TechFlow News, April 29: According to Cointelegraph, Aptos recently launched its privacy token—Confidential APT—on the mainnet. Confidential APT is pegged 1:1 to APT and uses zero-knowledge proofs to conceal token balances and transaction amounts, while preserving wallet address visibility and transaction verifiability.
Sherry Xiao, Founding Engineer at Aptos Labs, stated that this token aims to resolve the longstanding tension between blockchain privacy and regulatory transparency, and can mitigate sensitive on-chain information leaks—such as payroll data, treasury operations, and trading strategies. From a compliance perspective, enabling audit keys requires approval via on-chain governance voting.
The launch of Confidential APT follows a governance proposal that passed with near-unanimous support. Xiao expects individual users to adopt the token faster than enterprises; if the mainnet runs stably for six months and demonstrates strong trading volume, it could shorten the enterprise sales cycle.
