Aptos token gains 51% in four weeks, outpacing Bitcoin and Ether

Aptos has quietly put together one of the better months in large-cap crypto. According to The Defiant, the APT token gained 51% over four weeks, a run that left both Bitcoin and Ether trailing. The rally has a catch. Stablecoin liquidity on the Aptos network has been heading the opposite direction, which raises a fair question about what is actually fueling the move. The numbers behind the run Price trackers don’t fully agree on the size of the gain. The Defiant puts it at 51%, while other tracking reports show gains of 38.5% to 44% for the four weeks ending October 13, 2026. Whichever figure you pick, APT beat the two largest crypto assets over the same window. The token traded in a range of roughly $0.82 to $0.85 as of mid-October. Zoom in to the past seven days and the picture gets less exciting. APT’s weekly return has been nearly flat, which suggests most of the heavy lifting happened earlier in the month. The less flattering number comes from DefiLlama. The stablecoin market cap it tracks on Aptos fell approximately 17.5% over four weeks, landing at about $910 million. Stablecoins are the working capital of any blockchain economy. A shrinking pool generally means less dry pow...