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10/01/2025

Aptos Partners with Trump Family's WLFI to Launch USD1 Stablecoin

On October 6th, Aptos will officially launch the USD1 stablecoin in partnership with World Liberty Financial (WLFI) — a decentralized finance project tied to the Trump family — with the goal of directly competing with Tron in the stablecoin space. At the TOKEN2049 conference in Singapore, Aptos CEO Avery Ching said the two sides had been in discussions for some time and that WLFI views Aptos as "one of the best technology partners" it could work with. According to him, WLFI's first move is to issue a stablecoin whose yield is passed back to users.

Aptos Partners with Trump Family's WLFI to Launch USD1 Stablecoin

On October 6th, Aptos will officially launch the USD1 stablecoin in partnership with World Liberty Financial (WLFI) — a decentralized finance project tied to the Trump family — with the goal of directly competing with Tron in the stablecoin space.

At the TOKEN2049 conference in Singapore, Aptos CEO Avery Ching said the two sides had been in discussions for some time and that WLFI views Aptos as "one of the best technology partners" it could work with. According to him, WLFI's first move is to issue a stablecoin whose yield is passed back to users.

USD1 Launches on Aptos

The USD1 stablecoin will be deployed on the Aptos network on October 6th, with immediate support from the DeFi ecosystem. Major protocols including Echelon, Hyperion, Thala, and Tapp, along with wallets and exchanges such as Petra, Backpack, OKX, Gate Wallet, OneKey, Bitget Wallet, and Nightly will integrate liquidity and incentives for USD1 from day one.

Ching emphasized that WLFI chose Aptos for its transaction costs of "just a fraction of a cent" and processing speeds of "under half a second" — faster than most blockchains today.

Competing with Tron

The stablecoin market is currently dominated by Ethereum ($94.8B) and Tron ($78.6B). By comparison, Aptos has only around $1.3B in USDT in circulation, representing just 0.35% of stablecoin market share, according to data from RWA.xyz.

USD1 currently has a market cap of $2.68B, predominantly on BNB Chain. The Aptos launch is expected to shift significant liquidity and expand the blockchain's market footprint.

Aptos Ecosystem Expands

Alongside USD1, Aptos also announced two new products:

  • Decibel — a high-performance decentralized exchange focused on stablecoins, perpetuals, and spot trading, with a mainnet launch expected later this year.
  • Shelby — a decentralized storage system built in partnership with Jump Crypto, serving social data and AI training workloads, with a planned launch in 2026.

Avery Ching previously led Meta's Diem project before co-founding Aptos. The blockchain has backing from major funds including FTX Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Apollo, Franklin Templeton, and Circle Ventures.

Conclusion

By partnering with WLFI and deploying the USD1 stablecoin, Aptos is making a major bet in the global stablecoin race. If successful, Aptos could gradually close the gap with Ethereum and Tron while cementing its place in an increasingly competitive DeFi landscape.