PACT Protocol deploys to Aptos to bring $1B assets onchain
Aptos Weekly Overview - February 20, 2025
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By The Numbers
Aptos transactions this week: 28.7M (-8.1%)
Network transactions per second (TPS): 47.5
Active users: 4.5M (-7.9%)
New users this week: 2.2M
Total staked APT: 861.94M (-0.5%)
Aptos total value locked (TVL): $924.1M (−3.4%)
NFT weekly sales: 1.2K (+13.1%)
The percentages and metrics are based on a 7-day timeframe from Flipside data as of Feb. 17, unless noted otherwise.
Inside the blockchain
🌐What happened: PACT Protocol deployed its institutional-grade lending platform to Aptos with a goal of bringing over $1 billion in onchain assets to the network on day one of its release.
🌐Why does it matter: The protocol’s integration comes nine months after its incubation and collaboration with the Aptos Foundation, alongside strategic consultation from Aptos Labs.
At its core, the PACT Protocol is a fully onchain lending and securitization infrastructure designed for licensed lenders in emerging markets. Through its partnership with Aptos, it looks to leverage the blockchain’s sub-second finality and low transaction fees to enable lenders to create, securitize and service loans. Additionally, it can bring more transparency and scalability for its lending services via the usage of blockchain technology.
This integration provides the capability to process millions of transactions per second. In turn, this makes it well-suited for handling high volumes of microloans and complex financial operations that PACT Protocol users might encounter.
Furthermore, by launching on Aptos, PACT hopes to reduce operational costs and improve credit accessibility, particularly in emerging markets where traditional banking services might be limited. As for the Aptos ecosystem, they are now getting more exposure to the estimated $1.7 trillion private credit industry, which is growing at 16% annually.
🌐The big picture: The collaboration between PACT Protocol and Aptos can signal an increase in the broader adoption of blockchain technology in global financial systems - particularly in the realm of digital credit and capital markets.
The partnership demonstrates how blockchains can bridge underserved borrowers with global capital markets, while utilizing high-performance networks like Aptos. This development could pave the way for the mainstream integration of DeFi solutions into traditional financial frameworks.
If PACT Protocol is successful in bringing $1 billion onchain in the Aptos ecosystem, it can showcase a way for the global credit system to be more efficient, transparent, secure and affordable.
Ecosystem wins
Tevi, a creator monetization platform built on Aptos, hit 1.17M unique active wallets and 8.2M incoming txns, according to DappRadar
Hyperfluid launched its hybrid trading exchange to mainnet - featuring secure trading and high transaction speeds
Merkle Trade surpassed $19B in all-time trading volume, Token Terminal shared on X
Aptos hit 18M active monthly users, an all time high for the network (shown below)
Source: Token Terminal
The community is makin’ Moves
Panana Predictions co-founder shared a thread on X about his experience at Aptos Xponential, an IRL gathering for builders on the network
Gilder released the beta version of its gaming and anime hub where enthusiasts can conversate with each other
Listen to Spooks’ X space to learn about all things gaming on Aptos
Explore DeFi opportunities on Aptos via a list created by X user zachary0th
Aptos Labs participated in the Blockchain’s Association endeavor to encourage Congress to repeal the Treasury Department’s recently finalized DeFi broker rule
By the headlines
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