Aptos has proposed a native Encrypted Mempool system to enhance transaction privacy and combat frontrunning and censorship on its blockchain. If approved, this would make Aptos the first Layer 1 blockchain to offer encrypted transaction submission at the protocol level. The system aims to protect users from orderflow manipulation by allowing encrypted transactions that become visible only after block confirmation. The proposal comes amid growing decentralized exchange activity, with DEX spot trading volumes averaging $476 billion monthly in Q3 2025. Aptos's system uses threshold cryptography to encrypt transactions, reducing communication and computation overhead through a batched decryption scheme. This approach minimizes latency and prevents replay attacks, integrating seamlessly into the network's consensus protocol. APT, Aptos's native token, has seen a price increase from $0.82 in mid-April to nearly $1.10 by mid-May, despite a recent 2% decline.