ApeX Protocol Embarks on a New Chapter: Cross-Chain Trading, 25 Million APEX Airdrop, and AI Smart Tools

By: blockbeats|2025/01/16 18:45:02

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Recently, the decentralized exchange platform ApeX Protocol announced its new plan for 2025, which includes a 25 million APEX token airdrop, the introduction of an AI-powered trading model, and the ApeX Trading Chain. The goal is to provide users with an intelligent multi-chain trading tool to capture various on-chain trading opportunities in a timely manner.

ApeX Vision: From Degens to Legends

The ApeX Protocol has always been driven by a clear vision: to become the smartest multi-chain trading protocol, enabling users to easily capture multi-chain trading and profit opportunities.

In 2025, ApeX also introduced a new slogan "ApeX: Where Degens Become Legends," aiming to redefine the possibilities of on-chain trading. Through integrating comprehensive financial trading features and community-driven ecosystem development, ApeX is committed to providing users with tools and opportunities to become legends in the DeFi field.

2024: ApeX's Year of Growth

In 2024, ApeX launched the V2 DEX—ApeX Omni built on zkLink X and introduced a series of products to empower Omni trading:

· Introduced order book contract products for over 70 trading pairs, supporting zero gas fees, multiple order types, grid bots, and hybrid margin functions;

· Introduced spot products for multi-chain liquidity aggregation, allowing users to trade spot on Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, and Binance Smart Chain with USDT and a unified account in one-click;

· Community insurance pool products to provide traders with more trading and yield farming opportunities; ApeX Social, offering users diversified incentive mechanisms.

In 2024, ApeX's business also saw significant growth in the global market, reflecting the platform's increasing influence:

· 145,000 users globally participated in the ApeX ecosystem.

· The platform completed 7.8 million transactions, with a total trading volume of 23.3 billion USD.

· ApeX Omni achieved a milestone of 1.5 billion USD in 24-hour trading volume.

· ApeX has distributed over $500,000 in rewards to users through various incentive activities.

These achievements showcase the significant progress made by ApeX and its community, laying a strong foundation for development in 2025.

2025: Embarking on a New Chapter Empowering Traders

To fulfill the vision for 2025, the ApeX Protocol has launched several key initiatives:

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Community-Centric Tokenomics and Rewards:

1. Starting in January 2025, an airdrop of 25 million APEX tokens will be initiated for Omni users to drive community building and ApeX ecosystem development. The tokens will be distributed to the community through a series of airdrops and incentive programs over the next two years. The ApeX Pro site is scheduled to be gradually shut down.

2. Increasing token utility and implementing a buyback plan to empower the token with more value.

· Weekly Buyback: ApeX will begin weekly buybacks of APEX tokens from the secondary market and reallocate them as staking rewards to incentivize long-term holding and token staking users.

· VIP Fee Discount: ApeX will introduce tiered transaction fee discounts to reward APEX staking users and reduce their trading costs.

ApeX Trading Chain and Multi-Chain Ecosystem Expansion:

The team will launch a transaction chain using APEX for fees to further solidify the native token's role in the ecosystem.

Additionally, ApeX is committed to expanding the multi-chain ecosystem in collaboration with partners like zkLink X, jointly developing a secure decentralized multi-chain trading infrastructure.

AI-Driven Social Trading, Smart Contracts, and Spot Trading:

1. Introducing AI smart tools to provide users with an efficient and intelligent one-click full-chain spot trading experience.

2. Transitioning from AI smart signal tools to a fully automated AI-driven DeFi operating system, enabling users to easily achieve passive income.

3. Supporting various yield assets as collateral, allowing traders to earn interest while trading contracts.

4. Launching pre-market trading to allow users to seize trading opportunities earlier.

Community Commitment

ApeX is committed to being a trusted partner for every trader, providing an intelligent, flexible, and secure comprehensive one-stop trading tool for users to explore more on-chain trading opportunities.

Through token empowerment and community-centered ecosystem development, ApeX is dedicated to creating a truly decentralized social trading experience, reshaping the possibilities of DeFi, and giving every user the opportunity to create a legend.

About the ApeX Protocol

ApeX is a zero-knowledge proof-based decentralized trading protocol that aims to provide users with a secure, efficient, and intelligent trading experience through high-performance order book contract trading and USDT one-click trading multi-chain spot trading.

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