Introducing MonoMove, Aptos' new execution engine and the biggest scalability upgrade in network history.
Moving global markets onchain takes a new standard of speed and safety. MonoMove delivers both, executing the smart contracts behind every onchain market up to 55x faster.
Money is moving onchain. Aptos has the engine to run it.
Money moves across borders on Aptos.
Aptos enables instant, borderless, programmable payments, so apps can build logic directly into how money moves, with sub-second finality underneath.
Native @tether USDT and @circle USDC are issued directly on Aptos, with $15.7B+ in stablecoin transfers on Aptos over the past 30 days and 738K+ stablecoin holders, per @RWA_xyz.
In Asia, native USDT is now supported on @MAX_exch in Taiwan and @BitkubOfficial in Thailand, and the cross-border routes keep extending. Between Africa and MENA, @Daya_HQ and @HashKeyMENA are building a regulated stablecoin corridor, with support from Aptos Foundation.
Move money at internet speed: https://t.co/tijuAgSDQX
Renting from anyone with capacity is the hedge.
Using that capacity fast is a data question: a new provider shouldn’t mean another full copy, another endpoint and another sync job.
That’s the layer Shelby is built for, across supported Shelby locations.
On October 12, 2026, the genesis unlock schedule for Aptos core contributors and investors concluded, four years after mainnet launched and as published at launch.
No core contributor or investor tokens from genesis are left to unlock.
Original schedule: https://t.co/1972Z5Nq6i
Why trade onchain at all?
Decibel's @borntobry: when the assets, the orders, and the matching engine are all onchain, traders "can see the whole map," from deposit to fill.
On @DecibelTrade, every order is matched and settled onchain on Aptos.
Confidentiality on @Aptos now spans three opt-in layers, all live on mainnet. Each targets a different part of what's visible onchain, and each opens up something new for builders.
Identity: Keyless Accounts
• Users create and manage Aptos accounts with existing credentials like Google or Apple, verified with zero-knowledge proofs, without publicly tying that identity to an onchain address.
• What it enables: apps that onboard users with a login they already have.
Amounts: Confidential APT
• Users can encrypt balances and transfer amounts. Validators check a zero-knowledge proof that a transfer is valid, while balances and amounts stay confidential. Senders and recipients remain visible onchain.
• What it enables: payments where amounts remain between the sender and the receiver, designed for compliant use cases.
Intent: Encrypted Mempool
• The payload (function called + arguments) is encrypted client-side, ordered while encrypted, and decrypted by validators together only after the block is finalized. Sender and gas fee stay visible.
• What it enables: traders can encrypt the orders they choose, designed to lower MEV risk on those orders, and agents can submit trades with inputs encrypted until execution.
Opt-in by design, built for compliant use.
Confidential APT is available in @PetraWallet and on Confidential Assets Web. Encrypted Mempool is supported in Petra and on @DecibelTrade, and developers can integrate it with the TypeScript SDK (v7.0.0+). Existing Move contracts need no changes.
Petra: https://t.co/jNGaycZFrV
Confidential Assets Web: https://t.co/rVeFAA1vwA
Built by Aptos Labs.
Encrypted while pending. Onchain once final.
Encrypted Mempool lets users opt in to encrypt a transaction's details until its block is finalized, designed to lower the risk of MEV attacks.
Encrypted Mempool transactions incur an additional gas fee. Available via @PetraWallet and on @DecibelTrade. How it works:
https://t.co/GeADyR680z
In February, a set of $APT tokenomics updates was proposed. Here's where each piece stands.
Approved through onchain governance and live:
• Gas fees set 10x higher, with every gas fee burned
• Staking rewards halved from 5.19% to 2.6%
• Supply hard-capped at 2.1B APT
Separately, the genesis unlock schedule for core contributors and investors concluded on October 12, 2026, as published at mainnet launch.
Alongside these updates, Aptos Foundation has committed to locking and permanently staking 210M APT, about 37% of the APT it held at mainnet. Those tokens will never be sold or distributed.
The full tokenomics update: https://t.co/ByPUXmmor5
AGENT MODE // EARLY ACCESS
Ask Decibel what's moving. Ask why. Ask it to build the trade. You confirm it.
The first traders are in. A limited number of spots are open.
Apply → https://t.co/iDaC9uzLfE
Confidentiality on Aptos comes in three layers. All three are live on mainnet, and all three are opt-in.
On a public blockchain, a lot is visible by default: balances, transfer amounts, and the details of pending transactions. Each layer gives users a choice over what they share.
‣ Identity: Keyless Accounts
Keyless Accounts let people create and manage blockchain accounts with credentials like Google or Apple, without publicly tying that identity to an onchain address.
‣ Amounts: Confidential $APT
Confidential APT allows users and institutions to encrypt balances and transfer amounts. Validators verify a transaction is valid while the amounts stay confidential. Addresses remain visible, keeping a clear pathway to accountability and compliant use cases.
‣ Intent: Encrypted Mempool
Encrypted Mempool lets users opt in to encrypt a transaction's details until its block is finalized, designed to lower the risk of MEV attacks. Sender and gas fee stay visible.
What each layer makes possible:
• Keyless Accounts: getting started with a login people already have
• Confidential APT: payments where amounts stay between sender and receiver
• Encrypted Mempool: institutions can place large orders without signaling intent before execution, traders can encrypt the orders they choose, and AI agents' trade inputs stay encrypted until execution
Confidential APT is available in @PetraWallet and on Confidential Assets Web by @AptosLabs. Encrypted Mempool is available via Petra and on @DecibelTrade.
• Petra: https://t.co/GcwLn0ZuSs
• Confidential Assets Web: https://t.co/sWQ0N8jLbT
Not financial or investment advice. Not a solicitation to buy or sell digital assets. DeFi involves significant risk — do your own research. Not available in a number of jurisdictions, including the United States.
Three more equity perps are live on @DecibelTrade, now 80+ markets across perps and spot.
31M+ trades and $8.5B+ in total volume since mainnet. Fully onchain, 24/7 access, built on Aptos, where every trade burns $APT.
The lineup keeps widening.
https://t.co/9MekYNHNg0
A journey starts as video. At scale, it becomes spatial intelligence.
@PathPulse_AI is building a real-time picture of road conditions, movement and safety from video captured across the physical world. As that footprint grows, the data layer behind it has to keep up.
As the PathPulse team puts it:
“To map the world in real time, you need a powerful foundation. Shelby has been an amazing partner for https://t.co/DZCPgvJqi1, giving us the reliable, global network we need to stream live road insights and keep our drivers moving safely.”
The infrastructure behind spatial intelligence matters as much as the intelligence itself.
Not financial or investment advice. Not a solicitation to buy or sell digital assets. DeFi involves significant risk — do your own research. Not available in a number of jurisdictions, including the United States.
Trading on @DecibelTrade is getting a new interface: words.
Agent Mode is opening in early access. Traders can ask what's moving, ask why, and have it build the order ticket, all in one conversation.
Nothing executes until the trader confirms. Every confirmed order is settled onchain on Aptos.
AGENT MODE // EARLY ACCESS
Ask Decibel what's moving. Ask why. Ask it to build the trade. You confirm it.
The first traders are in. A limited number of spots are open.
Apply → https://t.co/iDaC9uzLfE