Written by: 1912212.eth, Foresight News
The market is volatile, with numerous well-known traders coming and going. They briefly attracted attention on the crypto stage with massive capital and high leverage. However, under significant market fluctuations, "quick to come, quick to go" is the norm. James Wynn disappeared from the stage after losing tens of millions of dollars in contracts, and the "insider trader @qwatio's" tens of millions of dollars in short positions were wiped out by a violent market rebound. Perpetual market champions are rare.
Recently, with the crypto market's recovery and 1INCH's surge, the community has been discussing the 1INCH team's expertise in secondary market spot trading. What is the real truth?
Mastering Low Buy, High Sell
1inch was founded in 2019 by Sergej Kunz and Anton Bukov, aiming to solve liquidity fragmentation in decentralized finance. The platform aggregates liquidity from multiple DEXs like Uniswap and SushiSwap, ensuring users get the best exchange rates. The 1INCH investment fund is managed by the team, responsible for treasury and strategic investments, often making bold moves that impact 1INCH token price and market sentiment.
The 1INCH token has been declining from $6 to around $0.3 since the last cycle. Its token performance can be described as very low. However, the team has creatively played the low buy, high sell strategy with their own token.
Unlike retail investors chasing hype, the 1inch team focuses on value accumulation and opportunistic trading.
This method has raised questions about insider advantages, but supporters see it as a demonstration of excellent execution. As of July 2025, with the crypto market's recovery, their performance is a vivid case of resilience and timing. (0x225d3822de44e58ee935440e0c0b829c4232086e)
Around 5 PM on July 10, the team's investment fund purchased 4.12 million 1INCH tokens ($880,000), then transferred 2 million USDT to Binance, with 1INCH price at $0.2;
On the evening of July 11, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, the 1inch team reportedly bought another 11.81 million 1INCH tokens worth $3.3 million at $0.28. The address now holds 83.97 million 1INCH, with a total value of $23.72 million.
Around 3 PM on July 13, the team transferred USDT to Binance and then withdrew 6.334 million 1INCH. By this time, the 1inch team investment fund had spent $13.64 million to purchase 55.85 million 1INCH since February, with an average price of $0.244, showing a profit of millions of dollars.
Around 10 PM on July 13, the team sold 904,000 1INCH tokens at $0.33, converting to $298,000. However, earlier that day around 7 PM, they transferred 2 million USDC.
Since the investment fund started buying on July 10, 1INCH price rose from around $0.2 to over $0.39 on July 13, nearly doubling.
If this is just a casual low buy, high sell of their own token, their bold counter-trend BTC purchase at the beginning of this year is even more remarkable.
The 1INCH team's investment fund bought 160.8 WBTC at an average price of $88,395 between February 2 and March 10, which they have now fully sold at an average price of $94,219, generating a profit of $936,000.
As shown in the red box, during the relatively panic-stricken market from February to April, when many market voices claimed the bull market was over, being able to add positions at this time is truly bold and meticulous.
Success Comes from Execution, Not Chasing
One of the 1inch team's earliest notable trades can be traced back to late 2023, when they executed a perfect "arbitrage" operation on the UNI token. On November 17, 2023, the 1inch investment fund sold 416,924 UNI at an average price of $5.11, converting to about $2.13 million USDC. A few days later, they bought back 420,828 UNI at $5.06, slightly more than before. Subsequently, when the price rose, they sold all tokens within 5 hours at $6.29, obtaining about $2.65 million USDC, with a net profit of about $516,000. This trade demonstrated their ability to leverage short-term fluctuations into significant gains.
Why is the 1inch team "good at trading"? First, their deep understanding of DeFi mechanisms helps them identify market value troughs. Second, their counter-cyclical approach: accumulating during fear, selling during strength. This echoes traders' advice: avoid impatience in low time frames, don't let noise drown out signals. Patience trumps frequency. Avoid scalping small profits, focus on volatility. Impatience in low time frames leads to failure. Diversify risks, but avoid over-diversification.
The 1inch team is not a lucky master, but achieves low buy, high sell through data, technology, and discipline. Tracking shows continuous profits and market influence during 2023-2025 volatility. For retail investors, this reminds us: success comes from execution, not chasing. In the future, their trading performance remains worth market attention.
