DeFi's Structural Evolution: New Protocols Rise as Old Projects Fold

1Inch launched Aqua, a shared liquidity layer that lets providers deploy capital across 13 EVM chains without depositing funds into individual pools. The protocol already supports Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Robinhood Chain, and BNB Chain, with a pending token vote to allocate 500,000 USDC and 10 million 1INCH ($830,000) in incentives. This is DeFi's answer to fragmented liquidity—effectively a coordinated overbooking system where assets stay in your wallet until...