Confidentiality on @Aptos now spans three opt-in layers, all live on mainnet. Each targets a different part of what's visible onchain, and each opens up something new for builders. Identity: Keyless Accounts • Users create and manage Aptos accounts with existing credentials like Google or Apple, verified with zero-knowledge proofs, without publicly tying that identity to an onchain address. • What it enables: apps that onboard users with a login they already have. Amounts: Confidential APT • Users can encrypt balances and transfer amounts. Validators check a zero-knowledge proof that a transfer is valid, while balances and amounts stay confidential. Senders and recipients remain visible onchain. • What it enables: payments where amounts remain between the sender and the receiver, designed for compliant use cases. Intent: Encrypted Mempool • The payload (function called + arguments) is encrypted client-side, ordered while encrypted, and decrypted by validators together only after the block is finalized. Sender and gas fee stay visible. • What it enables: traders can encrypt the orders they choose, designed to lower MEV risk on those orders, and agents can submit trades with inputs encrypted until execution. Opt-in by design, built for compliant use. Confidential APT is available in @PetraWallet and on Confidential Assets Web. Encrypted Mempool is supported in Petra and on @DecibelTrade, and developers can integrate it with the TypeScript SDK (v7.0.0+). Existing Move contracts need no changes. Petra: Confidential Assets Web: Built by Aptos Labs.

In March, the SEC concluded APT is a digital commodity, not a security. Aptos Labs joined @hedera, @AvaLabs, @StellarOrg, @Cardano_CF, and @chainlink in a joint comment letter to @SECGov on proposed Regulation Crypto Assets, asking it to codify that in the rule text.

Encrypted Mempool is now supported on @DecibelTrade, built on @Aptos and incubated by Aptos Labs. When a trader opts in, the order's payload is encrypted client-side, ordered while encrypted, and decrypted by validators together only after the block is finalized. Sender and gas fee stay visible. Opt-in, one transaction at a time, and designed to lower MEV risk on the orders traders choose to encrypt.

Rendering is becoming less tied to where compute lives. @pictor_network is building a distributed 3D rendering network across changing compute. Their engineering team described onboarding to Shelby as “exceptionally smooth and straightforward.” The bigger story is what that consistency enables once the workload is running: “Shelby’s data layer keeps the assets behind every render accessible across distributed compute, giving Pictor’s users a consistent way to work with their data as compute moves. We’re excited to explore how this can support more flexible, scalable 3D rendering and AI workloads.” Flexible rendering starts with a consistent asset layer.

Fast apps start with fast blocks Among L1s, the quickest chains produce blocks up to 167x faster than the slowest. Milliseconds versus seconds is a gap users feel every day. See who has the fastest and smoothest UX right now 👇 📊

Encrypted Mempool, live on @Aptos mainnet: the payload (function called + arguments) is encrypted client-side, ordered while encrypted, and decrypted by validators together only after the block is finalized. Opt-in, one transaction at a time, and designed to lower MEV risk on the transactions users choose. Full breakdown from @Cointelegraph:

MonoMove executes smart contracts up to 55x faster than the current @Aptos engine, in tests replaying real mainnet @DecibelTrade transactions. Next up: extensive testing, fuzzing, and plans to apply formal verification to critical components. Rollout is pending a governance vote planned for 2027. Full story from @TheStreet:

Each order on @DecibelTrade is a transaction on @Aptos. Decibel, built on Aptos and incubated by Aptos Labs, has seen over $8.2B traded, $1.3B+ of it in the last 30 days, with every order matched and settled onchain. Every transaction pays gas, and gas fees are burned.

The app layer changes. The settlement layer doesn't. @useTria is the front end, orders are matched fully onchain on @DecibelTrade, and each one is settled on @Aptos with sub-second finality. More on the Tria Grand Prix below.

Confidentiality on @Aptos now spans three layers, all live on mainnet: • Identity: Keyless Accounts • Amounts: Confidential APT • Intent: Encrypted Mempool Each targets a different part of what's visible onchain. Each is opt-in.

The real test of a stack is what gets built on it. @DecibelTrade's order book and matching run in Move. @shelbyserves uses @Aptos as its coordination and settlement layer. Different problems, same foundation. @AveryChing on @devntellxyz. Watch the full clip 👇

Every order placed through @DecibelTrade is settled onchain on @Aptos, whichever app routes it. $1B+ of Decibel's $7.6B+ total volume has come through Builder Codes: wallets, interfaces, and bots plug into one shared orderbook. More from @TheStreet:

Aptos Labs joins @openstandard as a launch partner for Open USD, alongside @Mastercard, @Visa, @Stripe, and more. Neutral governance, shared economics — designed by the businesses growing it. Open money rails meet markets and machines — the thesis behind @Aptos.

$4B+ in total volume, and @DecibelTrade is just getting started. Crypto, commodity, index ETF, and equity perps. 24/7 access. All fully onchain and fully transparent. More ahead. Built on @Aptos, incubated by Aptos Labs.

BlackRock. Franklin Templeton. Apollo—all with funds deployed on @Aptos. As tokenized assets scale, the infrastructure they settle on matters more than ever. The full stack for markets and machines, ready at scale.