Quick summary: Ecosystem Momentum and Milestones - The market capitalization of BlackRock's $BUIDL at @Aptos increased by almost $0.5B on October 21, which led to the hottest stablecoin market cap in history at the end of the month with $1.49B (48.8% MoM rise). - The market capitalization of Aptos in the RWA area amounted to $1.22B, placing this chain among the best ones for RWA issuance (mix of private credit, institutional funds, and U.S. Treasuries). - The volume of stablecoin transfer in the month of October was $62.73B (second-highest month ever), while the median transaction fee was around $0.0005, which indicates the combination of very high throughput and very low cost. - There were new stablecoins and integrations taking place: The $USD1 of World Liberty Financial, which is designed to be used with Aptos, was launched in the beginning of October (over 40 million dollars were already onboarded) and the $PYUSD is set to be soon accessible on Aptos through LayerZero/Stargate (PYUSD0). - A major milestone in the protocol and infrastructural development was the launching of @aave V3 on Aptos (the instance from August 21, has gone through audits and Capture The Flag), the Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) was also made accessible, there have been integrations of several wallets and payment systems, and the devnet called Shelby has been launched.