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Unchained · Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Aqua enables users to earn 3-4x more fees through leveraged looping

Sergey Nazarov discussed how Aqua can be combined with leveraged looping strategies on platforms like Aave to potentially increase fees earned by liquidity providers. He suggested that by depositing assets into Aave, borrowing against them, and then using Aqua for liquidity provision, users could amplify their returns.

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Today I built, um, out of my position, um, three, three to four times, uh, leverage, uh, with, like, uh, just same assets. Like you can deposit WTC for example in Ave. You can borrow CVC, uh, and you can deposit again.
Sergey Nazarov
And then you put, um, Aqua position on that, just on Ave tokens. Um, and all the arbitrage traders, um, and market makers who are participating in one inch network, um, after passing KYC and compliance check from a team, um, they can settle it.
Sergey Nazarov
And you made out of your 10, 10K, you could make 30 to 40K. means you could earn three to four times more fees, yeah?
Sergey Nazarov
Heard on Unchained — “Paid Partnership: How Can DeFi Fix Its Liquidity Problem? 1inch's Aqua Offers a Solution, published Tuesday, July 28, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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Aqua enables users to earn 3-4x more fees through leveraged looping — Heardvine