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Odaily reports: Six blockchain organizations—Stellar Development Foundation, Hedera, Aptos Labs, Ava Labs, Cardano Foundation, and Chainlink Labs—have jointly submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), requesting that the definition of "Digital Commodity" and its non-security status be explicitly clarified in the main text of the proposed "Regulation Crypto Assets."It is understood that the SEC's regulatory interpretation released in March 2026 has established the classification of digital commodities, but the relevant definition currently appears only in the preamble of the proposed rules and has not yet been incorporated into the binding rule text. The organizations believe that formally codifying it into the rules would help reduce regulatory uncertainty and provide a more stable legal framework for public chain developers and ecosystem participants.
Aptos announced that the initial token unlock schedule for core contributors and investors was officially completed on October 12, 2026. The four-year plan fully aligned with the schedule published at mainnet launch. Consequently, all tokens allocated to core contributors and investors during the initial distribution have been completely released, leaving no remaining tokens subject to unlocking.
According to an official Aptos tweet, the Aptos mainnet has officially launched the Encrypted Mempool feature. Users can choose to encrypt pending transactions before block finalization, keeping transaction call functions and inputs encrypted prior to execution, while the sender address and fee information remain publicly visible. This feature is primarily designed for institutions (to avoid prematurely exposing large order intentions), traders (to reduce MEV arbitrage risks), and AI agents (to ensure transaction inputs remain private until execution).
according to Aptos monitoring, the Aptos Foundation has committed to locking and permanently staking 210 million APT, approximately 37% of the APT it held at the time of its mainnet launch. These tokens will not be sold or distributed. Foundation operations will be supported by the staking rewards generated from these tokens, rather than by selling the locked tokens themselves. Aptos stated that more updates will be released in the future, along with a complete tokenomics update.
Aptos officially announced the launch of a brand-new execution engine, MonoMove, describing it as the largest scalability upgrade in the history of the Aptos network, aimed at improving the execution efficiency and security of on-chain financial transactions. According to test data published by Aptos Labs, in tests that replayed real mainnet transactions from Decibel, MonoMove delivered a significant improvement in execution speed compared to the existing Move virtual machine. Specifically, collateral withdrawals were accelerated by up to 55x, vault requests by up to 40x, perpetual market requests by up to 38x, and order submissions by up to 22x. Furthermore, internal benchmark tests simulating complex financial workflows demonstrated an end-to-end throughput increase of up to 11x. MonoMove is currently being integrated into the Aptos execution engine, with full feature development expected to be completed by the end of 2026. Deployment on the mainnet is planned for 2027, pending approval via governance voting. All aforementioned performance metrics are derived from test environments and do not yet reflect actual mainnet operational results.
Aptos Labs has announced the launch of MonoMove, the largest proposed upgrade in the history of the Aptos blockchain execution engine. Aptos Labs stated that internal testing shows MonoMove can run smart contracts up to 55 times faster than the existing system; on its incubated fully on-chain trading platform Decibel, collateral withdrawal speeds increased by up to 55 times, and order placement speeds increased by up to 22 times.
Aptos Governance Proposal #206 is currently under voting, proposing to activate ChunkyDKG V1 full mode and the encrypted_transactions feature. Through Distributed Key Generation, this mechanism enables encrypted transactions by concealing their contents prior to consensus ordering, with validators collaboratively decrypting them afterward, which helps mitigate front-running and MEV risks. The proposal's voting period ends on October 6. While the current approval rate approaches 100%, voter turnout is merely 2.69%, failing to reach the required 24.8% quorum.
DeBot team member Cat has released a security incident update, confirming that the previous wallet security incident was an APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) attack. No related fund losses have been identified so far. According to the announcement, analyses by multiple security teams and cloud service providers revealed traces of intrusion in the system, and the relevant private keys remain at security risk. Therefore, the platform will continue to implement automatic fund isolation. Currently, DeBot is operating in a fully isolated environment. Users can still trade and withdraw normally, but other operations involving private keys have been suspended and will be gradually restored after the security audit is completed.A new security solution is being upgraded and is being audited by the SlowMist team and cloud service providers. DeBot stated that this incident exposed security issues in the project, and the team will further upgrade security measures.
Ondo Finance has announced that it will cease minting USDY on the Aptos and Noble networks starting September 8, while other supported networks remain unaffected. USDY on Osmosis and Mantra is also impacted by this adjustment, as it is bridged from Noble via IBC, and affected users may choose to migrate or exit based on their position size.
Odaily News: Aptos mainnet has now launched Confidential APT. This feature allows users to selectively enable privacy protection for compliance scenarios, suitable for applications such as salary payments, treasury management, and enterprise-to-enterprise settlements.
According to The Block, Aave founder Stani Kulechov announced on July 30, 2026, that Aave proposed to delist 50 low-adoption asset reserves and 21 expired Pendle PTs, and completely shut down six small deployments: Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos, involving a total of approximately $98.1 million in supplied assets and $15.6 million in outstanding debt. The proposal was drafted by risk service provider LlamaRisk and executed under Aave's new risk framework, aimed at streamlining operational overhead and reducing maintenance costs for oracle and liquidation infrastructure. Affected reserves will have new activities frozen and supply and borrow caps reduced, while reserve factors for deployments pending closure will be increased to 99% to encourage users to actively close positions.
: Sandy Kaul, Head of Digital Assets and Innovation at investment management firm Franklin Templeton, stated that the AI agent economy will increase demand for blockchain protocols to facilitate machine-to-machine micropayments. Traditional bank card networks are unsuitable for agent-based payments due to fees and settlement times. Sandy Kaul pointed out that blockchain networks like Aptos, Solana, and BNB Chain are more suitable for the agent economy, with transactions settling in seconds, faster than the 1 to 3 business day settlement time of the Visa network. In a joint report, payment company Visa and investment validation platform Artemis stated that traditional bank cards designed for low-frequency human commercial activities are insufficient to support AI agents, which require near-zero fees and faster settlement. Since its launch in May 2025, the x402 payment protocol developed by Coinbase has seen an adjusted transaction volume of $15 million and over 109 million adjusted transactions.
Interactive Brokers announced on Tuesday an expansion of its digital asset business, adding trading tokens such as Aave, Aptos, Canton, Lido DAO, Monad, NEAR Protocol, Plasma, Pax Gold, and Uniswap, and supporting 24/7 stablecoin wallet transfers via USDC, PYUSD, and RLUSD. As of mid-2026, Interactive Brokers manages approximately $930.3 billion in client assets. Crypto trading commissions start at 0.12% to 0.18% of the total transaction amount, with a minimum of $1.75 per order, and no additional spreads, markups, or custody fees are charged. The company stated that two-way stablecoin deposits are not available for UK and Irish accounts, and clients of the Irish affiliate company will not have access to the newly listed crypto assets. (Bitcoin.com News).
According to CoinDesk, researchers at blockchain security company Hexens discovered an "expired cache" type confusion vulnerability in the Aptos blockchain Move virtual machine. Attackers require only about $3,000 in server costs to launch attacks in a simulated environment with a success rate of nearly 90%, without needing validator privileges or internal knowledge. Researchers ran approximately 20 attacks in simulated tests, succeeding 17-18 times, and verified the potential ability to control management permissions of cross-chain protocols such as LayerZero, Wormhole, and USDC CCTP. Hexens assessed that the vulnerability directly threatens protocols on the Aptos chain such as DeFi, stablecoins, and liquid staking, involving assets in the low single-digit billions of dollars; if spread through paths such as cross-chain bridges, stablecoin minting, and centralized exchanges, the systemic risk exposure could reach up to $70 billion. The Aptos team completed the fix and deployed it to the mainnet within hours after receiving the vulnerability report on February 25, and currently no user funds have been compromised.
According to an official announcement, Echo Protocol stated that its services on Aptos have been fully restored, covering lending, strategies, liquid staking, vaults, and other related protocols. Echo Protocol added that it has completed a security audit of all contracts deployed on Aptos—including checks of administrative privileges—and found no potential contract-related risks.
Aptos stated on X platform that it is the first L1 blockchain to support formal verification of dynamic scheduling, mathematically proving that it operates as designed. Aptos said that AI writes the specifications, mathematics proves their correctness, and the Move Prover serves as the oracle — this is the trust layer between the market and the machine.
that, according to official sources, AaveLabs has proposed restructuring the Aave DAO bug bounty framework into multiple specific subsystem programs, operating on the Immunefi, Sherlock, and Cantina platforms respectively. Core Aave V3, Core Aave V2, GHO, and non-liquidity protocol infrastructure will be covered by Immunefi; Aave V4 and the Aave App Stack will be covered by Sherlock; and Aave V3 on Aptos will be covered by Cantina.The proposal suggests adjusting the bounty scale for each system. The maximum reward for critical vulnerabilities in Core Aave V3 is $5 million, while the maximum reward for critical vulnerabilities in Aave V4 is $2.5 million. Additionally, the funding source for the Aave V3 bug bounty on Aptos will be transferred from Aave Labs to the Aave DAO. This ARFC proposal has currently been passed.
TownSquare, an infrastructure platform focused on institutional yield and cross-chain lending brokerage services, has announced a $100 million USD1 token liquidity program—a strategic initiative designed to bring institutional-grade and cross-chain yield opportunities to a broader user base via World Liberty Financial’s USD1 stablecoin and institutional yield strategies. Previously, TownSquare collaborated with the World Liberty Financial DeFi team to integrate the USD1 token onto Monad, a high-performance EVM-compatible chain, and received official incentives from the Monad Foundation. The team stated that this new liquidity program marks TownSquare’s continued commitment to expanding DeFi’s real-world applicability and delivering institutional strategy yields to more assets. Currently, the project’s official website has launched its cross-chain lending functionality, while its yield vault product is listed as “Coming Soon.” According to official information, the project has previously completed a funding round backed by Monad, a16z, Aptos, Solana Bonk, and other U.S. and European angel investors and VCs. The founding team includes alumni from Coinbase, Meta, Accenture, and market-making firms. Details about the project’s next funding round have not yet been disclosed.
: tZERO, a regulated securities trading platform, has announced the integration of its tokenization issuance platform with the Aptos network, enabling issuers to directly issue Real World Asset (RWA) tokens on this high-performance public chain, further broadening the path for institutional-grade assets to be placed on-chain.Aptos is being positioned as the underlying network for institutional-grade tokenization infrastructure and is consistently attracting integration by traditional finance and compliant tokenization platforms. Currently, tokenized funds from institutions including BlackRock and Franklin Templeton are already operating on the chain. With tZERO's integration, the compliant asset issuance and trading infrastructure on Aptos is further enhanced, covering the full-chain capabilities from issuance, circulation, to settlement.
The Aptos Foundation and Aptos Labs announced an investment of over $50 million to support first-party products, research, protocol infrastructure, and a strategic fund for trading and AI partners. Aptos stated that Decibel has launched on the Aptos mainnet, with cumulative trading volume exceeding $1 billion. The stablecoin market cap on the Aptos network stands at $1.93 billion, and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization totals $1.2 billion, with asset management firms including BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and Apollo Global already deployed on the network. Upcoming initiatives include encrypted mempools, FIX and CCXT connectivity, multi-leader consensus, and confidential perpetuals.