August 2025 Algo Insights Report

Welcome to the latest edition of the Algo Insights Report, recapping ecosystem metrics and momentum in August 2025.  

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Algorand’s ecosystem saw rapid growth in August, with ASA creations surging 63.7%, rising from 12.59K in July to 20.6K, fueled by strong adoption in certificate tokenization.

The user base expanded as monthly active users climbed 3.9% to reach 667K, reflecting steady engagement across the network.

Real-world asset (RWA) total value locked momentum continued, underscoring Algorand’s expanding footprint in tokenized real-world assets, with total value locked surpassing the $100M milestone and increasing 6.3% month-over-month to $105.5M.

In a short-term adjustment, the Stablecoin market cap dipped as a CEX recalibrated its USDCa position, while broader ecosystem growth remained firmly intact.

Algorand tokenomics

At the end of August, ALGO’s circulating supply reached 8.73 billion, representing 87.3% of the total maximum supply. This marks a 0.46% increase from July.

Staking rewards and network fees

During the first eight months of 2025, validators received a total of 42.64M ALGO in staking rewards. The chart below highlights the monthly distribution, providing insight into both staking rewards issuance and fee-driven activity on the network.

Thank you for reading. Be sure to check out the rest of the newsletter for more updates from 
the Foundation and across the ecosystem.

– Simon Bonanno, Head of Business Intelligence

News and updates

From the Foundation

The Foundation was thrilled to announce Algorand’s 2025+ roadmap. Additional August highlights include: 

• Algorand saw significant on-chain activity in August, with Nansen reporting “signs of real demand, not just noise.”
• The Foundation explained how Algorand is best positioned to support Wall Street’s tokenization revolution, in a timely response to Paul Atkins’ “Project Crypto.”
• A new study shows that Algorand is one of the most energy-efficient blockchains, using less energy per transaction than Ethereum or Solana, even under heavy workloads.
• Messari’s Q2 report on Algorand is out, highlighting recent decentralization efforts via staking rewards and xGov.
• Marc and Bruno spoke at an Algorand Roadmap AMA on X. 
• XBTO selected as a market maker for the Foundation. 

Governance

The xGov Platform (beta) went live on the mainnet on August 1 and will soon kick-start a new era for community decisions. Voting power is derived from blocks produced, where one block produced = one vote. 

Voter enrollment is now open for addresses participating in consensus at xgov.algorand.co. 

Algorand in the news

• Altcoin Daily YouTube channel (1.6M subs) featured Algorand, with Marc and Bruno Martins (Interim CTO) discussing where Algorand is headed in 2025 and beyond.  
• Marc and Bruno Martins went live with ALLINCRYPTO to dive into the roadmap, discussing mass adoption, tokenization, stablecoins, AI agents, and more. 
• AF is moving its HQ to the US.  
• Great interview on YouTube from AJ with Marc, answering 6 community questions about Algorand.
• Marc was on stage at Rare Evo 2025 in Las Vegas to discuss how Algorand aims to achieve mass adoption.
• Staci joined the panel “DeFi-TradFi Convergence: Markets, Payments, and Privacy” during the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium (starting at 5:43:20).  
• Great chat with Marc and other leaders from the Derec Alliance during a live hosted by Generation Infinity.  
• Marc spoke with Rachel Wolfson on Web3 Deep Dive.
• CLO Jennie featured in a CryptoNews article, commenting on Algorand moving back to the US.
• Can Tokenization Unlock Sustainable Water? Cryptonews reports on Algorand and Hypercube.
  

Around the Algorand ecosystem

The ecosystem continues to gain momentum with dynamic developments across staking, DeFi, wallets, real-world assets, gaming, loyalty programs, and developer tools. 

August highlights in the Algorand ecosystem include over $400M traded on Tinyman so far in 2025. Wallet innovations featured peer-to-peer Atomic Swaps now available on Lute Wallet and fresh UI updates for Pera Wallet on iOS and Android. 

The ecosystem welcomed the Brazilian tokenization platform Casa do Token, Roblox’s integration of Algorand for on-chain transactions, and the launch of “The Tower,” an on-chain loyalty program by World Chess for over 1 million FIDE Online Arena players. 

On the developer front, Algorand partnered with Rise In and EasyA to expand Web3 education, and GoPlausible enabled linking Web2 logins directly to Algorand keys and AI agents.

The roundup below showcases more vibrant activity fueling Algorand’s growth and adoption across multiple sectors.

Staking and DeFi news

• Over $400M traded on Tinyman so far in 2025
• New UI updates for Rug Ninja
• ASA Stats launched public bundles features
• New farms at Pact, which now has 40 farms up and running
• CompX launched three new Lofty vaults

Wallets

• Four reasons the Pera Card will change the way you spend
• Lute wallet now offers peer-to-peer Atomic Swaps
• Fresh UI updates are now live for Pera Wallet on iOS and Android

RWAs

• Casa do Token, a new Brazilian tokenization platform, launched on Algorand

NFTs

• Goanna DAO acquired Rand Gallery and Shufl NFT marketplaces
• wen.tools unveiled the Really Simple Mint for novice users

Gaming

• Roblox players can now create an Algorand address, sign transactions, and send them on-chain, all directly from the game
• Poolorix, a new prediction marketplace on Algorand, is now live on testnet

Loyalty/onboarding/Web3 experiences

• World Chess officially launched “The Tower,” a fully on-chain loyalty program on Algorand for 1M+ FIDE Online Arena players, which is also Intermezzo’s very first use case

Dev spotlight, tools and infrastructure

• Summer school - Web3 education was hot in August!
  • Algorand announced a partnership with Rise In, the education platform that has helped over 130,000 developers get started in Web3
  • Algorand also announced a partnership with EasyA, a leading Web3 learning app with 1M+ users, now featuring a new module to help builders build on Algorand
  • New Algorand learning modules are launching soon on the Future Skills Prime platform by Nasscom,  India’s leading IT trade body 
    
    
• Thanks to GoPlausible, developers can now link Web2 logins (Google, X, GitHub, LinkedIn) directly to Algorand keys and AI agents
• Vera launches a tool for random results and draws!
• New episode of the “Ecosystem Spotlight” series highlighting memecoin project Monko
• Algorand GPT from GoPlausible now supports GPT-5  
• Pera brings back its project verification system

Each week, the Foundation’s Head of DeFi, Fred Estante (on X @fredestante), recaps everything happening in the ecosystem. Check out his August summaries to discover when apps are running incentives, opportunities for beta testing new apps and feature upgrades, and more: AUG 03 | AUG 10 | AUG 17 | AUG 24 | AUG 30

Dev events in August

Pizza, convo and no slides at the Algorand Crypto Meet-Up in London, Algorand Workshop #2 in Berlin, and online Intro to AlgoKit 3.0 Workshops covered Python and Typescript. Lastly, AlgoBharat’s #Road2Impact road trip in India covered 6 cities in 7 days!

News from the Algorand Accelerator

We’re excited to share that three projects from the Algorand Accelerator program are officially live.

• Cpayant – A neobank driving intra-African trade, now processing all transactions with USDCa on Algorand. With a monthly volume of $50K, Cpayant is enabling faster, borderless payments.
• W3Wallet – A gamified DeFi wallet with a growing base of 2,000+ Monthly Active Users, now supporting Folks Finance, Tinyman, and Reti pooling for native in-app DeFi functions right at your fingertips.
• AIDA – A DeFi trading app that has integrated Tinyman DEX, enabling users to trade any Algorand token seamlessly. AIDA Launchpad on Algorand will go live soon. 

What’s happening in September

Coming in September: Algoland, an exciting adventure through the Algorand ecosystem. For 13 weeks, explorers can complete quests for chances to win weekly prizes, rewards and Grand Prizes. 

The Algorand team is at events all over the globe in September. Stay up to date on upcoming conferences, hackathons, speaker events, and community meetups around the world. For the full calendar and to see what's happening in your region, visit our Events page.

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