To be honest, when I saw the APRO team immersed in various events in Dubai and Abu Dhabi for an entire week, my first reaction was—are these people really doing something, or are they just trying to ride the wave? After all, there are too many projects in the crypto space that use 'attending conferences' as an excuse, but in reality, they are just taking selfies, grabbing gift bags, and then going home to continue painting big pictures.
But after carefully examining @APRO-Oracle's schedule for this week, I found that things are not so simple.
On December 1st, they first appeared at the EASY Residency S2 alumni event—note that this event only invited the APRO project. You have to understand that EASY Residency is the incubator under Binance's YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs), and being singled out to take the stage indicates that Binance places a high level of importance on APRO. This is not a treatment that just anyone can enjoy; think about how many projects are desperately trying to get through the doors of YZi Labs. APRO has already upgraded from 'trainee' to 'outstanding alumni representative.'
On the same night, they went to participate in the AllScale Night Series themed event on "Stablecoin Super Cycle." This event discusses the future of RWA and stablecoins, and APRO just happens to be one of the few oracles that can provide on-chain data services for tokenized government bonds and stablecoin reserve validation. They were not there to attend lectures; they were there to find clients—those projects working on RWA will eventually realize they need an oracle that can verify "this stablecoin really has 100% USD reserves behind it."
From December 1-4, during Binance Blockchain Week, the APRO team was flying all over the place. There's an interesting detail: they weren't just setting up a booth waiting for people to come; they actively went to meet various project parties and developers on the BNB Chain. You can understand it as "building sweep-style marketing," but this clumsy method is actually the most effective in the crypto circle—an oracle is not something you can convince others to integrate just by a white paper; you have to explain face-to-face "why my data is more accurate than Chainlink's" and "how I can help you save gas fees."
Then comes the main event: the BNB Hack Abu Dhabi from December 5-7. APRO is not only a sponsor but also set up a speaker slot on-site and even organized a late-night builder support event—imagine at two in the morning, a group of hackathon participants stuck in bugs, and APRO's technical team comes over with coffee saying "your oracle call is wrong, let me teach you." This down-to-earth approach is more effective than sending out ten technical documents.
The more remarkable thing is that BNB Hack's Demo Night invited CZ as a mysterious guest. Although CZ is no longer the CEO of Binance, when he appears, all the attention in the venue is on him. APRO's choice to sponsor the event at this timing is essentially telling everyone: "My relationship with Binance and BNB Chain is very strong."
But if you ask me, what is APRO trying to achieve by spending so much money and effort on these activities in the Middle East this week?
My answer is: to seize the ecological position for the next 12 months.
You see, the entire crypto circle's focus is shifting from "speculating on coins" to "building," especially in the Middle East, a place with money and policy support. The regulatory environment in Dubai and Abu Dhabi is relatively friendly to RWA and stablecoins, and many traditional financial institutions are starting to test tokenized assets. What do these institutions need? They need compliant infrastructure and third-party verification that can prove "this on-chain data is real"—that is precisely the job of oracles.
Through this week's intensive exposure, APRO is actually telling potential clients: "Are you looking to do RWA? I have AI-enhanced Proof-of-Reserve verification services. Are you planning to issue stablecoins on BNB Chain? I can monitor reserve ratios in real-time and automatically alert if it drops below 100%. Are you building a DeFi protocol? My TVWAP algorithm can prevent price manipulation."
Moreover, the partners chosen by APRO are also very smart. Lista DAO is a leader in LSDfi on BNB Chain, which just announced APRO as its official oracle partner on November 26. Beezie, which deals with on-chain collectibles, also officially announced collaboration on November 27. These are not randomly selected projects; they are all leaders in their respective niche tracks—your client's quality in the oracle business directly determines your status in the industry.
Another point that many people have not noticed: one word that APRO repeatedly emphasized at these events is "AI-native oracle." This concept was proposed during the strategic collaboration with Nubila—using AI to process unstructured data (such as audit report PDFs, news sentiment), rather than just transporting price numbers like traditional oracles. This is crucial in the RWA scenario because the valuation of a tokenized property cannot only look at historical transaction prices; it must also consider location, policies, and market sentiment, all of which are unstructured information.
So you see, APRO's "building sweep" operation in the Middle East this week appears to be about attending meetings, sponsoring events, and socializing, but in reality, it is laying out three key things:
First, bind the core resources of the BNB ecosystem. YZi Labs' endorsement, sponsorship of BNB Hack, CZ's appearance—these all reinforce the perception that "APRO = BNB Chain officially certified infrastructure." When the DeFi TVL on BNB Chain rises next year, the probability that new protocols will default to choosing APRO as their oracle will greatly increase.
Second, cut into the RWA and stablecoin track. By participating in special events and collaborating with leading projects, APRO is telling the market "I am not a general-purpose oracle; I am an expert in the RWA field." This positioning is more precise than Chainlink's "I can do anything"—achieving first place in a niche market is more valuable than being tenth in a larger market.
Third, validate the market demand for AI oracles. Collaboration with Nubila and the AI oracle call volume (reaching 97,000 times/week by the end of November) show that the market indeed needs oracles capable of handling complex data. The AI capabilities demonstrated by APRO at these events in the Middle East are not just PPT concepts; they are supported by real application scenarios.
Of course, some might say: "Doing so many activities and spending so much money ultimately depends on whether the product works." This is true. But in the crypto circle, especially in the infrastructure track, "being seen" is itself part of the competitive advantage. Why has Chainlink become the top oracle? Besides technology, it is largely because it participated in various meetings, sponsored hackathons, and collaborated with major projects early on, making everyone feel that "to do DeFi, you must use Chainlink."
APRO is currently on this path; it just chose the battlefield of BNB Chain, RWA, and AI oracles in these emerging directions, rather than colliding head-on with Chainlink on Ethereum.
Ultimately, what APRO has been doing in Dubai to Abu Dhabi this week can be summarized in one sentence: using Binance's resources, leveraging Middle Eastern scenarios, and employing AI technology to find an ecological niche that Chainlink despises and Pyth cannot achieve in the oracle track.
Whether this tactic will succeed depends on whether the DeFi and RWA ecosystem of BNB Chain picks up next year. But at least from the current layout, APRO has not wasted the resources and endorsement provided by YZi Labs. If you ask me to evaluate, I would say: these people are serious.@APRO Oracle $AT
