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Liquidity Aggregation: How DEX Aggregators Find You the Best Price

Understand how DEX aggregators work to split and route trades across multiple liquidity sources.

What Is Liquidity Aggregation?

DEX aggregators search across multiple decentralized exchanges simultaneously to find the best price for your trade. Instead of manually checking Uniswap, SushiSwap, Curve, and others, an aggregator does this automatically.

How It Works

  • You request a swap (e.g., 10 ETH to USDC)
  • The aggregator queries all available DEXs
  • It calculates the optimal route — potentially splitting across multiple pools
  • You execute a single transaction that handles all routing

    • Benefits

    • Better prices: Optimal routing across all liquidity sources
    • Split routing: Large trades can be split across pools to minimize slippage
    • Time savings: No manual comparison shopping needed

    Cross-Chain Aggregation

    Alkizen takes aggregation to the next level by searching across 75+ chains. The best price for your trade might involve liquidity on a different chain entirely — and Alkizen handles the cross-chain execution seamlessly.

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