1Inch moves to unite DeFi liquidity across 11 chains with Aqua

cointelegraphОпубліковано о 2026-07-28Востаннє оновлено о 2026-07-28

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Decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch has launched Aqua, a new protocol designed to unify liquidity across 11 blockchains, including Ethereum, Arbitrum, and BNB Chain. Unlike traditional methods, Aqua allows liquidity providers to keep assets in their own wallets while authorizing multiple automated market making strategies against a single inventory. This setup increases the advertised availability of capital across protocols but limits simultaneous trades to the actual wallet balance, reverting atomically if exceeded. Pending a governance vote, 1inch plans to incentivize adoption with 500,000 USDC and 10 million 1INCH tokens. The announcement follows recent news of co-founder Anton Bukov's departure from the company in late 2025.

Decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator 1Inch (1INCH) announced Aqua, a protocol aimed at unifying the liquidity pools of numerous markets in the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.

According to Tuesday’s announcement, Aqua allows liquidity providers to authorize several strategies against one wallet inventory, while the assets remain in the wallet until a trade settles — rather than depositing the funds to any particular liquidity pool. The protocol has been deployed on 13 blockchains including Ethereum, Arbitrum (ARB), Base, Robinhood Chain and BNB Chain (BNB).

Source: 1Inch

The protocol provides an integrated package including a generalized onchain registry, wallet-backed automated market making strategies, atomic settlement and consumer-facing position management. Liquidity becomes more widely available, as it does not have to be tied to any protocol in particular — but it also does not multiply as assets can be involved only in one operation at a time.

A user providing $10,000 of liquidity can advertise $10,000 on three protocols for a total of $30,000 — but only $10,000 of simultaneous trades can happen with those funds. The system resembles coordinated overbooking and may improve the utilization of liquidity capital if it is unlikely to be called for multiple operations simultaneously.

A 1Inch spokesperson told Cointelegraph that Aqua can be used by resolvers holding a 1Inch-issued access credential as not all protocols are supported.

The spokesperson also explained that all positions are quoted against the market maker’s live wallet balance, so after a fill the remaining position quotes against what is left. “If a swap would exceed the actual balance, it reverts atomically,” they said.

In a related development, pending tokenholder vote approval, the protocol will allocate 500,000 USD Coin (USDC) to incentives for adoption of Aqua alongside 10 million 1INCH (worth roughly $825 at the time of writing.) “The initiative is designed to accelerate liquidity growth and swap activity across supported pairs,” according to 1inch’s announcement.

Today’s announcement follows a statement earlier this month from Anton Bukov, a co-founder of 1inch, who said that he was “fired” from 1inch in November 2025 after “push[ing] for change” in the company’s management and operations.

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QWhat is the main purpose of the new 1Inch protocol named Aqua?

AThe main purpose of the Aqua protocol is to unify the liquidity pools of numerous markets in the DeFi ecosystem across multiple blockchains.

QHow does the Aqua protocol allow a user's $10,000 to be advertised as $30,000 in liquidity, and what is the limitation?

AA user can advertise their $10,000 of liquidity on three different protocols, making it appear as $30,000 available. However, only $10,000 can be used for simultaneous trades at any given time, as the assets are not multiplied and can only be involved in one operation at a time.

QOn how many blockchains has the Aqua protocol been deployed, and can you name two of them?

AThe Aqua protocol has been deployed on 13 blockchains. Two examples are Ethereum and Arbitrum (ARB).

QWhat incentives are planned to encourage adoption of the Aqua protocol, pending tokenholder approval?

APending tokenholder vote approval, the initiative plans to allocate 500,000 USD Coin (USDC) and 10 million 1INCH tokens as incentives to accelerate liquidity growth and swap activity.

QAccording to the article, what must a resolver hold to use the Aqua protocol on certain unsupported protocols?

ATo use Aqua on certain unsupported protocols, a resolver must hold a 1Inch-issued access credential.

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