Aptos Labs CEO on Why Privacy and AI Will Define Crypto’s Next Era

May 14, 2026, 1:56PM EDT · 12:45

Co-founder and CEO of Aptos Labs | Aptos, Avery Ching, joins Gareth Jenkinson at Consensus to discuss why the industry is shifting from token speculation toward infrastructure, adoption, and enterprise-grade blockchain products.

OUTLINE
00:00 – Introduction
00:39 – Confidential Aptos
01:44 – Building Privacy Infrastructure
02:44 – Zcash vs Aptos
03:53 – Institutional Adoption
05:40 – AI Trading Future
07:19 – RWA Infrastructure
09:06 – Quantum Resistance
10:42 – Facebook to Crypto
11:41 – Crypto Market Outlook

Guest links:
Avery Ching – https://twitter.com/AveryChing
Aptos Labs – https://twitter.com/AptosLabs
Aptos – https://twitter.com/Aptos

Host links:
Gareth Jenkinson – ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/gazza_jenks
The Block – https://twitter.com/theblockco
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