Aave integration to Aptos leads growth ahead of Aptos Experience
Aptos Weekly Overview - August 21, 2025
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By The Numbers
Aptos daily txns: 2.6M (-3.7%)
Network transactions per second: 44.38 tx/s (-13.67%)
Daily active users: 662.2K (-6.12%)
Aptos TVL: $857.54M (-4.78%)
Aptos stablecoin market cap: $1.27B (-1.55%)
The percentages and metrics are based on a 14-day timeframe, unless noted otherwise.
Inside the blockchain
Aptos Experience, a two-day event designed to highlight the Aptos community and ecosystem founders, heads to NYC
The Aptos Experience is an event designed to bring Aptos ecosystem builders, founders and community members together. Following the Aptos Foundation’s last event in Seoul, the team looks to showcase the blockchain’s capabilities by featuring technical workshops, hosting networking opportunities and facilitating thoughtful discussions. In addition, Aptos Experience plans to empower its network developers by offering a Builder House for founders.
In general, crypto events serve as a way for companies to attract long-term ecosystem members, as well as bridge technical and non-technical audiences through discussions. With web3 being a global community, more often than not people may form relationships with others that are from another country. However, these events act as a place for community members from around the world to come together and meet with one another. Sometimes, for the first time despite speaking to each other constantly for months or even years.
While this isn’t the first Aptos event, it is its first main event of the year in NYC. As often referenced as the crypto capital of the world, Aptos looks to make its mark in the city. By spotlighting ecosystem projects, the Aptos Experience can establish the network as a hub for cultivating builder-led communities.
Aave launched its liquidity protocol to Aptos, making it the protocol’s first non-EVM deployment
As the second largest DeFi protocol by TVL with more than $36 billion, Aave’s launch to Aptos extends its into ones built on the Move programming language. The protocol’s release to Aptos mainnet builds off its testnet launch that occurred earlier this year.
At the time of launch, Aave will support native USDC, USDT, APT and sUSDe while the Aptos Foundation will provide user rewards and liquidity incentives. In combination with Aptos’ growth in stablecoin market cap, which has seen more than a 100% increase year-to-date, this initiative expands Aptos’ commitment to advancing the adoption of the digital asset.
In addition, this development looks to attract new liquidity and unlock collateral markets for Aptos. Since Aave integrates with Chainlink Price Feeds, it enhances the security needed for accessing lending markets and RWAs. In turn, it could lead to broader adoption, providing users access to more financial applications since Aptos will have connectivity with EVM networks.
“To build a truly global, open financial system, Aave must operate across different blockchains,” Aave Labs Founder Stani Kulechov said. “Aptos will enable Aave to reach new communities, users and institutions, while expanding stablecoin liquidity, unlocking new collateral markets.”
The ecosystem is makin’ Moves
Tapp recorded $7.8M in both daily trading volume and TVL on Aug 13 and August 15, respectively, DefiLlama data shows.
Decibel shared Ming Wu will join the Foundation as its inaugural CEO
Panora released automated swaps and limit orders to its Aptos-centric exchange
Echelon shared it surpassed $10M in xBTC, OKX’s wrapped version of bitcoin, on its yield earning platform
APTree launched to mainnet its NFT that users can grow by performing Aptos ecosystem transactions
Delphi Digital released an article about Aptos’s various yield protocols
Thala deployed updated APYs for users to earn up to 79% for Aptos token rewards
Learn about Aptos’ community in Vietnam and how its contributing toward the growth of the broader network
Fliq enabled real money trading for its Aptos-powered predictions markets protocol
Earnium launched its liquidity and yield protocol to Aptos mainnet
Bitso announced a strategic integration with Aptos for stablecoin transfers platform across Latin America
Aptos network wins
Aptos recorded a new all-time high for daily app revenue of $536K on Aug 16, according to DefiLlama data
Stablecoin user activity on Aptos recorded new milestones, Artemis data shows:
Daily transaction volume hit an all-time high of $3.6B on Aug 8
Daily active addresses reached 125.8K on Aug 19, a new high for the month
Institutional alternative funds on Aptos reached an all-time high of $31M, RWAxyz data shows
OKX Wallet shared more than 500 xBTC has been minted on Aptos
Join in the fun
Want to dive into the ecosystem full-time? Find the latest job postings on Aptos Foundation here.
Applications for Aptos Ctrl+Move online hackathon are open until Oct 3
Check out OKX Wallet campaign with up to 50K in APT rewards for users that deposit xBTC on Aries Markets, Echelon Markets, Echo Protocol, and Hyperion
Participate in Fiamma’s mainnet campaign and earn up to 103% APY for engaging with’ xBTC on Aptos
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