Product
Why now
The timing factors that make cross-chain shared liquidity practical and necessary.
The "idle capital" gap is massive
In today's DEX market, liquidity can look abundant while still being inefficiently deployed. The core opportunity is capital efficiency: making existing LP capital work harder.
Cross-chain activity is already real
Cross-chain trading volume is meaningful and growing, but most infrastructure focuses on moving messages and tokens, not improving how LP capital is coordinated across chains.
The enabling primitives are mature
Three trends make Aqua0 possible now:
- Virtual liquidity is validated: 1inch Aqua demonstrates virtual balance accounting as a foundation for shared liquidity.
- Cross-chain coordination is production-grade: modern cross-chain messaging networks enable reliable coordination across many ecosystems.
- Users demand multi-chain UX: the market is fragmenting (L1s/L2s), and users want results without operational complexity.
The wedge
We start where efficiency gains are easiest to measure (e.g., deep, high-frequency pairs), expand supported chains and strategies, and grow into a shared liquidity layer developers can build on.