# $APTOS Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — April 18, 2025 > **Asset:** $APTOS > **Date:** 2025-04-18 (April 18, 2025) > **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/aptos/2025-04-18 > **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/aptos.md > **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md --- ## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence ### Post #1 by @moon_shiesty > **Author:** moon shiesty ([@moon_shiesty](https://x.com/moon_shiesty)) > **Metrics:** 245 likes · 192 retweets · 62 comments · 168.9K views > **Posted:** 2025-04-18T13:25:10+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/moon_shiesty/status/1913222274640912549](https://x.com/moon_shiesty/status/1913222274640912549) > **Visual Note:** Sample image description 28 > > "im proposing @Aptos AIP-119 to reduce the staking reward rate by 3% over 3 months: from ~7% to 3.79% APR the motivation for this change is simple; the current staking rate is too high this change will bring aptos base staking rewards in-line with other layer-1 blockchains and" --- *Generated by Context Pilot Social Intelligence Engine.*