A year dev-time for such a project is not long and we try to be faster, but software is just software. The most important thing will be to build up the community. Together we can build it faster. Join our testnet and mine a few coins!
By the way, æternity (pre)tokens will be tradable immedeatly via a smart contract on Ethereum! Traders will trade.
Also looking for exchange partners, to partner up for the decentralized asset exchange smart contracts, which will make batch trading finally trustless.
Check out the whitepaper because what they wish to develop is a large task:
https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/8a476e2a-e859-4e5b-8d37-a21c88b1cf93/aeternity-trustless-decentralized%20(53).pdf