Decibel, a fully onchain perpetual exchange built on the Aptos blockchain, has listed five new markets: Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Meta (NASDAQ: META), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), and LIT. The listing enables traders to go long or short on these assets without a brokerage account, market hours, or middleman. Aptos is a high-performance layer-1 blockchain built for speed and scalability, capable of processing thousands of transactions per second with sub-second finality.
Decibel Enables After-Hours Trading on Apple Earnings
Apple reports earnings after the market closes on a Friday. The stock moves, but traditional markets stay shut until Monday morning. On Decibel, traders can react the moment the numbers drop.
That gap matters more than ever right now. Tech stocks have swung sharply in both directions over the past few months. The Nasdaq climbed 15.29% in April, its biggest monthly gain since April 2020, powered by strong earnings from Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft, according to CNBC.
The rally did not last. By June 24, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 closed lower, pulled down by concerns over stretched valuations. Micron Technology is the clearest recent example of the problem. The stock closed Wednesday down 0.3%, then beat Wall Street estimates after the bell, Reuters reported. Traditional traders had to wait until Thursday to act. On Decibel, that window does not exist.
Decibel Expands from Commodities to Major Tech Stocks
This is not Decibel's first expansion. The exchange launched gold perps in April, added silver and oil shortly after, then listed Nvidia, Tesla, Google, and Amazon in May. Adding AAPL, META, MSFT, and MSTR puts some of the world's most traded names fully onchain for the first time.
Perpetual futures, or perps, are contracts with no expiration date. They track an asset's price in real time using funding rates. On Decibel, every trade, liquidation, and margin check runs onchain on Aptos and is publicly verifiable, no closed-door order matching, no hidden fund movement.
Commodity Perpetual Markets Grew 65,463% in Q1 2026
The market Decibel is entering is growing fast. According to BitMEX's Q1 2026 Derivatives Report, weekly volume in commodity perpetual markets jumped from $38.1 million to $25 billion in a single quarter, a 65,463% increase.
Equity perps are expected to follow the same path. Decibel is building the infrastructure to be the venue where that happens, one asset class at a time.
FAQ
What did Decibel list on its platform?
Decibel listed five new perpetual markets: Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Meta (NASDAQ: META), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), and LIT. The exchange is built on the Aptos blockchain and operates fully onchain.
How did commodity perpetual markets perform in Q1 2026?
According to BitMEX's Q1 2026 Derivatives Report, weekly volume in commodity perpetual markets jumped from $38.1 million to $25 billion in a single quarter, a 65,463% increase.
