{"id":128614,"date":"2025-05-05T11:16:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T11:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=128614"},"modified":"2025-05-05T11:16:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T11:16:31","slug":"aptos-exec-sees-web-2-5-platforms-earning-tons-of-revenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=128614","title":{"rendered":"Aptos exec sees Web 2.5 platforms earning \u2018tons\u2019 of revenue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsWhile many crypto ecosystems focus on decentralization as the core tenet of Web3, Aptos is seeing success with hybrid platforms that blend Web2 and Web3 technologies, commonly referred to as \u201cWeb2.5.\u201d<br \/>\nIn an interview at the Token20249 event in Dubai, Aptos\u2019 head of ecosystem, Ash Pampati, told Cointelegraph that they see Web2.5 platforms earn \u201ctons of revenue\u201d within Aptos. He noted that consumer-focused applications in particular are thriving on the network.<br \/>\nWeb2.5 is a term used to describe a combination of Web2 and Web3 technologies. The term describes platforms or applications that blend centralized Web2 experiences with decentralized Web3 elements.\u00a0<br \/>\nThese applications often avoid full decentralization, drawing criticism for not fully embracing the Web3 vision.<br \/>\nAsh Pampati at the Token2049 media lounge in Dubai. Source: CointelegraphConsumer-focused Web2.5 platforms generate revenue on Aptos<br \/>\nPampati told Cointelegraph that one of the trends he sees within the Aptos ecosystem is that founders want to build \u201cgreat consumer experiences.\u201d\u00a0<br \/>\nThe executive said that the Aptos network was built to support projects with almost a Web2-like scale. Because of its Meta origins, he said Aptos has a developer stack focusing on abstracting friction away from Web3.\u00a0<br \/>\nPampati described this as more of a Web2 user experience \u201cwithout sacrificing Web3 principles.\u201d The executive said platforms that followed such models found success within the ecosystem:<br \/>\n\u201cWe see a lot of great consumer Web 2.5 platforms emerging. So, those that are focused on distribution and those that are focused on fan loyalty are also generating tons of revenue because they&#8217;ve created great products.\u201d<br \/>\nPampati said that the trend is mainly influenced by their developer stack and what the Aptos platform offers, which focuses on broad consumer applications.\u00a0<br \/>\nRelated: From digital identity to outer space: Projects push crypto use cases<br \/>\nThe challenge of attracting the next million users<br \/>\nWhile Web2.5 applications address some of the user experience problems for crypto and Web3, Pampati said that one of the challenges in the space remains the onboarding of non-crypto natives to the industry.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u201cI think the biggest challenge is trying to predict the next catalyst that pulls forward the next million, 10 million users into crypto. I think there\u2019s a lot of tendency to go and refight old wars,\u201d Pampati told Cointelegraph.\u00a0<br \/>\nHe said founders tend to move back into concepts like memecoins and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). However, he believes that finding the next catalyst that will spur broader mainstream adoption requires creating something new.\u00a0<br \/>\nPampati added that collaborating and motivating founders to \u201csee through the corners and not just try to recreate what&#8217;s already been created before\u201d also remains a challenge. The executive said that founders should be prepared for when the next catalyst happens.<br \/>\nMagazine: Crypto wanted to overthrow banks, now it\u2019s becoming them in stablecoin fight<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/aptos-ecosystem-web2-5-revenue-adoption-token2049?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsWhile many crypto ecosystems focus on decentralization as the core tenet of Web3, Aptos is seeing success with hybrid platforms that blend Web2 and Web3 technologies, commonly referred&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128614"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}