Shelby: Aptos and Jump's Web3 Cloud Storage Revolution

- Aptos Labs, Jump Crypto unveil Shelby: chain-agnostic Web3 cloud storage. - Platform to support Ethereum, Solana, other major blockchains. On June 24, 2025, Cointelegraph reported that Aptos Labs and Jump Crypto introduced Shelby, a chain-agnostic cloud-based storage network designed for Web3 and decentralized applications. This new platform, launched on June 24, utilizes Aptos' high-throughput technology and will also be compatible with major blockchains such as Ethereum and Solana. Aptos Labs, known for its scalable and performance-focused Aptos blockchain, collaborated with Jump Crypto, the digital asset division of Jump Trading Group, to create Shelby. Their collaboration aims to provide cloud-like speed and remote access, which supports demanding applications such as streaming video, artificial intelligence (AI), and decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN) applications. Pranav Raval, Aptos’ engineering lead, stated that Shelby offers performance comparable to leading cloud platforms, explaining that it allows developers to retain ownership, control pricing, and program business logic at the protocol level. Amidst the rising demand for cloud services and data storage, partly driven by the growth of AI workloads, Raval highlighted that Shelby can enable faster AI model training by utilizing relevant, streamed data hosted on AI data marketplaces. Also on June 24, reports from Blockworks, AInvest, Binance News, and CryptoSlate covered Shelby's launch, emphasizing its design for continuous, high-frequency Web3 workloads—a concept that combines cloud-level performance with decentralization. Furthermore, Shelby will feature a global mesh of high-performance nodes, a dedicated fiber backbone, and on-chain programmability, and its developer testnet is scheduled to become available in the fourth quarter of 2025. The latest market data indicates that as of June 24, 17:19 UTC, Aptos (APT) is trading at $5.135, and its 24-hour trading volume shows a 30.433% change.