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Podcast: Unchained
Episode: Aptos Is Betting Big on Transparency After Crypto’s Black Friday, Says CEO
Description: Last Friday, billions evaporated in a liquidation cascade—and nobody knows exactly what happened because centralized exchanges won't share the data.
In this sponsored episode recorded at Aptos' NYC event, Aptos CEO Avery Ching says if their Decibel perpetual exchange had been live, traders would have seen every order, every spread change, every liquidation in real-time onchain. But while critics argue existing perp DEXs like Hyperliquid are already decentralized, Ching says most still match orders off-chain in black boxes.
Avery explains why Decibel (launching Q1 2026) will be different, how 500 million Indian users are coming to cr...