The 1inch investment fund excels at buying low and selling high.
Written by: 1912212.eth, Foresight News
The market is ever-changing, with countless well-known traders coming and going. They briefly appeared on the crypto stage, attracting attention with their massive capital and high leverage. However, in the face of significant volatility, the norm is "coming quickly and leaving quickly." James Wynn disappeared from the stage after losing tens of millions of dollars in contracts, and the insider trader @qwatio was swept out of the market by a violent rebound of their tens of millions of dollars short position. Consistent winners in the contract market are rare.
Recently, however, with the crypto market warming up and 1inch surging, the community has begun to circulate the sentiment that the 1inch team excels at secondary market spot operations. What is the truth behind this?
Mastering Buying Low and Selling High
1inch was founded in 2019 by Sergej Kunz and Anton Bukov, aiming to address the pain point of liquidity fragmentation in decentralized finance. The platform aggregates liquidity from multiple DEXs such as Uniswap and SushiSwap, ensuring users get the best exchange rates. The 1inch investment fund is managed by the team, responsible for the treasury and strategic investments, often engaging in bold operations that influence the price of the 1INCH token and market sentiment.
Since the last cycle, the 1INCH token has plummeted from $6 to around $0.3. Its own token performance has been quite dismal. However, the team has creatively played the game of buying low and selling high with their own token.
Unlike retail investors chasing speculation, the 1inch team focuses on value accumulation and opportunistic trading.
This approach has raised questions about insider advantages, but supporters argue it reflects good execution. As of July 2025, during the recovery of the crypto market, their performance has become a vivid example of resilience and timing. (0x225d3822de44e58ee935440e0c0b829c4232086e)
On July 10 at around 5 PM, the team’s investment fund purchased 4.12 million 1INCH (worth $880,000), and then transferred 2 million USDT to Binance, at which point the price of 1INCH was $0.2;
On the evening of July 11, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, the 1inch team allegedly purchased another 11.81 million 1INCH, valued at $3.3 million, at a proposed price of $0.28. Currently, this address holds 83.97 million 1INCH, with a total value of $23.72 million.
On July 13 at around 3 PM, after transferring USDT to Binance, the team again withdrew 6.334 million 1INCH. By this time, the 1inch investment fund had spent a total of $13.64 million to acquire 55.85 million 1INCH since February, with an average price of $0.244. They have made a floating profit of several million dollars.
On the evening of July 13 at around 10 PM, the team sold 904,000 1INCH at a price of $0.33, exchanging it for $298,000. However, on the same day, the team transferred 2 million USDC at around 7 PM.
Since the investment fund began buying coins on July 10, the price of 1INCH has risen from around $0.2, reaching above $0.39 on July 13, nearly doubling.
If this is just an easy game of buying low and selling high with their own token, then their bold move to buy BTC against the trend earlier this year is truly remarkable.
The 1inch team’s investment fund bought 160.8 WBTC at an average price of $88,395 between February 2 and March 10, and has since sold all of it at an average price of $94,219, making a profit of $936,000.
The red box indicates that during the panic phase of the market from February to the end of April this year, numerous market voices claimed that the bull market had ended. To increase positions at this time is indeed a testament to boldness and carefulness.
Success Comes from Execution, Not Chasing
One of the earliest well-known trades by the 1inch team can be traced back to the end of 2023, when they executed a perfect "arbitrage" operation on Uniswap's UNI token. On November 17, 2023, the 1inch investment fund sold 416,924 UNI at an average price of $5.11, exchanging it for about $2.13 million USDC. A few days later, they bought back 420,828 UNI for the same amount at a price of $5.06, slightly overbuying. Then, when the price rose, they sold all of it just 5 hours after the repurchase at $6.29, earning about $2.65 million USDC, with a net profit of about $516,000. This trade showcased their ability to leverage short-term fluctuations, turning small price movements into substantial gains.
What makes the 1inch team "good at trading"? First, their deep understanding of DeFi mechanisms allows them to identify undervalued market opportunities. Second, their counter-cyclical approach: accumulate during fear and sell during strength. This echoes the advice of traders: avoid impatience in low time frames, as noise drowns out signals. Patience triumphs over frequency. Avoid scalping small profits and focus on volatility. Impatience in low time frames can lead to failure. Diversify risks, but avoid overextending.
The 1inch team is not a group of lucky traders; they achieve buying low and selling high through data, technology, and discipline. Tracking shows that during the volatility from 2023 to 2025, they consistently profited and influenced the market. For retail investors, this serves as a reminder: success comes from execution, not chasing. In the future, their trading performance will continue to be worthy of market attention.
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