Gaming heats up on Aptos as KGeN hits peak for weekly transactions
Aptos Weekly Overview - May 1, 2025
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By The Numbers
Aptos transactions this week: 24.1M (-22.3%)
Network transactions per second (TPS): 39.9
Active users: 2.6M (-3.7%)
New users this week: 232.8K
Total staked APT: 870.1M (+0%)
Aptos total value locked (TVL): $1.1B (+6.5%)
NFT weekly sales: 1.5K (-77.9%)
The percentages and metrics are based on a 7-day timeframe from Flipside data as of April 28, unless noted otherwise.
Inside the blockchain
🌐What happened: Kratos Gamer Network (KGeN) recorded an all-time high for weekly transactions last week at 3.6 million, coinciding with 472,000 daily active addresses, during the same time frame, Token Terminal data shows.
🌐Why does it matter: KGeN, is a web3 gaming ecosystem built on the Aptos blockchain. The platform’s recent user activity milestones points to growth across the broader blockchain gaming sector. For context, KGeN is designed with player ownership in mind to provide gamers the ability to control their digital identities and assets.
High transaction counts and active addresses can be seen as important feats for gaming ecosystems because they indicate frequent in-game interactions such as asset trades or reward distributions. In turn, this would enhance player retention and economic use-cases. The rise in user base could be an attractive metric for developers or publishers that are looking to explore web3 gaming.
To zoom out, these metrics also demonstrate Aptos network’s ability to handle a rise in user activity for gaming. More often than not, web3 games rely on the network it's building on to be sustainable because of the intense activity it could achieve at scale. With KGeN reaching all-time highs in user activity and Aptos maintaining uptime, this could entice new and existing users alike.
🌐The big picture: The synergy between Aptos’ technical capabilities and KGeN’s user activity milestones underscores the importance of user activity and being able to handle growth from gaming.
A large, active user base may validate the platform’s appeal, but it also showcases how a high transaction volume is needed to sustain a thriving in-game economy.
In tandem, KGeN’s growth can create a scalable and inclusive gaming environment, making the broader Aptos network a contributor to the web3 gaming landscape.
Ecosystem wins
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Echelon Market, a lending protocol on Aptos, hit an all-time high in TVL of $301.2M on April 26, DefiLlama data shows
Stablecoin transfer volume in April reached a new peak with more than $11.22B recorded, according to RWA.xyz data
Aptos DEX volume hit $347.2M on April 29, a monthly high (shown below)
Source: Artemis
The community is makin’ Moves
Cellan Finance recorded a yearly high in DEX volume at $17.5M on April 24, according to DefiLlama data
STAN saw more than 692.57K unique active wallets over the last 7 days for its onchain gaming platform, DappRadar data shows
Penguin Chronicles, an NFT project on Aptos, shared details about its upcoming mint
By the headlines
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