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ARIQO makes its Bangkok debut at SEABW, drawing industry attention

SponsoredPublishedMay 25, 2026

Introduction to ARIQO and its Debut in Bangkok

On May 21, ARIQO, an on-chain financial platform, made its first public appearance at Southeast Asia Blockchain Week (SEABW) in Bangkok. This event marked a significant milestone for the platform, as it drew attention from industry leaders and sparked meaningful conversations about the future of DeFi.

ARIQO co-founder Emanuel Escobar Duro spoke with teams from various organizations, discussing the shifting role of DeFi platforms and the trajectory of institutional RWA adoption. The discussion highlighted the growing demand for tokenized real-world assets and the need for infrastructure to support their trading and management on-chain.

Private Networking Event and Industry Insights

That evening, ARIQO hosted a private networking event, Alpha After Dark: Where Liquidity Meets Opportunity, co-hosted by Canton Foundation, Viva Republica (Toss), BitGo, Bitkub Exchange, and BLOCKSTREET. The event brought together institutional investors, liquidity providers, and protocol teams to discuss key challenges in the industry.

The conversations centered on the structural gap in the RWA market, the liquidity bootstrap problem, and the conditions for institutional capital to move into the DeFi layer. Attendees shared candid views on these topics, and the discussion carried significant weight in the industry.

ARIQO’s Three-Phase Financial Infrastructure Strategy

ARIQO defines itself as a three-phase financial infrastructure strategy, focusing on building revenue-generating infrastructure before launching its token. The team’s principle is “Capital first. Flow second. Native market last.”

The first phase, the Vault, is set to launch in Q3 this year, offering multiple stablecoin vaults with distinct risk-return profiles. The second phase, the Terminal, is a trade-aggregation layer that optimizes rebates across exchanges. The final phase is the native RWA Perp DEX, an orderbook-based perpetuals exchange that launches after the Vault and Terminal are live.

Conclusion and Next Steps

ARIQO’s debut in Bangkok marked a significant step forward for the platform, and its three-phase strategy has the potential to address key challenges in the DeFi industry. With the Q3 Vault launch approaching, ARIQO is poised to make a meaningful impact in the world of on-chain financial platforms.

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The first phase is the Vault, set to launch in Q3 this year. It runs multiple stablecoin vaults with distinct risk-return profiles, and the TVL gathered here becomes the capital base for every phase that follows. The aim at this stage is not to win an APY race, but to establish ARIQO first as a platform that manages capital reliably.

The second is the Terminal, a trade-aggregation layer that sits on top of existing exchanges. Users keep trading on Binance, OKX, and the venues they already use; by connecting through ARIQO’s interface, rebates are optimized across exchanges and can be automatically reinvested into the Vault. At this stage, ARIQO absorbs external trading flow into its own layer without building a new exchange.

The last is the native RWA Perp DEX. An orderbook-based perpetuals exchange covering crypto, commodities, indices, and synthetic real-world assets, it launches at a point when TVL from the Vault and a trader base from the Terminal already exist — a design that structurally sidesteps the cold start problem, the hardest part of any DEX launch. Fee revenue at this stage flows into $AQV buybacks and back to the Vault, closing the full loop.

The $AQV TGE is scheduled for the second half of this year, after the Vault and Terminal are live. CTO Julius Nielsen, who leads technical implementation, and CSO Daniel J. Aldridge, who handles operational strategy, round out the team alongside co-founders Jin Tang (COO) and Emanuel Escobar Duro (CBO).

The Q3 Vault launch marks the first step of this strategy. Official information and the waitlist are available at ariqo.com, with updates on @ARIQO_X.

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