Buy & Swap 1inch (1INCH)

From aggregator to intent-based swaps

1inch Swap began as a DEX aggregator: it combined liquidity from many exchanges to find users the best swap rates. The company says the principle has not changed — uniting liquidity across the ecosystem so swaps are more efficient and return better prices.

What has changed is how trades are made. 1inch now offers intent-based swaps, where you state the result you want and the system works out how to get it, and cross-chain swaps built on atomic execution — a trade either completes fully or not at all, which protects your assets in between.^{[1], [2]}

Across 18+ networks, without bridging

1inch says you can swap tokens across more than 18 networks without using a separate bridge. Its list includes Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon, Optimism, Arbitrum, Gnosis, Avalanche, zkSync Era, Base, Linea, Unichain, Sonic, Solana, Robinhood, Monad, Cronos and HyperEVM.

Skipping the bridge matters because bridging is usually the slowest, most confusing step in moving assets between chains, and one where mistakes are costly.^[3]

The scale so far

1inch reports more than $815 billion in swap volume, more than 267 million swaps and more than 28 million connected wallets. These are the company's own figures, shown on its homepage.^[4]

Protection against common traps

Public blockchains let bots see pending trades and jump ahead of them. 1inch says it protects users against front-running, sandwich attacks and asset loss with MEV protection, wallet screening and more.

It also describes wallet scanning, risk scoring and blocklists to keep users away from bad actors, and takedowns of sites that abuse the 1inch brand — a real concern, since fake copies of popular swap sites are a common way people lose funds.^{[5], [6]}

More than a swap

1inch Wallet is a mobile app to secure, swap and track tokens. 1inch Portfolio helps you manage assets, analyse profit and loss and liquidity positions, and discover staking.

The 1inch Card lets you spend tokens with Apple Pay and Google Pay, borrow against digital assets and earn crypto cashback. For companies, 1inch Business offers a Web3 API suite, from token swaps to RPC nodes. The site also lists Aqua, which it calls a shared liquidity platform.^{[7], [8], [9]}

Where it is available

1inch says its products are available in the USA directly, without a workaround or VPN, including the swap aggregator, its APIs and Aqua. Some products, features or assets may not be available in every US state.

It is also available across Europe, Asia and most other regions, except where access is restricted by sanctions or other rules. 1inch states that using a VPN to get around such restrictions is strictly prohibited.^[10]

Where 1INCH fits

The site's menu includes a Tokens page, but the homepage read for this profile does not explain what holding 1INCH does — for example, whether it is used in governance or staking. Those details are treated as UNKNOWN here rather than guessed.^[11]

Token role and supply

1INCH's uses, total supply and distribution are not stated on the homepage read for this profile. The token page requires a full browser to display. Those details are UNKNOWN from this source.^[11]