The Road to $1 Billion: How the Aptos Ecosystem Is Shaping the Future of Global Finance
This achievement is a testament to the incredible collaboration of developers, projects, and institutions building the future of finance on Aptos.
With a flourishing decentralized (DeFi) ecosystem, increasing institutional adoption, and industry-leading scalability, Aptos is redefining blockchain’s role in money movement. This milestone underscores the network’s ability to deliver high performance for finance use cases—from stablecoins to real-world assets and beyond.
A Thriving and Innovative DeFi Ecosystem
From liquid staking to lending protocols, the Aptos ecosystem is home to projects that are reshaping finance by offering solutions that combine speed, security, and efficiency. The top DeFi projects contributing to Aptos include:
Amnis Finance, the largest Move-based liquid staking protocol, delivering innovative solutions to users worldwide.
Aries Markets, the biggest DeFi protocol on Move that offers an all-in-one decentralized finance platform.
Thala Labs, a DeFi hyper-app with a suite of interoperable trading and yield products.
Echo, the first Bitcoin liquid re-staking and yield layer on MoveVM recently on Aptos with $150M in TVL.
TruFin, a global leader in building institutional-grade Web3 primitives, such as liquid staking.
By supporting a range of DeFi use cases, Aptos is a launchpad for next-generation financial solutions. But these projects are just one piece of the larger puzzle driving the Aptos ecosystem forward.
A Growing List of Institutional Integrations
Aptos’ combination of security, high performance, and cost efficiency has attracted the attention of the world’s largest financial institutions.
Franklin Templeton—recognizing Aptos' ability to meet the rigorous standards of its blockchain-integrated record-keeping system, Benji—chose Aptos as one of the blockchains to host its On-Chain U.S. Government Money Fund (FOBXX).
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has expanded its USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) to Aptos as its only non-EVM chain. After launching in March 2024, BUIDL is quickly becoming the world's largest tokenized fund by AUM.
Bitwise just launched the first Aptos Staking exchange-traded product (ETP). The Bitwise Aptos Staking ETP will be available on SIX Swiss Exchange, Europe's 3rd biggest stock exchange, and will be open to both institutional and retail investors in Europe.
With financial giants like Franklin Templeton, BlackRock, and Bitwise integrating with Aptos, the network is solidifying its role as the bridge between decentralized innovation and institutional trust.
A Year of Achievements Across the Ecosystem
Aptos achieved multiple milestones this year—driving the $1 billion TVL accomplishment and setting the stage for future growth.
8 Million Active Accounts: Monthly active users have surged, with over 8 million accounts now on the network.
2 Billion Transactions: Aptos successfully processed nearly 2 billion transactions on the network’s mainnet, including an impressive 326 million user transactions in a single day earlier this year.
Top Blockchain Transaction Records: Aptos holds the top four daily transaction records of any blockchain—all set within this year alone.
The Next Era of Global Finance Is Being Built on Aptos
Aptos is emerging as the backbone for the next era of finance. Its infrastructure supports innovative DeFi protocols, integrations by financial leaders like Franklin Templeton and BlackRock, and broader accessibility through products like the Bitwise Aptos Staking ETP. These advancements demonstrate Aptos’ role in bridging decentralized and traditional finance with speed, scalability, and security.
With every milestone, Aptos is building the infrastructure for a faster, more accessible global financial future. Put simply: money moves better on Aptos.