kay.apt 🌐

[kay.apt 🌐 @KaychingA]

Loving our mingo hoodies! 💙❤️ You’re the bek @fischermingo @Aptomingos

[avery.apt 🇺🇸 @AveryChing]

♥️ Friday nights @Aptomingos style! I guess she said yes @fischermingo! Bek Bek! Thanks so much, these matching hoodies are sweet!🍬

[Aptos @Aptos]

10 years at Facebook. Data infrastructure at global scale.

The DNA: build technology that unlocks what society couldn't do before — and carry that forward into markets, machines, and the next decade+ onchain with Aptos.

@AptosLabs' @AveryChing with @TheBlockCo's @gazza_jenks

[avery.apt 🇺🇸 @AveryChing]

Happy 4th & Happy 250th anniversary to the USA 🇺🇸! We’re doing our part to support freedom building the fastest decentralized exchange on the fastest blockchain ever. @Aptos at 24 ms median block time. Move trading VM powering tokenized equities, ETFs, & crypto trading for all.

100+ commits this week for me :) Less hype cycle = more building

[avery.apt 🇺🇸 @AveryChing]

Aptos is a partner in the new @openstandard consortium alongside @Mastercard, @Visa, @stripe, @Google, and over 100 others.

Brings back memories of our time at @Meta working on Libra / Diem and building a consortium of many familiar names to jointly develop a new currency for the world. Uniting many entities into a common cause is one of the best use cases for blockchain technology.

[kay.apt 🌐 @KaychingA]

RT @AveryChing: Decentralization exchanges are incredibly powerful for global customers and global assets. But they must actually be decent…

[Aptos Labs @AptosLabs]

Aptos Labs' @sherryxiao spoke with @Cointelegraph on Confidential APT and why confidentiality is a prerequisite for user protection and institutional adoption.

Encrypted balances. Encrypted amounts. Governance-gated auditor keys. Entirely opt-in. Read:

https://t.co/QEjy4OE810

[Aptos @Aptos]

You are now listening to:

Aptos DeFi Radio 🌐 Beats to Cook on Aptos to

[avery.apt 🇺🇸 @AveryChing]

Today's SEC staff statement on the applicability of broker-dealer registration to certain DeFi interfaces clarifies how the SEC staff views DeFi and underscores why @DecibelTrade + @Aptos architecture is fully onchain and decentralized.

tl;dr: A trading interface does not need to register as a broker if it remains purely mechanical, transparent, neutral, non-custodial, and minimizes intermediation and discretionary influence.

Decibel + Aptos is designed for such an environment, where execution is performed by the validator set with publicly available code.
* Order matching, clearing, and settlement all occur fully on-chain
* Users sign and submit transactions directly from self-custodial wallets
* The protocol deterministically executes based on user-defined parameters
* There is no off-chain matching engine, internalization, or discretionary routing

This is not just an implementation detail. Instead, the protocol itself becomes the execution environment, and interfaces simply translate user intent into transactions.

This aligns closely with the framework outlined in the SEC’s statement:
* no custody
* no discretion
* no intermediation
* no reliance on an entity to execute trades (e.g., centralized matching engines, single sequencers)
* no payment for order flow

Decibel and Aptos represent that direction: A fully on-chain, permissionless trading system where execution is defined by code, not intermediaries.

As regulatory clarity evolves, designs that minimize intermediation and maximize user control will be structurally advantaged.

[Aptos @Aptos]

Happy Easter 🌐🐇

[Observe @obsrvgmi]

be @DecibelTrade

> launched at the worst time (everything was red)
> hit $1B+ in trading volume in under a month
> points program already live
> 15 markets listed
> single handedly boosted @Aptos burn

all of this in just 1 month - while still in private mainnet.

[Aptos Labs @AptosLabs]

The best way to see the big picture? Zoom in.

At this private event during DAS 2026, Aptos Labs & Aptos Foundation unpack shared ecosystem priorities—AI, data, the future of money movement.

From Digital Asset Summit NYC to Real World Aptos.

March 24 | 5-7PM ET | Aptos Labs HQ

[Aptos Labs @AptosLabs]

Progress is coming 👀

@SenGillibrand on where market structure legislation stands:

"I’m very optimistic that [market structure legislation] will come in a few weeks.

I’m optimistic we will have a markup in the Banking Committee shortly. And I'm hoping that if we can build on a bipartisan markup, that we can then merge the Ag portion and the Banking portion with a new managers package…

Continue to do the work to finalize the whole market structure bill.”

The finish line is closer than it's ever been.

[avery.apt 🇺🇸 @AveryChing]

Last July I testified to the benefits of CLARITY at the House Agg Committee. Three days ago, $APT was named a digital commodity by the @SECGov & @CFTC. Two days I caught with @SenGillibrand & @GOPMajorityWhip on the latest on CLARITY and market structure. Today, several meetings on the hill and at the White House. Enjoying engaging with our elected leaders and lawmakers to a bright crypto future in 🇺🇸！

[avery.apt 🇺🇸 @AveryChing]

It was an honor to moderate an important discussion with two of the influential 🇺🇸 crypto leaders - @SenGillibrand and @GOPMajorityWhip (Rep Tom Emmer).

They openly shared their perspective on how American leadership on blockchain is crucial, serious progress on CLARITY (and the blockers), and the importance of DeFi as a future for American innovation.

I was impressed by their surprising candor and philosophical alignment. Bullish for making America the crypto capital of the world.

[Aptos @Aptos]

Yesterday's SEC–CFTC guidance for tokens like APT is a big deal.

@GOPMajorityWhip said it best:

"I think yesterday helps accelerate the urgency—the need—that we have to make sure that the Senate, the House, and the White House are all working in concert to move this forward."

[Aptos Labs @AptosLabs]

Happening now: @AveryChing moderates “From Fringe to Front Page” 🇺🇸

Joined by @GOPMajorityWhip & @SenGillibrand, this conversation highlights the growing bipartisan momentum shaping U.S. crypto policy today.

Streaming live from #DCBlockchain Summit.
https://t.co/jPH2Ms33rJ

[Aptos @Aptos]

@AptosLabs @AveryChing NOW LIVE on 𝕏 via @DigitalChamber: 'From Fringe to Front Page: How Crypto Became Bipartisan.'

Moderated by @AptosLabs' @AveryChing.

https://t.co/BLadPcNIZ5

[Aptos Labs @AptosLabs]

🏛️ TOMORROW 12PM ET: Aptos Labs' @AveryChing takes the stage with U.S. Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) & Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) for #DCBlockchain Summit 2026.

Join us at the Main Stage or tap into the livestream, coming soon.

Work together. Win together. Accelerate.

[Shelby @shelbyserves]

3 Days.

It’s time to transform 💅

[Decibel @DecibelTrade]

The onchain engine for global markets is live. Trading is open.

It’s only going to get louder from here 🔊

[avery.apt 🇺🇸 @AveryChing]

Fastest fully on-chain asset exchange in the world launched with @DecibelTrade! Day 1 of the marathon to trading everything was beautiful. More markets, liquidity, and products inbound soon. So much to write but will save that for later. Time for the team to get some sleep tonight and get cranking on the weekend.