Decibel launches on Aptos with $58 million in funding and integration from Stripe's Bridge
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Following a testnet phase with 700,000 accounts and $50 million in pre-deposits, Decibel has initiated mainnet trading. We are deploying an on-chain order book and a risk engine on the Aptos network.
Finance Share Share this article Copy link X icon X (Twitter) LinkedIn Facebook Email Decibel goes live on Aptos with a $58 million war chest and a secret weapon from Stripe's Bridge After a testnet with 700,000 accounts and $50 million in pre-deposits, Decibel begins mainnet trading with an onchain order book and risk engine on Aptos. By Oliver Knight | Edited by Jamie Crawley Feb 26, 2026, 2:00 p. m. Make us preferred on Google Decibel goes live on Aptos (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay/Modified by CoinDesk) What to know : Decibel recorded 700,000+ accounts, 132,000 daily users and over 1 million daily trades during its public testnet. All order matching, settlement and margin logic execute onchain via smart contracts on Aptos. More than $50 million was committed ahead of mainnet; about 40% came from Ethereum and Solana users. Decibel, a fully onchain perpetuals exchange incubated by Aptos Labs, is now live on the Aptos mainnet, the Decibel Foundation said Wednesday. The debut follows a public testnet that drew more than 700,000 unique accounts and 132,000 daily active users, according to the foundation.
