State of ApeCoin Q2 2025

Key insights

• Increased apecoin -s circulating market cap 30.1%reach $ 488.9 million in Q2 2025. Price token rose proportional from 0.47 to $ 0.61marginal surpassing the growth of the Ethereum during the same time frame.
• Apecoin -ov Dex Volume Total is $ 16.6 million In Q2, with dominance of medium owners (seal and sharks), collective accounting 75.0% trade activities.
• Total claimed to have grown awards 7.5% Flow 4.1 million monkeys. Mutant Ape Yacht Club (Mayc) and Bored Ape Kennel Club (Bakc) carriers increased their stakes, while the boring Ape Yacht Club (Bayc) and Ape Token owned the owners saw the reduced participation of QoQ.
• New Ape TokenHolder’s Appeals have fallen 24.6%Total 15,765. This moderation followed after an increased acquisition in the previous districts guided by Apena incentives.
• Apecoin Management Subscribed by Transformation Pomprise with Approval AIP-596. This effectively Enthusiastically the existing structure given -acentralizing management and operational controls under ApekoA new entity managed by Yuga Labs to deal with operational inefficiency and strategies for alignment of ecosystem development.

Basic coating

Apecoin (Imitate) is a token ERC-20, which serves as the original assets of the Apecoin ecosystem, which is primarily used for gas gas fees, awards for investment and other utility integrations among ecosystem partners.

October 20, 2024. Apechain was launchedtransition of apecoin to operating layer-3 blockchain built on Arbittrum’s orbit framework. Designed to resolve Ethereum limit, especially with scalability and transactions fees, Apechain uses APE as the gender gas token for transactions, ensuring a seductive and economical interaction of users.

Previously managed Apecoin givenApeu’s management structure was redone in June 2025. After passing AIP-596who dissolved and transferred power to Apeco, a new entity that formed Yuga Labs. This transition was designed to get rid of ineffectiveness in decentralized coordination and directly harmonized the role of Ape -as developing ecosystems.

Under the new model:

• Apeko Supervise management, treasury management and operational priorities, including Apechain, boring Ape Yacht Club (Bayc) and others.
• Monkey Foundation Continues to provide legal and administrative support during the transition process.

In addition to the creation of Apeco, inherited structures such as a special council, the webSlinger and the process of proposal/voting were the sunset. Instead, Apeco directly manages funding and development, focusing on the execution based on a turning point and a strategic initiative.

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Key metrics

Performance analysis

Cap

In the Q2 2025, Apecoin’s market limits increased by 30.1%, increased from $ 375.7 million at the end of Q1 to $ 488.9 million at the end of Q2. Similarly, the APE price increased from $ 0.47 to $ 0.61 during Q2, mirroring an increase in market limit of 30.1%.

The APE -three -month -old market cap was recorded on June 10, 2025. In the amount of $ 592.1 million with a token price of $ 0.74. This growth period for Apecoin has surpassed the performance of the ETH with the same time frame, which increased 27.1% in Q2.

Total dex volume

Apecoin recorded the total Q2 Dex volume of $ 16.6 million. Commercial activity was concentrated among medium owners, and seal and shark wallets collectively make up over 75.0% of the total volume.

Break up by Holder Group:

• Seal (100,000 – 500,000 USD APE): $ 6.7 million (40.0%)
• Sharks ($ 1–10 million in a monkey): $ 6.1 million (36.6%)
• Fish (APE 10,000 to $ 100,000): $ 2.7 million (16.4%)
• Krill (<10,000 USD in the monkey): $ 951,000 (5.7%)
• Dolphins ($ 500,000 to $ 1 million in a monkey): $ 148,000 (0.9%)
• Whales (10+ million in monkey): $ 50,800 (0.3%)

Cash wallets recorded a slightly higher total volume than sharks, contributing to $ 566,000 more during Q2, despite working in the lower amount.

Claimed to be inserting a reward

Apecoin Dao began to issue a rewards for investment in Q4 2022 after passing AIP-21 and AIP-22who have completed the investment parameters. APE TokenHolders and the owners of the Yuga Labs Ecosystem, including the annoying Ape Yacht Club (Bayc), Mutant Ape Yacht Club (Mayc) and Boring Ape Kennel Club (BAKC), receive an investment extract.

Yuga Ecosystem NFT and Ape Token owners have requested 4.1 million APE as rewards to enter the Q2 2025, an increase of 7.5% QOQ with 3.8 million APE in Q1.

The distribution of stating a little moved in the cohorts:

• Bayc holders: Demanded 2.7 million monkeys (66.4% of the total number), an apartment against 2.7 million monkeys Q1
• Mayc owners: Claimed 1.1 million monkeys (26.7% of the total number), compared to Q1 781,600 APE
• BAKC Owners: Claimed 222,327 monkeys (5.4% of the total number), compared to 108,954 monkeys Q1
• Ape TokenHolders: Claimed 143,153 APE (3.5% total), which is less than 207.524 APE Q1

Mayc owners have increased their nominal requirements and a prizes stake, while Bayc’s APE Token’s activity has rejected the owners. The fall in participating in the APE Token to the owner continued a turnaround from the fourth quarter of 2024, when the incentives to launch Apechain launched an elevated engagement among the owners who are not NFT.

The largest one -day volume of the Q2 claim occurred on April 15, 2025, a total of 633,306 APE in all categories. This spike coincided with Apecoin’s announcement That NFT’s award went live at Apechain.

New monkey tokens

The new APE Token owners are defined as addresses that first received APE. This metric excludes new tokens that detaines the assets using centralized exchange (CEXS).

15,765 new tokens were added to the Q2 2025, which is a decrease of 24.6% QOQ with 20,908 in Q1. The fall follows high in Q4 2024, when 54,178 new tokens entered the ecosystem during the period of elevated activity guided by the incentives associated with the Apehain. While the Q1 supplements ranged between 100 and 400 addresses a day, the Q2 refers to the lower and showed reduced volatility.

Management Transition: From Apecoin Drive to Apeco

Adoption AIP-596 It initiates a structural change in the management of the apecoe, sunbathing -Ai by transferring management, property and operational controls to Apeco, a new entity that formed Yuga Labs. The proposal describes a move in response to the inefficiency of coordination, reduction of participation and inconsistent capital use. The revised model focuses on the distribution of capital and making operational decisions in a administrative body to support the priorities of ecosystems such as Apechain, the boring Ape Yacht Club (Bayc) and others.

The previous management structure consisted of Apecoin Dasta, APE Foundation, especially the Council (Committee) and WebSlinger. Given, which consisted of monkeys, held a proposal and voting rights regarding the grants for ecosystem, partnerships and operational issues. The APE Foundation made successful proposals and supported the legal administration. Special Council provided supervision and had the authority to approve the selected support independently. WebSlinger was responsible for administrative operations.

AIP-596 was submitted by Greg Solano, the Yuga Labs CEO, and received 3,173 votes. The proposal cited challenges with the efficiency of the process, low value proposals and difficulty in executing long -term initiatives. According to the new structure, the decision -making goes to Apeco, which will manage the financing based on a turning point, the development of an internal product and strategic initiatives.

The proposal includes the following implementation components:

• Approximately 11.25 million APE will be distributed to fund a share agreement.
• 10 million monkeys will be deployed for legal, administrative and contractual transition costs.
• All the property of the Foundation also gave APE, including Fiat currency, tokens, intellectual property, smart contracts and infrastructure, will be transferred to Apeco.
• All structures of the previous management, including AIP, which are not already in force, choices and working groups, will be abolished.
• The Executive Director of the APE Foundation will be a delegated administration to perform the transition process.

AIP-596 is aligned with a wider pattern noted during the DASD management: Community Administration at an early stage, followed by more simplified operational control. Apecoin was used to finance the builder, implement pilot projects and establish an early infrastructure. This proposal indicates the end of this period and introduces a new structure intended for faster execution and direct management of resources.

Final summary

The effectiveness of Apecoin Q2 2025 reflected the recovery recovery period and structural repositioning, mostly through management. The token market market has increased 30.1% to $ 488.9 million and the price increased from 0.47 to $ 0.61. The Dex volume has reached $ 16.6 million and trading is concentrated among seal and shark wallets.

The involvement of participation increased a little compared to the previous quarter, a total of 4.1 million APE claimed. The owners of the Mayc BAKC have expanded their share in the awards, while participating from the APE Token owner rejected. The quarter also recorded continuous slowdown in the growth of the new token, and 15,765 addresses were first received by APE, which is a decrease of 24.6% compared to Q1.

The most important thing is that the Q2 2025 saw the passage of AIP-596, which formally dissolved Apecoin gave and conveyed the management of the management, financing and supervision of ecosystems to Apeco, the newly created entity within the Yugo Labs. This marked the end of the management phase guided by a given-in-a-leader and the beginning of a new administrative structure for Apecoin. Restructuring provides a simplified box that can support more effective execution in future districts.

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