On October 17, crypto trading infrastructure startup aPriori posted an airdrop preview tweet on its official X account: "Airdrop claim loading (49% completed)". As previously reported, on August 28, aPriori completed a new $20 million funding round with participation from HashKey Capital, Pantera Capital, Primitive Ventures, and others, bringing its total funding to $30 million. The company utilizes high-frequency trading methods in an attempt to reduce many issues plaguing the crypto market, such as excessive spreads and maximum extractable value (MEV) leakage.