Aptos monthly recap - May 2025!

Aptos just clocked over 2.8 BILLION transactions all-time!

May alone saw 130M+ transactions with a single-day surge exceeding ~5M TXs!

Aptos onboarded 2.5M NEW USERS in May, pushing total users to ~80M!

The community is growing fast, showing real demand and engagement on Aptos.

More people = more network effects!

DEXs broke their own records, moving over $3.2 billion in volume for May.

That’s 14.2 million trades across 156,000 traders.

Top performers:
@hyperion_xyz: $1.7B+ (60% market share)
@ThalaLabs: Seeing rapid adoption(28%)
@CellanaFinance: Close behind(9%)

Aptos DeFi is THRIVING!

Participation is growing and liquidity is stronger than ever.

Aptos NFT market is heating up!

May NFT trading volume surpassed $300K – the highest month of 2025 so far.

9.1k unique NFTs changed hands across 10.7k trades.

Top Collections:
:one: @AmaterasuSekai: $70K (24%)
:two: @MiladyOnApt -Type A: $56.4K (19.5%)
:three: @penguinonaptos: $32.2K (11%)
:four: @SpooksLabs: $22.1K (7.6%)
:five: @theloonies_nft: $15K (5.2%)

Bridging activity spiked too. With @okx’s $xBTC live, Aptos brought in more than $30 million worth of BTC in a single week.

Cross-chain capital is flowing in, and the demand for DeFi on Aptos is attracting assets from everywhere.

Stablecoins saw record volume, with $1.6 billion total supply.

$USDT is being used more than ever, as users rely on stables for both trading and payments.

The appetite for stable liquidity on Aptos is clearly accelerating.

Real-world assets are starting to make a real impact. Tokenized RWA volume reached around $350 million, up by $5 million WoW.

More traditional assets are finding their way on-chain, proving that Aptos is positioned for real-world adoption, not just crypto speculation.

All this growth, and the tech didn’t flinch. Even at its busiest, Aptos kept things smooth: fast transactions, low fees, and high reliability.

It’s the kind of network performance that actually feels ready for the next wave of blockchain adoption.

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