Generated $406 in 24-hour revenue while maintaining a fully diluted valuation of $1 billion.

Head of Infrastructure presented at EthereumDenver conference on February 19, 2026, discussing Shelby decentralized infrastructure and data solutions.

USDC pre-deposits to Decibel on Aptos are live through February 24, 2026, with participants eligible to earn Season 0 Decibel points (AMPs), USDC-denominated rewards, priority access to Mainnet Beta, and early allocation to Decibel Liquidity Provider (DLP) vault.

Launched Decibel, a perpetuals exchange on Aptos, utilizing a CLOB model with on-chain order placement, matching, settlement, and risk management.

Updates tokenomics to usage-linked structure, lowers staking rewards.

Proposed KPI-gated grants program with performance-triggered distributions as part of tokenomics changes, moving to performance-driven token unlocks.

Proposed burn mechanism scaling with trading activity, targeting over 32M APT burned with Decibel alone at 100 markets.

Updated tokenomics with 2.1 billion APT hard cap, 210 million APT permanently locked, reduced staking APR from 5.2% to 2.6%, and 100% base gas fees burned. Investor vesting/emissions end October 2026.

Proposed to cut emissions in half from 5.19% to 2.6% annually via governance vote.

Proposed permanently locking and continuously staking 210M APT held by the Foundation.

Proposed programmatic buybacks for APT tokens as part of tokenomics changes.

Implemented tokenomics revamp that reduces inflation, increases gas fees by 10X to approximately $0.00014 per transaction with gas paid in APT and fully burned, and completes token unlocks in October 2026.

18 protocols consumed Switchboard feeds on Aptos in January 2026.

Received strategic equity investment from Circle Ventures.

Launched confidential assets feature, described as the fastest and lowest cost confidential asset transfer mechanism.

Achieved a maximum throughput of 12,933 transactions per second measured over 100 blocks.

Launches USDCBL, a protocol-native stablecoin designed for collateral in decentralized derivatives trading on an upcoming mainnet DEX.

Demonstrated tokenized financial infrastructure with BCG and Hang Seng Bank at Consensus Hong Kong, showing tokenization could double Hong Kong's fund industry.

Generated $15M in revenue during January 2026.

Participated in a panel discussion titled "The Unseen Playbook: What the West is Missing About Asia Going On-Chain" at Consensus HK conference on 2026-02-12 at 1:20 PM HKT at HKCEC Frontier Stage.

ThalaSwap v3 crossed $1,000,000,000 in cumulative trading volume across v2 and v3 following sUSDe integration.

Ranked 10th in overall development activity over the past 30 days according to Santiment's GitHub activity methodology.

Unlocks 11.33M APT tokens on February 10, 2026, valued at $12.3M USD, representing 0.69% of circulating supply.

Shipped Hardhat and Foundry functionality for developers.

Reached 350,000 to 2 million daily active addresses during H2 2025.

Achieved 5.2 million average daily transactions during H2 2025.

Recorded 54.8 million transactions over the past week ending February 4, 2026, representing a 42% increase from the previous week.

Scaling BlackRock BUIDL integration.

Mentioned as a non-EVM chain supported by RHEA for cross-chain lending through NEAR Intents integration, allowing native supply and borrow functionality.

Switchboard v2 support ends on 2026-01-24, requiring builders to update to a newer version.

Lost users throughout 2025, classified as "Divergent" with transaction volume up but MAU down or flat.

Achieved approximately $9 billion or more in DEX volume during at least one quarter in 2025.

Aptos futures became available for trading on Bitnomial, marking the first regulated Aptos futures contracts in the U.S.

ThalaSwap v3, a concentrated liquidity DEX on Aptos, crossed $500,000,000 in total trading volume.

Implemented composable privacy primitives as Move primitives for developers to build custom privacy features.

Deployed MEV defense features including encrypted mempools and confidential assets, providing pre-trade privacy to prevent order-flow leakage, front-running, and structural MEV.

Deployed keyless accounts using ZK proofs to hide the link between Google/Apple logins and on-chain accounts for self-custody.

Became the #1 EVM chain by weekly Unique Active Wallets, surpassing Polygon, Sui, and Aptos according to a16z in 2025.

Partnerships established with PayPal (PYUSD), NBCUniversal, and regional payment rails.

Lifetime transaction count exceeded 4 billion with zero downtime.

Introduced multi-leader architecture where all validators act as proposers, achieving 39 ms median block times on February 24, 2026, with block times under 50 milliseconds.

X-Chain Accounts feature is currently in testnet, allowing Ethereum and Solana users to create Aptos accounts using existing wallets without new seed phrases, bridging, or acquiring APT for gas.

Has a large cliff unlock exceeding $5 million scheduled for the week of January 5-11, 2026.

Processed 1.9 billion transactions in 2025 with average fees below $0.001 per transaction.

Franklin Templeton deployed on the chain.

Achieved 22% transaction growth over the 7-day period ending December 29, 2025, ranking third among major chains tracked by Nansen.

Ranked fifth among Layer 1 blockchains by daily active users in 2025 according to CryptoRank data.

Featured in Messari's 2025 report as one of the high-performance L1s highlighted for fast finality, high throughput, and low costs alongside Solana, Sei Network, and Sui Network.

Nominated in the "Best In Payments" category for an awards ceremony scheduled for December 30th, 2025.

Reached a market capitalization of $1.1B and ranked #88 on CoinGecko as of December 19, 2025.

Listed on Crypto.com's Earn program offering 9% annual percentage rate rewards for staking APT tokens.

Implemented post-quantum cryptography readiness using SLH-DSA to protect user funds and assets

Has a staking ratio of 96.0%, the highest among major blockchain projects.

Anchorage Digital provides qualified custody for Aptos-native RWAs.

AgentLISA security platform integrates engineers from Aptos Labs into their team, alongside engineers from Meta and CertiK, to conduct protocol audits.

Binance removes APT/FDUSD from cross-margin trading effective December 23, 2025, at 09:00, though the pair remains available for isolated margin trading.

APT token declines 83% since Trump took office, ranking among the worst performers compared to major cryptocurrencies including BTC (-18%), ETH (-10%), and SOL (-52%).

Aptos insider states the competitive gap with Solana and other major L1s has grown by orders of magnitude since launch, acknowledging difficulty for new L1s to gain market share against Solana.

Stablecoin supply grows to $1.9B (3x increase from $600M in early 2025), now ranking 10th among all chains by stablecoin supply, with $386M in stablecoin inflows recorded. Paxos institutional stablecoin USDG0 launches on the platform.

SantaBrowser, backed by Aptos, Polygon, and Bitfinex, has 2 million active users and begins an airdrop campaign through xeet.ai with no official TGE date announced.

APT surpasses SOL in 24-hour stablecoin inflows.

Aptos Labs backs Santa Browser, a privacy-focused browser with over 2M users that allows users to earn while browsing.

World Liberty Financial launches USD1 stablecoin on Aptos, reaching $40M TVL with integrations including Thala, Echelon, Hyperion, Tapp, Decibel, and EchelonMarket. Aptos holds $1.7B in stablecoin liquidity and $1.2B in RWA metrics.

Native yield infrastructure Goblin.fi secures $1M funding round with participation from Aptos cofounder and CEO Avery Ching alongside OKX Ventures and Gate Ventures.

Allscale, a self-custody neobank, raises $5M led by YZI Labs with participation from Aptos Labs.

APT features in CoinShares Altcoins ETF (DIME, U.S.), providing institutional investors with ETF-based exposure to the token.

Stablecoin market cap on the network adds $292.9M in 24 hours and approaches a new all-time high.

Tether receives approval in Abu Dhabi, enabling ADGM-licensed firms to use USDT on Aptos alongside seven other blockchain networks.

Records $116M 24-hour trading volume. Decibel DEX targets Q1 mainnet launch, unveils Shelby decentralized storage protocol and Namespaces blockchain infrastructure, launches USDCBL native stablecoin for onchain perps collateral in February 2026, backed by cash and Treasurys.

Thala joins "12 Days of Aptos" campaign featuring tasks around swaps, liquidity provision, and CLMM strategies with rewards for participants.

USDT usage reaches all-time highs with weekly transfer count up approximately 15x since the start of the year.

$19.88M worth of APT tokens will unlock in the upcoming week.

Velociraptor upgrade rolls out to mainnet with record median block times of 58 milliseconds achieved in the past day.

$10,000 trading competition for RESERVE/APT pool ends in 3 days with returns reaching nearly 4× per $1 in fees.

Token price falls 57% in Autumn 2025, ranking among the top 10 projects with largest price declines during this period.

TVL increases 6x following Aave incentives launch, while Binance introduces soft staking support and Decibel testnet goes live for perpetual trading.

Early use cases of confidential token transfers go live through partnership with Hyperion.

CEO Avery Ching and Reliance Jio SVP participate in fireside chat at India Blockchain Week 2025, discussing blockchain applications in AdTech and exploring products including Shelby and Namespace for digital advertising at India scale.

Aptos Labs and Reliance Jio's JioAds engage in partnership discussions at India Blockchain Week 2025, exploring blockchain infrastructure for digital advertising and everyday experiences at India scale using Aptos Blockchain, Shelby, and Namespace products. The fireside chat between Avery Ching (Aptos Labs CEO) and Shankar Jayaraman (Reliance Jio SVP) focuses on trust, transparency, and verifiable data flows for next-generation AdTech.

Ethena maintains $262M BUIDL holdings on Aptos following a $1.3B redemption after USDtb supply dropped 44% MoM.

Aptos shifts lower in the top 10 rankings for Real World Asset (RWA) chains by TVL.

Over $1B in stablecoins added to the ecosystem since January.

Birdeye integrates with the network to track all trading activities.

Apps on the platform reach over $100M ARR with Foundation announcing success in India partnerships including Stan App, KGeN_IO, Santa Browser, and Reliance Jio.

Paxos deploys USDG0 stablecoin on Aptos via LayerZero for enterprise settlement, backed by cash and short-term U.S. Treasuries.

Stablecoin supply inflows of $426.8M were recorded in the last 24 hours, the largest across all chains per Artemis data.

ThalaSwap v3 outperforms v2 across every major pair with concentrated liquidity driving higher fee capture, deeper markets, and higher APRs for stablecoins, BTCFi, and APT pairs.

Founders cited as calling it a day 18 months into the project; 11.3M unlock scheduled for December 12 with additional December unlocks throughout the month.

Microsoft partnership mentioned in context of AI-focused crypto partnerships. (ID: 1995160417723978067)

A KOL publicly announces shilling Aptos alongside seven other projects (Eigen, ZEC, STRK, Noble, Rialo, NEAR, and Avail).

Token unlock of $23.4M scheduled for December 12.

APT declined 77% since Trump's inauguration as president.

APT reaches $2 price level.

$25.20M worth of APT tokens will be unlocked in December.

Avery Ching participates in Binance Blockchain Week Main Stage panel on December 3rd alongside representatives from Polygon, Babylon, and Algorand, discussing infrastructure, scaling, and coordination.

Stablecoin outflows occur over the past 30 days as capital moves from alt-L1 chains to Ethereum networks, which capture all stablecoin market growth while maintaining 60.71% market share.

Insomnia Labs builds on-chain payment rails for creator economy applications on the network.

Aave crosses $50M in deposits on the platform. (ID: 1993767931088409030)

APT drops over 20% this week due to low liquidity and technical breakdown, leading to investor selling.

Monthly active addresses grow 68.1% over 30 days, ranking third among fastest growing L1 blockchains behind Flow and XDC Network.