The protocol’s front end is expected to be released to the public in Q1 2026.
Earlier today, decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator 1inch unveiled early developer access to Aqua, a shared liquidity platform meant to optimize yield and swap strategies across decentralized finance (DeFi).
Aqua is expected to open to the public in Q1 2026, but beginning today, developers can access Aqua’s GitHub to experiment with the platform and its software development kit (SDK) and contribute to Aqua to earn bounty prizes.
Aqua is offering bounties of up to $100,000 for contributions and bug discovery bounties ahead of the front-end release.
Through Aqua, wallets and externally owned accounts (EOAs) are utilized as self-custodial automated market makers (AMMs) that apply multiple strategies to the same assets, according to a release shared with The Defiant.
With each account executing its own strategy, users can implement their own rules and conditions and are not as restricted in how they allocate their capital.
1inch touts Aqua as a future leader in ecosystem liquidity and capital efficiency, enabling different strategies to access the same tokens, so liquidity providers (LPs) do not need to split or lock funds across different pools and chains. The move may also significantly improve liquidity for smaller projects, which are often at a major disadvantage when competing with legacy DeFi on swap rates.
“Aqua solves liquidity fragmentation for market makers by multiplying effective capital. From now on, the only limit to your capital efficiency is your strategy,” said Anton Bukov, co-founder of 1inch.
“Building AMM strategies for Aqua is the hottest opportunity in DeFi today. It’s time to help liquidity providers unleash their potential,” he concluded.
Source: https://thedefiant.io/news/defi/1inch-launches-developer-access-to-aqua-liquidity-protocol
