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The understanding of how market makers work and how liquidity is generated helps users to make more profitable swaps and discover new opportunities in DeFi. Key takeaways: — AMMs automate crypto trading on decentralized exchanges (DEXes), removing the need for traditional buy-sell based trading. — Central to AMMs, liquidity pools are collections of funds locked in a smart contract, facilitating efficient token swaps and price determination. — In AMMs, users trade with a smart contra

Dec 6, 2022 •5 min read

Monthly digests

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1inch Monthly Digest: November 2022

The 1inch Network is happy to present you the November digest of major news and updates. Updates, news and integrations One of the recent months’ most important releases was the 1inch RabbitHole, an innovative feature that protects MetaMask users swapping on 1inch from sandwich attacks — the most common type of front-running. With this feature, transactions are sent directly to validators, rather than to the mempool where they could be attacked by sandwich bots. In a move to further improve

Dec 2, 2022 •2 min read

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DeFi Visions: Lukas Schor

In DeFi Visions, a series of video interviews, the 1inch Network talks to the most prominent people in the DeFi space. This post contains the main takeaways from a recent interview with Lukas Schor, co-founder of Safe (formerly Gnosis Safe). Lukas was first exposed to crypto in 2016 when watching Vitalik Buterin’s video about Ethereum. Then, after “meeting different people connected with crypto and observing a lot of money flowing into the market,” he decided to get involved himself. Lukas bel

Nov 30, 2022 •2 min read

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Tokenomics: studying token economics

The knowledge of tokenomics is essential for navigating cryptocurrencies, making smart investments and engaging with platforms. Key Takeaways: — Tokenomics covers the design and characteristics of cryptocurrencies, including issuance, supply, distribution, incentive mechanisms, inflation control and utility. — Supply metrics include circulating supply,total supply and max supply. — Inflation control relies on burning mechanisms that reduce total token supply. — Market capitalizat

Nov 29, 2022 •4 min read

The 1inch RabbitHole: protection from sandwich attacks

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The 1inch RabbitHole: protection from sandwich attacks

The 1inch RabbitHole feature will protect MetaMask users from sandwich attacks, one of the most common ways of extracting MEV in DeFi. The 1inch Network is thrilled to introduce the 1inch RabbitHole, a brand new feature that aims to protect MetaMask users swapping on 1inch from sandwich attacks — the most common type of front-running. Sandwich attacks explained When making swaps on decentralized exchanges, users can potentially become victims of a so-called “sandwich attack,” a way of gettin

Nov 25, 2022 •2 min read

1inch’s Black Friday promo offers with Banxa and Moonpay

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1inch’s Black Friday promo offers with Banxa and Moonpay

The promo deals will allow the 1inch Wallet’s Android users to skip processing fees when buying crypto for fiat during upcoming weeks. On the occasion of Black Friday, the 1inch Network is excited to announce a joint promotion campaign for the 1inch Wallet’s Android version with fiat-to-crypto on-ramp providers Banxa and Moonpay. Banxa enables 1inch Wallet users to buy crypto for fiat within the app. It boasts an array of global and local payment methods, from Visa/Mastercard to Google Pay, pl

Nov 25, 2022 •1 min read

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DeFi Visions: Andrey Belyakov

Here comes a new installment of DeFi Visions, a series of video interviews in which 1inch talks to the most prominent projects and personalities in DeFi. In this post, you’ll find the key takeaways from a recent interview with Andrey Belyakov, founder of Opium Protocol. Andrey Belyakov founded Opium back in 2018 as a Web3 protocol that allows for creating and trading decentralized derivatives. Opium facilitates many financial processes and enables users to make various products by adding and re

Nov 23, 2022 •2 min read