Welcome back to the Aptos’ Biweekly Overview, the best place for Aptos community members to get up to speed on the chain’s latest updates, metrics, releases, insights, ecosystem developments and more. All in one place.
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By The Numbers
Aptos daily txns: 3.2M (-5.9%)
Network transactions per second: 78 tx/s (-18.75%)
Daily active users: 836K (-24%)
Aptos TVL: $432.7M (-0.76%)
Aptos stablecoin market cap: $1.61B (-0.62%)
The percentages and metrics are based on a 14-day timeframe, unless noted otherwise.
Inside The Blockchain
🌐 What happened: Bitnomial, a U.S.-based derivatives exchange, launched regulated Aptos (APT) futures contracts last week.
🌐 Why it matters: Futures contracts allow traders to buy and sell assets at a predetermined date for a set price, which helps them manage exposure to price movements. Futures also support transparent price discovery, as well as hedging strategies.
APT is among the few tokens to be traded in the U.S. futures market, alongside Ethereum, Solana, and XRP, and Bitcoin itself.
The launch gives institutions a way to gain exposure to APT while meeting compliance requirements.
Bitnomial said institutional clients can trade APT futures contracts in either USD or APT, and said it will add support for retail users soon.
🌐 The big picture: Regulated futures also play a role in the broader financial ecosystem. In U.S. markets, the existence of a regulated futures market is often a prerequisite for SEC approval of spot ETFs, as futures trading supports reliable pricing and market oversight.
In U.S. markets, regulated crypto futures for assets like bitcoin and Ethereum see substantial activity, as CME Group reported an average daily volume of 278,000 contracts in 2025, equal to roughly $12 billion in notional value traded per day. This further highlights the potential scale a regulated market could provide for APT.
The Ecosystem Is Makin’ Moves
Moar’s TVL for its credit layer on Aptos reached a high of $7.4M on Jan. 19
Echo launched BTC Option, which lets users earn yield by selling covered bitcoin calls
Tapp Exchange hit 10K active users on its perpetual futures trading DEX on Aptos
Thala, a concentrated liquidity trading layer on Aptos, reached $500M in trading volume on Jan. 13
Hyperion updated its onchain orderbook to include historical APR yield tracking
Echelon increased its holdings of USD1 on Aptos to $21.2M, 68% of the supply on the network, to use for its lending protocol
Aave TVL on Aptos rose to an all-time high of $58.4M on Jan. 17
Aptos Network Wins
Aptos Labs introduced Lazy Loading, so the blockchain only charges gas for the code a transaction actually uses
Aptos saw a 30-day high for new accounts created, hitting 349K on Jan. 16
Decibel’s Aptos-incubated DEX integrated Chainlink to enable 24/5 trading for equity markets
Join In The Fun
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OKX Wallet's campaign features up to $50K in APT rewards for users who deposit xBTC on Aries Markets, Echelon Markets, Echo Protocol, and Hyperion
Binance Academy has a course on how to get started with Aptos
Boosterfun released a 3-week creator-focused trading competition with a $30K prize pool
That’s all for now.
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