APTOS WEEKLY DIGEST: AUG 8 - 15 / 2025 Aptos is on fire this week! DeFi’s breaking records, fresh tech updates are dropping, and new protocols are launching on the mainnet. Plus, hot news on the GTE with DecibelTrade. Don’t miss the latest from @AptosCollective.

Money moves better on Aptos 🌐

Look beyond the boyish good looks of @drewhariri. Creators, advertisers, and developers will thrive on the first real-time decentralized hot storage. @shelbyserves

Creators. Platforms. Advertisers. Infra. Shelby’s read-incentivized model rewards them all, making streaming on Web3 actually work. @drewhariri from @AptosLabs explains:

Real World Aptos is real. Experience it firsthand. Aptos Experience: NYC October 15-16, 2025 🎟️ Get tickets:

Long term games with long term people @scottmelker!

In a world chasing the next “utility chain,” my long time partners @Aptos are playing a different game: • Meta roots • Backed by BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, Brevan Howard • Bitwise ETF in review Building the global trading engine. Leading on-chain finance. The All-American chain.

Baby Raptr is live 🦅 = the first production step toward Raptr, Aptos’ endgame consensus Under medium or high load, the path is reduced from six hops to four, improving validator finality latency by ~20%. Dive into the evolution ahead 🧵

Please meet HyunJeong,Lee(LJ, @xljljljx), Partner Success Manager at Aptos(@aptos), a Layer-1 blockchain focusing on decentralization, speed, and scalability supporting decentralized apps, at BLS Tokyo 2025(@BLS_World) on 27th Aug in Tokyo! 8月27日に東京で開催されるBLS Tokyo 2025に、非中央集権化・高速性・スケーラビリティに注力し、非中央集権型アプリをサポートするレイヤー1ブロックチェーンのAptosのパートナーサクセスマネージャー、HyunJeong Lee氏が登壇します！

Q: what's been going on Aptos? A: pretty much everything! from DeFi to user growth and more ATHs, here's a quick look at Aptos by the numbers (week of August 5): Aptos assets accelerate 🌐 this week, Aptos hit $1.38B in stables market cap - dare i say a new ATH? plus, users can now deposit/withdraw USDT on Aptos via @coinsph 🌐 the value of bitcoin assets now sits above $440M in TVL, with @fiamma_labs this week integrating its Bitcoin-native bridge to seamlessly move BTC on Aptos 🌐 still the third-largest chain for RWAs, total RWA value on Aptos has exceeded $720M Inside Aptos DeFi 🌐 @EchoProtocol_ @AriesMarkets @AmnisFinance @EchelonMarket & @ThalaLabs lead the ecosystem by TVL Ecosystem momentum 🌐 daily active addresses surged by %208 in the past year - ranking Aptos in the the top 3 across all chains 🌐@kanalabs is on the road to TGE 🌐@kofi_finance 6M in staked APT 🌐@kryzel_io reported 40K+ users on its testnet 🌐 for the first time, Aptos block times dipped below 120ms 🌐 @hyperion_xyz surpassed 10B in spot volume