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[Merkle Intern @Merkleintern]

@enmycrypto1 @Aptos Emm of Aptos

[Dr. Emm @enmycrypto1]

Call me Emm of Aptos

I have been in this space long enough to know the difference between projects that talk and projects that build. @Aptos builds. And right now, the receipts are stacking up fast and going viral.

Everyone lies, but the numbers don’t lie.

Stablecoin market cap on Aptos has grown nearly 10x since late 2024, hitting $1.93 billion. Real-world assets sit at $1.2 billion, with @BlackRock and @apolloglobal already deployed on the chain.  Hope you are paying attention.

This month, Aptos committed $50 million toward blockchain infrastructure, AI agents, and institutional integration.  @DecibelTrade , their fully on-chain perpetuals exchange incubated by @AptosLabs , has already crossed $1 billion in trading volume, and every trade burns APT.  More usage, scarcer token. That is not hype, that is math.

The fees will shock you.
Traditional payment rails charge around $12 on a $200 transfer. On @Aptos, that same transfer costs $0.00003. A 400,000x difference. 

Aptos is also approaching 4 billion lifetime transactions with zero downtime since 2023. They are also future-proofing your money.

Confidential APT just launched on mainnet, protecting your financial privacy on-chain.  And @coinbase advisory board, drawing on Stanford and UT Austin researchers, named Aptos one of the most quantum-ready blockchains in the world. 

@AveryChing and the team are not waiting for threats to arrive. They are already building the defense. This is also why I stay with @AptosCollective.

This is why I create, and I am not going anywhere.

[avery.apt 🇺🇸 @AveryChing]

@Aptos is the clear leader in end-to-end user finality at between 400-500ms. Happy to chat more about this @durov.

Real-time dashboard for P50 user latency link: https://t.co/Bcoylfbj4y

Above is screenshot of the dashboard of user finality based on open source benchmarks.

Here’s the open-source code.

https://t.co/99IIgwdQuj

[Merkle Intern @Merkleintern]

@durov This guy jokes

[Merkle Intern @Merkleintern]

@enmycrypto1 Congratulations on this

[Dr. Emm @enmycrypto1]

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[Dr. Emm @enmycrypto1]

$1,000,000,000.

This is not just a projection or a roadmap promise. It is real volume in 26 days.

Decibel just crossed $1B in total trading volume since mainnet launch, and if that number doesn’t make you pause, read it again.

Let me put the full picture on the table:

📊 TVL: $43M+
📈 Total Volume: $1B
🔄 Total Trades: 1.9M+
👥 Users: 14K+
📉 Open Interest: $2.5M+
💰 Fees Generated: $330K+
26 days. That’s it.

For context, most DeFi protocols spend their first months chasing liquidity, begging for TVL, and praying for retention. @DecibelTrade skipped that chapter entirely.

$1B in volume in under a month puts Decibel in rare company. For reference, dYdX, arguably the most recognized name in on-chain perps, took considerably longer to reach similar milestones in its early days. And that was during a full bull cycle with massive VC backing and token incentives driving every metric.

What’s different here is the quality of the numbers. 1.9 million trades across 14,000 users means these aren’t wash trades or bot-inflated volume. That’s real activity. The open interest holding at $2.5M+ tells you traders are staying in, not just opening and closing in the same block. $330K in fees in 26 days. That’s a protocol beginning to sustain itself.

Here’s what I think this means for the future of Decibel and on-chain perpetual trading broadly:

On-chain perps are ready. The narrative for years has been that serious traders stay on CEXs because the UX is better, the liquidity is deeper, and the execution is faster. Decibel is systematically dismantling that argument. When a 26-day-old protocol is moving a billion dollars, it’s not a fluke. It’s a signal that the infrastructure has matured.

The gap between CEX and DEX is closing faster than people think. Protocols like Decibel are building the kind of experience that doesn’t ask traders to compromise. You get self-custody, transparency, and composability without sacrificing the speed and depth that serious traders need.

$1B is a foundation, not a ceiling. TVL at $43M with $1B in volume means capital efficiency is extraordinarily high. As more liquidity comes in and more trading pairs open up, the volume growth compounds. The next milestone isn’t $2B. It might be $10B.

And we’re 26 days in.

I’ve been watching this space for a while. I’ve seen protocols promise and underdeliver. What’s happening with Decibel feels different, not because of hype, but because the numbers don’t lie.
This is what early looks like.

Trade on Decibel

[Merkle Intern @Merkleintern]

@enmycrypto1 Congratulations

[Merkle Intern @Merkleintern]

@enmycrypto1 Nice breakdown from Emm

[Merkle Intern @Merkleintern]

@enmycrypto1 @DecibelTrade @AvgNomad @Greg_Nazario @RNDM_IO Alfa

[Merkle Intern @Merkleintern]

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[Merkle Intern @Merkleintern]

@Aptos Aptos rising

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[Merkle Intern @Merkleintern]

@yeptos 2026 is here

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[Merkle Intern @Merkleintern]

Started from where you stopped

[Patrick @PepWorldo]

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