Top 5 gainers of the week (December 15-22): RTX, H, SDEX, BEAT, APTM

During the past week, in which Bitcoin’s price fluctuated between a top above $90,000 and lows at $84,000, other digital assets recorded significant price gains. Some of the tokens even reached new ATHs.

Top 5 Gainers of the Last 7 Days

1. RateX (RTX)

RTX recorded a price surge of over 128% in the past seven days. RTX debuted a price surge from $1.29 on December 19, hitting an ATH at $4.47 on December 22.

At the moment of writing this article, RTX is trading at $3.9 with a market cap of over $65 million.

RateX claims to be the world’s first leveraged yield exchange and launched its token RTX on December 19. On the same day, RTX/USD1 launched on Aster perps DEX, and three days after the event, the token surged by 60% and recorded over $100 million in spot volume, according to an official announcement made by the team behind the project via X.

2. Humanity Protocol (H)

H surged by over 117% in the past seven days. The digital asset debuted a notable surge from $0.06 levels on December 17, reaching a top above $0.148 on December 21.

At the moment of writing this article, H is trading above $0.145 with a market cap of over $320 million.

The project promises to build humanity’s standard of trust and on December 19, the team behind the project quoted Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin, saying that an important and underrated form of trustlessness is increasing the number of people who can actually understand the whole protocol completely. Humanity Protocol highlighted that it has been building trust via complexity, but now it’s time to build human-first.

3. SmarDex (SDEX)

SDEX surged by 108% in the past seven days. The digital asset’s market cap spiked on December 16 from over $21,8 million, hitting a top above $72 million on December 17.

At the moment of writing this article, SDEX is trading above $0.0049 with a market cap of over $46 million.

SmarDex, which says it’s the world’s only fully decentralized perps exchange, highlighted on December 17 that for the first time in finance, DeFi and beyond, “one piece of tech will handle Everything.”

4. Audiera (BEAT)

BEAT surged by over 70% in the past seven days. The digital asset debuted a notable price surge from $1.69 on December 19, reaching a new ATH at $4.93 on December 22.

At the moment of writing this article, BEAT is trading at $4.75 with a market cap of over $763 million.

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5. Apertum (APTM)

APTM surged by over 68% in the past seven days. The digital asset debuted a price surge from $0.48 on December 16, topping $0.83 on December 20.

At the moment of writing this article, APTM is trading above $0.81 with a market cap of over $55 million.

Apertum is a next-generation L1 built on Avalanche, and the DAO-driven ecosystem enables the launch of smart contracts with a deflationary model. On December 19, the project won the Best L1 Blockchain Network at the Crypto.news awards, gaining recognition for its contributions to DeFi.

We recently revealed that Josip Heit, Senior Strategy Advisor at Apertum, has officially announced a strategic expansion initiative to strengthen the blockchain’s position as a decentralized L1 built for accessibility, transparency, and long-term adoption.