For stakers, more protocol usage means more on-chain activity and more value flowing through the network.

Stake #Aptos with Stakin:

🔗 stakin.com/stake/aptos

📥 stakin.com/blog/how-to...

#APT

4/ #ThalaLabs: DeFi suite with

1️⃣ Thala AMM
2️⃣ MOD stablecoin
3️⃣ thAPT liquid staking

✅ Also launched xLPT, which auto-accrues rewards via DFA standard, and completed its CLMM audit in July.

💰 2025 Q2 TVL (excl. staking): $95.5M

3/ 🥉 #EchelonMarket: Permissionless money market for asset lending and borrowing.

✅ Recently partnered with #EthenaLabs to integrate sUSDe into its lending markets.

💰2025 Q2 TVL: $131.2M

2/ 🥈 #AriesMarkets: Multi-use #DeFi protocol combining lending, borrowing, and trading.

✅ Supports multiple assets and integrated WBTC immediately after it went live on Aptos.

💰 2025 Q2 TVL: $288.1M

1/ 🥇 #EchoProtocol: #Aptos’s #Bitcoin liquidity hub.

✅ Users can mint aBTC by bridging BTC from B² Network (uBTC backed 1:1), then deposit into Echo’s lending app to earn interest or borrow assets like aBTC, USDT, USDC, and APT.

💰2025 Q2 TVL: $285.1M

6/ From stablecoins and DEX growth to RWAs, Aptos’s expansion is boosting network activity, and that means more opportunities for stakers to earn while helping secure the chain.

📄 Full report: 🔗 messari.io/report/apto...

✨ Start staking your APT with Stakin:

🔗 stakin.com/stake/aptos

5/ 🌍 RWAs on #Aptos: $723M issued on-chain.

78% from PACT’s micro-lending and credit portfolios in emerging markets.

Positions Aptos alongside Ethereum and ZKsync Era in tokenized off-chain assets.

4/ 📈 DEX volume on Aptos jumped +310.3% QoQ to $9.0B in Q2:
meaning a total of $9.0B worth of trades were executed on decentralized exchanges in the ecosystem.

Leaders:
✅ Hyperion: $5.4B since Feb launch (+29× QoQ)

✅ ThalaSwap V2: $2.9B (+4× QoQ)

3/ #Stablecoin market cap grew +85.9% in H1 to $1.2B, driven by:

💵 Native USDT & USDC deployments

✅ #Aptos is now home to 3 of the 4 largest stablecoins by market cap.

2/ #Network Growth in H1 2025

👥 10M+ monthly active users in H1 2025, up from 2.5M a year earlier.

💸 Average transaction fees: 0.00011 $APT (~$0.00052), up to 100× cheaper than other top L1s.

🔒 152 validators securing 877.9M APT, ranking #Aptos 9th by staked market cap.

4/ Get started

🔗 Test HoS: gov.houseofstake.org

🤝 Feedback: agora.ducalis.io/nearhos

Lock your tokens, explore the platform, and help shape the governance system that will guide #NEARProtocol.

3/ Alpha Phase: Test and Refine

📖 This stage is for gathering feedback, fixing bugs, and helping endorsed delegates publish their statements.

🚨 Note: During Alpha, proposals can be created and voted on, but they cannot pass yet.

2/ What is House of Stake?

Managed by @NEARGovernance, it’s #NEAR’s stake-weighted governance system giving the community real influence over decisions.

Lock $NEAR, stNEAR, or liNEAR for $veNEAR, your voting power, then delegate, create, and vote on proposals from one place.