Weekly @Aptos Recap 🌐 Week 3 of 2026: • @Bitnomial introduced the first-ever U.S. Aptos futures on Bitnomial Exchange, LLC on Jan. 14 • A regulated futures market is a prerequisite for spot crypto ETF approval under the SEC's generic listing standards, meaning we are one step closer to a U.S. Aptos ETF in as soon as 6 months • As a reminder, @BitwiseInvest filed an S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to register a potential Aptos ETF in March of 2025 • Aptos shared interview material ft. Bitnomial Exchange's President, @mdunnio, and Aptos Labs' @SolomonTesfaye_ & @marissa_trew speaking to the Aptos futures announcement • @TheStreet interviewed Solomon (Aptos Labs' CBO) for more insights on what Bitnomial's U.S. Aptos futures means for traditional capital markets and the Aptos ecosystem • @CPOfficialtx covered Bitnomial's U.S. Aptos futures, and Aptos app revenue breaking its $1M single-day record, RWA maturation • @Grayscale included Aptos in their Q1 2026 Assets Under Consideration Update • @therollupco included Aptos in their Neo Finance Market Map • @AptosLabs highlighted Lazy Loading for Move (bringing more efficiency gains to the network), and shared interview clips ft. Jump's Kevin Bowers speaking to Shelby alongside @aptAlix • Aptos Labs' DevRel, @chriskim_dev, is launching 'Ship a Fullstack dApp on Aptos,' a 6-part masterclass • @shelbyserves shared a new tutorial on how to upload video on Shelby Explorer • @animocaresearch featured @AveryChing speaking to the evolution of Aptos as the Global Trading Engine with technical innovations and ecosystem maturation • @DecibelTrade shared new UX walkthrough videos as well as Testnet updates ft. +600K unique accounts created, +132K daily active accounts (7D avg), top regions, and +1M trades executed daily • @APTreeio kicked off a New Year Campaign with @PetraWallet ft. a $2,500 reward pool up for grabs with 50 lucky winners • @TokenRelations highlighted @Aave TVL on Aptos recently hitting an ATH of $42.7M • @MoveClubIN continued their Aptos Atlas series, while @MoveClubCN, @MoveClubVN, and @MoveClubLATAM continue to drive regional Aptos amplficiation efforts • @the_goblin_fi shared a new 𝕏 Article, 'Building What Lasts - Your Future Yield' • @Boosterdotfun is hosting a new campaign ft. $30,000 worth of USD1 in rewards, available now through February 2, with $10,000 in weekly reward resets • Aptos shared another interview clip ft. the @pactfinance team as they gear up for their complete migration to Aptos and continue to dominate the world of RWAs • @hyperion_xyz shared a Product Update thread on 𝕏 and kicked off a sUSDe Campaign with @RhunaIO • @MovemakerCN has partnered up with Rhuna to bring more interactive experiences and rewards to the Movemaker community and the wider Aptos ecosystem • @ThalaLabs' ThalaSwap v3 has crossed +$500M in total trading volume • @EchelonMarket shared an Ecosystem Spotlight ft. @kofi_finance, and their first Frozen Yields Campaign has ended • Kofi shared kAPT/stkAPT yield insights • @TappExchange is on the road to TGE, is teaming up with teams across the Aptos ecosystem from @panana_predict to @MoneyFiHub, and hosted an 𝕏 Spaces this week, breaking down all of their latest alpha • @AmnisFinance's AMI Trading Prix 4 Campaign is live • Both @EchoProtocol_ and @earnium_io teased out new developments coming soon (stay tuned) • @yieldai_app has integrated X-Chain Accounts on Aptos • @SpooksLabs hosted another 𝕏 Spaces on Aptos 2026 developments • @AptosRoom & @AptosHausa are hosting a Meet & Greet on Jan. 17 • The @KGeN_IO and @Merkle_Trade teams chatted on 𝕏 Spaces in 'How Loyalty & Rewards are Evolving On-Chain' • @AptosCollective hosted a Discord AMA with @0xban_ban speaking to Petra and his journey from DevRel to Product on Aptos • Weekly shoutout to the creators of @APTopia_xyz & @minds_DAO 𝕏 tag limit reached. [𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐃] reveals still under wraps. 2 weeks into 2026 and still heavily cooking. You can be sure of that. As always, thanks to all of my friends and readers in the chat! Have a great weekend ahead, touch some grass, and keep moving forward 💪 -Nick ( ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)