Sui in 60 Seconds, Oct. 19: Cetus Raises Top Bug Bounty to $1 Million, Aftermath Lists BAT Perpetuals

SuiWire's daily recap of the Sui ecosystem for Monday, October 19, 2026, covering roughly the past 24 hours. Market figures were pulled at 5:06 p.m. PT (00:06 UTC on October 20).

Markets: DEX volume climbs to about $22 million as TVL holds near $487 million

DefiLlama data shows total value locked on Sui at about $486.8 million, down about 0.6% from about $489.5 million a day earlier. Decentralized exchange volume on Sui came to about $22.2 million on October 19, up about 23% from about $18.1 million the previous day. Cetus CLMM was the largest venue at about $8.1 million, followed by DeepBook V3 at about $4.8 million and Bluefin Spot at about $4.7 million.

CoinGecko listed SUI at $0.997, up 0.2% over 24 hours.

Cetus raises its top bug bounty to $1 million on HackenProof

Cetus said it is expanding its smart contract bug bounty program on HackenProof, with a significantly larger reward budget, Critical findings now eligible for up to $1 million and a broader program scope. HackenProof listed the reward tiers as $30,000 to $1,000,000 for Critical findings, $3,000 to $30,000 for High, $100 to $1,000 for Medium and $10 to $100 for Low.

According to the program page, a Critical reward is up to 10% of the TVL of the directly affected pool or contract, capped at $1 million, and a finding counts as Critical only if it is directly exploitable, does not depend on additional conditions and can lead to a direct loss of user funds. Submissions require KYC and a proof of concept.

Aftermath lists a BAT perpetuals market with up to 3x leverage

Aftermath, the Sui-based trading platform, said traders can now go long or short Basic Attention Token (BAT), an Ethereum token, with up to 3x leverage. Aftermath's announcement identified the token by its Ethereum contract address, which Etherscan lists as BAT, and its market specifications list the new market as BAT/USD:USDC, a USDC-margined perpetual with isolated margin, priced by a Pyth BAT oracle.

CONSO teams up with n1stake on its reputation network

CONSO and n1stake announced a collaboration under which n1stake is providing validator infrastructure, staking analytics and tools for the CONSO Reputation Network. The companies said the collaboration strengthens the infrastructure behind CONSO BOTS and what they describe as a global network of mobile nodes. n1stake runs validators and operators for Sui, Walrus and Ika, among other networks. As SuiWire reported, the countdown on CONSO's eligibility site for the 5,555-supply CONSO BOTS free mint pointed to October 22 at 5 p.m. PT (00:00 UTC October 23). CONSO has not confirmed the time in an announcement.

Also on SuiWire

• Sui in 60 Seconds, Oct. 17: Credentials Paper Highlighted by Mysten's Kostas Chalkias Accepted at ASIACRYPT, CONSO Highlights Impressions Path
• CONSO Opens Eligibility Checker for 5,555 Free-Mint CONSO BOTS on Sui
• Events: Walrus builder AMA with Omura co-founders Sourabh Chawla and Aditya Berry, Oct. 21

SuiWire publishes this recap every day. Figures from data trackers change throughout the day and may differ from those shown at the time of reading.