notes
AI-driven high-frequency trading bots are now accessible via Hummingbot and DecibelTrade, according to Avery Ching. Ching also highlighted that traders leveraging artificial intelligence can use ...
Avery Ching: Tria neobank rolls out decentralized onchain trading with DecibelTrade
Tria, described as the fastest-growing neobank, has introduced decentralized onchain trading functionality in collaboration with DecibelTrade. The announcement was shared by Avery Ching, ...
RPC attacks exploit verifier input control in blockchain, Avery Ching warns
Avery Ching warns that remote procedure call (RPC) attacks on a one-to-one verifier are straightforward, allowing malicious actors to poison some nodes and launch denial-of-service attacks on ...
Avery Ching: Next-gen confidential assets proposed as stablecoin solution
Avery Ching questions the viability of stablecoins as direct replacements for traditional financial systems. Ching points out that fully transparent payment rails are unlikely to be adopted by ...
DecibelTrade reaches faster block times with event-driven transactions, Avery Ching states
DecibelTrade is running at approximately 31 milliseconds block times on Aptos, positioning itself as the fastest decentralized trading infrastructure globally. Avery Ching highlighted that, ...
Avery Ching: SEC staff statement clarifies broker-dealer registration for DeFi interfaces
The latest U.S. SEC staff statement has clarified how broker-dealer registration applies to certain decentralized finance (DeFi) interfaces. Avery Ching pointed out that the statement explains ...
32ms median block times achieved, Avery Ching notes
Avery Ching announced the achievement of 32ms median block times. Ching described this milestone as a key part of building a global trading engine. No further details about the implementation or ...
Avery Ching: Encrypted mempool on Aptos protects DecibelTrade users from MEV and front running
Avery Ching highlights the difficulty in determining information asymmetry when code is closed source and the role of validators or other network actors is unclear. Ching calls for systems that ...
AI trading agents will concentrate on decentralized exchanges, Avery Ching notes
Avery Ching highlighted that managed AI agents are currently focusing on trading as their primary application area. He stated that decentralized exchanges will become the main platform for these ...
Avery Ching: AI-native interfaces and shared collateral enhance trading platforms
Avery Ching highlights emerging trading solutions that leverage AI-native and human interfaces, enabling users to trade across every level of the technology stack. He notes that these platforms ...
Encrypted transactions conceal intent before sequencing, Avery Ching notes
Avery Ching highlights the distinction between payment for order flow (PFOF) and maximal extractable value (MEV), noting that both flourish when user intent is visible prior to execution. Ching ...
Avery Ching: Confidential assets tech on Aptos to boost stablecoin volume significantly
Avery Ching believes that fast, cost-effective, and regulatory-compliant technology for confidential assets will lead to a substantial increase in stablecoin volume. Ching noted pride in seeing ...
MEV takes advantage of information gaps to harm consumers, Avery Ching warns
Avery Ching argues that maximal extractable value (MEV) exploits information asymmetry to the detriment of consumer protection. According to Ching, this practice is not limited to crypto markets, ...
