MAX Exchange Adds Native Aptos USDT Trading Pair Against Taiwan Dollar

Bitcoin Insider reports that MAX Exchange, a Taiwan-based platform, added native support for Tether's USDT on the Aptos blockchain, citing CryptoBriefing and The Cryptonomist as its sources. The pair lets users convert Aptos-native USDT directly into New Taiwan Dollars, removing the need to bridge or convert across networks before reaching a TWD pair. Bitcoin Insider frames native issuance, as opposed to wrapped or bridged versions, as carrying lower counterparty risk and simpler custody, and describes the pair as an extension of MAX Exchange's existing fiat on-ramp and off-ramp menu. The report does not give a launch date for the pair, trading volumes, or any MAX Exchange statement confirming the listing, and its own citation chain points to two other outlets rather than to primary reporting. Aptos is described as a layer-1 chain built on the Move language, developed at Meta before the project's spinout and aimed at payments and institutional use; the article notes Taiwan runs a distinct regulatory approach but the passage is cut off before saying what it is.