
Security firm OpenZeppelin audited 1inch's SwapVM execution engine, the Aqua router, and the live pegged-swap and concentrated-liquidity instructions. In the audited flow, Aqua prices a fill onchain, the provider signs the instructions, and SwapVM runs them at execution.

1inch announced the five teams that took home prizes for building on Aqua during ETHGlobal Tokyo 2026. First place ($2,500) went to OddsFlow, which lets users bet on any prediction market with one balance, spent only when someone takes the other side. took second (); the other winning teams and prize details were not fully disclosed in the announcement.
1inch has extended its Aqua integration through the 1inch MCP so users can manage positions entirely within an AI agent chat. Through agents in Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor, a user can now open and close Aqua positions in place — the agent sends the pair, range, and opening price, and the user signs if they agree, with create-with-preview before the wallet signs — without leaving the chat to open a browser tab. The same in-agent flow now also answers balance and margin queries: asking about current Aqua margin returns wallet balance, open positions, quoted liquidity, and fees. The addition removes the prior need to exit the AI ecosystem to interact with Aqua.
Ondo's Intelligent Portfolios are now live on the 1inch dApp, letting users swap into a whole portfolio in one trade across Ethereum and BNB Chain. The listings map to three BlackRock-powered institutional strategies — High Income, Diversified Growth, and High Growth — issued as BLKHIon, BLKDIGon, and BLKGRWon.
1inch touted self-custody and deep liquidity with the listing, continuing its rollout of Ondo-issued tokenized products through its routing.
1inch has announced a partnership with Shift DeFi, a project linked to tokenized securities onchain. No specific integration, assets, or rollout details were disclosed in the announcement.
1inch now lets users act as liquidity providers for tokenized stocks on Aqua, pairing USDG (the stablecoin on Robinhood Crypto's chain) with a stock like AAPL directly from their wallet. The setup needs no pool and no lockup — positions draw on shared liquidity.
The announcement is part of the same trend already live across 1inch, where tokenized equity (SHEINx, TSLAon, NVDAx, AI DTFs) is routable on the swap side; this extends coverage to the liquidity-provision side of Aqua.
1inch is working with security firm Nethermind Security, which audited the Aqua accounting behind the protocol's "liquidity stays in the maker's wallet until a swap uses it" flow, along with the concentrated-liquidity math and fee rounding. 1inch stressed the review is one of eight independent Aqua and SwapVM audits, all of which it says are public. The announcement follows 1inch's continued emphasis on audit work across its swap stack.
The US SEC has issued a temporary, conditional exemption permitting onchain trading of tokenized US stocks. 1inch flagged the move as the start of 24/7 markets, global access, faster settlement, and programmable assets, framing the event as a step toward moving the securities market onchain.
1inch users can now swap USDC on Ethereum for the tokenized NVDAx share of NVIDIA on BNB Chain — a cross-chain trade completed in a single swap that lands directly in the wallet. The listing lets users access tokenized NVIDIA equity without leaving 1inch's swap routing or bridging manually.

Arc is live across the full 1inch stack, now including every 1inch API supporting the chain from day one. Arc is a new EVM Layer 1 built for stablecoin finance, and builders on it get the full toolset straight out of the gate.
The US SEC issued a temporary, conditional exemption allowing onchain trading of tokenized US stocks; 1inch announced it as opening 24/7 global markets for tokenized equities.
1inch deployed intent-based swaps, MEV protection, native USDC via CCTP, and Aqua on Monad, going live with the full product stack from day one.
1inch enables native decentralized cross-chain swaps between Solana and 12+ EVM networks without bridges or messaging protocols.
1inch Swap becomes available on the Solana blockchain, opening access to over 1 million tokens and adding six developer APIs.
An attacker exploits a vulnerability in the deprecated Fusion v1 smart contract, stealing $5 million from resolvers; funds are later recovered via a bug bounty negotiation.
Fusion introduces intent-based swaps that eliminate gas fees for users, protect against MEV, and use a resolver network.
1inch raises $175 million in a private token sale led by Amber Group, valuing the project at $2.25 billion.
The protocol enables gas-efficient, flexible limit orders with dynamic pricing and conditional execution, replacing the 0x-based solution.
1inch releases a non-custodial mobile wallet for managing digital assets and performing swaps on iOS.
Version 3 reduces gas fees through assembly code optimization and sets the protocol version to v3 by default.
The 1INCH governance and utility token is introduced, and the 1inch DAO is formed to oversee protocol governance.
1inch closes a $12 million funding round led by Pantera Capital, with participation from ParaFi Capital and Nima Capital.
Version 2 introduces Pathfinder, an API with a new discovery and routing algorithm for better swap rates and faster execution.
1inch raises $2.8 million in a seed round led by Binance Labs, with participation from Galaxy Digital, FTX, and others.
1inch was founded at the ETHGlobal New York hackathon, releasing the first version of its DEX aggregation protocol.