Written by: 1912212.eth, Foresight News
The market is ever-changing, with countless famous traders coming and going. They briefly stepped onto the crypto stage, attracting attention with massive capital and high leverage. However, in the face of significant volatility, it has become the norm that “what comes quickly goes quickly.” James Wynn disappeared from the stage after losing tens of millions of dollars on contracts, and the tens of millions of dollars short position of insider trader @qwatio was violently swept out by the market rebound. Consistent winners in the contract market are not common.
However, recently due to the recovery of the crypto market and the surge of 1inch, there have been sighs in the community about the 1inch team’s expertise in secondary market spot operations. What is the truth of the matter?
Mastering Buy Low, Sell High
1inch was founded in 2019 by Sergej Kunz and Anton Bukov, aiming to address the pain points of liquidity fragmentation in decentralized finance. The platform aggregates liquidity from multiple DEXs such as Uniswap and SushiSwap, ensuring users receive the best exchange rates. The 1inch investment fund is managed by the team, responsible for the treasury and strategic investments, often making bold moves that affect the price of the 1INCH token and market sentiment.
Since the last cycle, the 1INCH token has fallen from 6 dollars to around 0.3 dollars now. Its own token performance can be described as very sluggish. However, its team has managed to creatively play the game of buying low and selling high with their own token.
Unlike retail investors who chase speculation, the 1inch team focuses on value accumulation and opportunistic trading.
This method has raised doubts about insider advantages, but supporters believe it reflects good execution. As of July 2025, amid the recovery of the crypto market, their performance has become a vivid example of resilience and timing. (0x225d3822de44e58ee935440e0c0b829c4232086e)
On July 10th at around 5 PM, the team investment fund purchased 4.12 million 1INCH (worth 880,000 USD), and then transferred 2 million USDT to Binance, at which point the price of 1INCH was 0.2 USD.
On the evening of July 11, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi’s monitoring, the 1inch team allegedly purchased 11.81 million 1INCH again, worth 3.3 million dollars, at a proposed price of 0.28 dollars. Currently, this address holds 83.97 million 1INCH, with a total value of 23.72 million dollars.
On July 13, around 3 PM, the team transferred USDT to Binance and then withdrew 6.334 million 1INCH again. As of this time, the 1inch team’s investment fund has spent a total of 13.64 million USD to acquire 55.85 million 1INCH since February, with an average price of 0.244 USD. A floating profit of several million USD.
On the evening of July 13th at around 10 PM, their team sold 904,000 1INCH at a price of $0.33, exchanging it for $298,000. However, on the same day, their team transferred in 2 million USDC at around 7 PM.
Since July 10, when investment funds started buying coins, the price of 1INCH has risen from around 0.2 dollars, reaching above 0.39 dollars on July 13, nearly doubling in increase.
If this is just an easy buy low and sell high for one’s own tokens, then daring to buy BTC against the trend at the beginning of this year is truly astonishing.
The 1INCH team investment fund sold all 160.8 WBTC bought at an average price of $88,395 from February 2 to March 10, achieving an average selling price of $94,219, resulting in a profit of $936,000.
The red box indicates that from February to the end of April this year, the market was in a state of panic, with countless market voices claiming that the bull market had ended. To be able to add positions at this time is indeed a sign of boldness and carefulness.
Success comes from execution, not from chasing.
One of the earliest well-known trades by the 1inch team dates 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, receiving approximately $2.13 million USDC in return. A few days later, they bought back 420,828 UNI for the same amount at a price of $5.06, slightly overshooting. Subsequently, when the price rose, they sold all of it for $6.29 just 5 hours after the buyback, earning approximately $2.65 million USDC, with a net profit of about $516,000. This trade demonstrates their ability to capitalize on short-term fluctuations, turning small price movements into substantial gains.
Where does the “trading prowess” of the 1inch team lie? Firstly, their profound understanding of DeFi mechanisms allows them to identify undervalued market opportunities. Secondly, they employ a counter-cyclical approach: accumulate during fear and sell during strength. This echoes the advice of traders: avoid impatience in low time frames, as noise can drown out signals. Patience wins over frequency. Avoid scalping for small profits and focus on volatility. Impatience in low time frames can easily lead to failure. Diversify risks, but avoid overexposure.
The 1inch team is not a group of lucky experts; rather, they achieve buying low and selling high through data, technology, and discipline. Tracking shows that during the fluctuations from 2023 to 2025, they continue to profit and influence the market. For retail investors, this serves as a reminder: success comes from execution, not chasing. In the future, their trading performance will still be very worthy of market attention.
