what's Decibel?
Decibel is an onchain trading engine built on the Aptos blockchain, designed to deliver centralized exchange (CEX)-level speed and user experience while maintaining the transparency and composability of decentralized finance (DeFi). It integrates spot trading, perpetual futures, and yield strategies into a single interface, enabling seamless cross-chain operations and shared margin across assets. By leveraging Aptos' high-throughput technology, Decibel facilitates faster capital formation, asset listings, and access to a broader financial ecosystem including aggregators, stables, real-world assets (RWAs), and lending protocols. The platform emphasizes interoperability, allowing users to hedge positions across chains without fragmented liquidity or complex tax-like processes. It supports features like one-click trading and automated risk management tools such as stop-losses, aiming to make onchain trading as intuitive as traditional exchanges. Decibel's architecture promotes composability, where DeFi protocols can interact fluidly, reducing silos and enhancing overall efficiency in the blockchain trading landscape.
Decibel's Christmas testnet trading competition concluded around December 25, 2025.
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x.com/decibeltradeHosted a Christmas testnet trading competition that concluded around December 25, 2025.
Testnet goes live with API access for builders and priority mainnet access for traders who test, featuring an onchain risk system built with Gauntlet.
Testnet launches on Aptos with mainnet scheduled for Q1 2026, featuring vault deposits and leaderboard-based incentive system.
Risk management partnership goes live to develop a risk engine and monitoring systems for the trading ecosystem.
Testnet launches this week, advancing the project toward mainnet after the closed devnet testing phase.
Chainlink Data Streams and DataLink officially launch on Aptos with Decibel as the flagship launch user, enabling low-latency market data for accurate mark price and funding rate calculations on the $750 million TVL network.
Closed devnet testing is live with invite-only access, featuring a points earning system for early testers and referral codes for the upcoming mainnet launch.
Partnership with World Liberty Financial announced despite venture capital backlash. Platform discussed in context of Jio potentially bringing 500 million users to crypto on Aptos.
Former Binance CEO CZ mentions the platform as a promising new entrant in the competitive on-chain trading application space.
Trading platform launches on Aptos Devnet with comprehensive features including spot, perpetuals, vaults, and lending.
Trading platform internally incubated by Aptos blockchain team.
Aptos is developing a next-generation trading engine in partnership with the project to enable centralized exchange speeds with blockchain advantages.