Aptos Launches Confidential APT, Token Surges 22 Percent
Aptos (APT)
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Eugene Serbin
startupfortune.com reports that Aptos has enabled Confidential APT on its mainnet, allowing users to hide transfer amounts while keeping addresses visible. The Aptos Foundation announced the rollout on September 18, 2026, utilizing Twisted ElGamal encryption and zero-knowledge proofs to validate transfers without revealing values. This feature targets businesses needing privacy from competitors and scrapers while retaining the ability to disclose data for audits or settlements.
Governance cleared the path with Proposal 188, which passed with 302,664,096 APT in favor and only 125 against. The market reacted sharply, with CoinMarketCap data showing a 22.53% price increase following the launch. Blockchain.News tracked APT pressing against its upper Bollinger Band near $0.70 before momentum pushed it toward $0.73 to $0.77.
The move brought traders back to a token that had been grinding below $1 for much of the year. Aptos aims to solve the awkwardness of public ledgers for payroll and treasury operations without the regulatory baggage of full anonymity. The feature represents a shift from slogans to product design, offering selective visibility for conservative business users.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for APT, measured when this story was written up on 21 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
APT trades at $0.7400 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 43.9%, indicating short-term selling pressure relative to the 24-hour average of 48.3%. The 4-hour buy ratio stands at 53.6%, suggesting a temporary influx of buyers that has since faded into the broader daily trend. Volume Delta shows -$73,730 over the last hour, contrasting with a positive $111,028 over four hours, which signals that immediate buying momentum is weakening. Over 24 hours, the Volume Delta is -$390,592, confirming that sellers have dominated the recent flow. CVD closed at -$444,816, meaning net selling volume exceeded net buying volume across the day. Spot volume reached $12,379,667 across 58,369 trades, with net buying occurring in only 11 of the 24 hours.
The latest daily buy ratio of 50.0% sits at the 59th percentile of the last 323 days, against a median of 49.3% - ordinary for this coin.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for APT, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, APT saw a 25.9% price increase, driven by three days of net buying out of seven. The 7-day average buy ratio was 49.9%, which is 1.5 points higher than the latest day’s reading, indicating a slight cooling of sentiment. Volume was 0.93x the average, showing that trading activity was slightly below typical levels despite the price surge. Total Volume Delta for the week was -$747,866, reflecting sustained net selling pressure even as prices rose. This suggests that the recent rally may have been fueled by spot buying that was gradually offset by larger sell orders over time.