1inch Unveils Aqua, Cross-Chain Liquidity Layer for DeFi

1inch has launched Aqua, a shared liquidity layer protocol that allows providers to allocate virtual balances from a single wallet across multiple DeFi strategies without locking their tokens. The protocol now spans roughly 13 EVM-compatible blockchains, including Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, and Avalanche.

Aqua uses a registry-based architecture where virtual balances are tracked per liquidity maker, per application, per strategy hash, and per token. This allows for flexibility through what 1inch calls