Aztec is the leading privacy-first Layer 2 on Ethereum, empowering developers to build applications that protect user privacy. In practice, backed by a $100M Series B led by a16z, Aztec is led by a team of world-class cryptographers who invented the standard for trustless client-side proving—making privacy-preserving apps possible.
In a landscape where speed and novelty rarely translate into durable moats, Aztec’s sustained traction, deep institutional adoption, and growing network ecosystem around privacy-preserving cryptography validate that its work has broken through the “flock,” proving privacy isn’t a feature race but a foundational technology trusted to underpin real, long-term financial infrastructure. In practice, pioneers of Privacy in Web3 Aztec's team developed PLONK in 2019, a SNARK-based proving system that is computationally inexpensive and only requires one universal trusted setup. Latest snapshot shows market cap near $54,573,636, 24h volume around $5,910,012, 24h change down 6.43%. DexBrief is currently monitoring a live market route on Ethereum via Uniswap. Current market coverage for this page is being assembled from 2 public market feeds.
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