Onchain perpetuals exchange Decibel has listed six new markets on @Aptos ($APT), including $WLD, $ONDO and $XMR perps, taking it past 85 markets in total. DefiLlama shows about $8.9 billion in cumulative perpetuals volume for the venue. The full story:

Onchain research is not just about watching price charts. Sometimes the real clues are hidden in wallet activity. The Discover section on Zaps by @zerufinance makes this process easier by bringing top traders trending tokens and cross chain activity into one place. It can help you spot interesting movements and find new ideas for deeper research. Of course not every active wallet is a signal to buy. The goal is to understand the market better not blindly follow others. More data better questions smarter research.

Onchain is largely a solved game and will in aggregate, continue to see diminishing returns. The only apps / ecosystems that will outperform this cycle are the ones able to generate long term sustainable revenue. The top percentile will also (1) be something new i.e. "category starters" and (2) reach net new audiences i.e. they'll build a market of their own, rather than pvp fight for scraps as most onchain apps currently do.

Onchain finance is moving forward. But what will it take to make it work at scale? Stablecoin payments, tokenized deposits, asset liquidity, and AI agents. Here are the key takeaways from October's TOKEN2049, Money20/20, and MERGE Madrid. Read more 👇

Onchain credit is growing. But is access to financing growing with it? AFME’s latest DLT Capital Market Report puts the tokenized alternative fund market at $14.3bn as of 30 September, up from $11bn in 2025. Credit makes up ~$8bn of it. Businesses can have customers and receivables while struggling to secure financing. As our co-founder @ARafayGadit writes in his recent article on the next phase of onchain lending: “What is often missing is an efficient way for global capital to understand, price and finance those exposures.” Connecting those businesses with investors takes credit assessment, structuring and distribution. That’s the work we bring together through ZIG Markets. The opportunity is turning that scale into wider access: more investors able to participate and more businesses able to reach capital they can put to work.

Onchain markets could change more than how funds are distributed. They could reshape how investment products are structured and managed. At EBC12, Jakob Mikkel Hansen (@nordicblock), Kevin Riou (@Swissquote), Jean Malo Dupart (@Stifel), Jerald David (Arca Funds & @Lynq_Network) and Patrik Björklund (@JHIAdvisors) discussed what that means for asset managers. Watch: