1inch has announced the integration of the Unichain network. The goal is to offer more opportunities for secure swaps at the highest rates, and to mark another step forward in the objective of unifying DeFi.
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1inch is the leading DeFi aggregator.
It is a decentralized platform that aims to accelerate the spread of permissionless crypto trading.
Efficient and low-cost token exchange offer, so much so that it has reached 23 million users and a daily trading volume of 1 billion dollars.
It also features various tools, including a self-custodial wallet, a portfolio tracker for managing digital assets, a developer portal, and a debit card to spend your crypto in a simplified manner.
Its mission is to simplify DeFi for everyone, making the user experience as simple as possible.
Unichain
Unichain is the DeFi chain of Uniswap.
It is a chain specifically developed for DeFi, and to provide almost immediate transactions at low cost.
This is a Layer-2 on Ethereum that uses optimistic rollup technology to offer faster and cheaper transactions, while maintaining full compatibility with the Ethereum ecosystem.
Its development has been focused on efficiency, and this is how they managed to achieve high speed and low fees.
It was launched in December 2024, and it has already reached a DeFi TVL of almost 850 million dollars.
The DEX Uniswap, on the other hand, was launched as far back as 2018, although its usage only took off in the second half of 2020. It has a TVL of almost 4.8 billion dollars and is one of the main DEX in circulation.
Certainly among the major DEX, it is the most historical, and it is also the one that over time has had the highest trading volumes, although in certain periods from this point of view it is surpassed by other DEX.
The integration of 1inch for Unichain
1inch has a DeFi TVL exceeding 4 billion dollars, and supports more than 12 different chains, including obviously Ethereum, but also Arbitrum, Base, and BNB.
Now among these there is also Unichain, accessible through the dApp of 1inch, 1inch Wallet, and the APIs of 1inch.
The integration allows swaps at the highest rates across multiple chains, double MEV protection, access to high liquidity, and more.
Thanks to this integration, 1inch can offer some advantages, including high swap rates, on-chain and cross-chain, fast and efficient transactions with sub-blocks of 200 ms and optimistic rollup, double MEV protection, full support for 1inch Wallet and 1inch API, real-time visibility of Uniswap balances with 1inch Portfolio.
Now on 1inch, you can exchange Unichain tokens directly on the network or move liquidity between Unichain and other EVM-compatible chains. You can also securely store and monitor Unichain assets with 1inch Wallet and 1inch Portfolio.
All balances and positions of Uniswap are now automatically displayed on the 1inch Portfolio dashboard, providing users with a complete overview of their assets in one place.
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Unichain in particular has recorded large volumes of stablecoin trading.
In fact, from March to June 2025, the total market capitalization of the stablecoins present on Unichain rose to 344.2 million dollars, with over 51% issued natively on the network.
Finally, the integration extends to the 1inch developer portal, where developers and partners can now access Unichain through the 1inch APIs, including Swap (Fusion, Fusion+, Classic Swap, Orderbook), Balance, Spot Price, and History.
The protocols supported on Unichain via 1inch are WETH, Uniswap V2, Uniswap V3, and Uniswap V4.
The co-founder of 1inch, Sergej Kunz, stated:
“Unichain fits perfectly with our vision of a fully integrated cross-chain DeFi. With almost instant swaps, native MEV protection, and the deep liquidity of Unichain, now accessible via 1inch, we are expanding the boundaries of multi-chain trading. We offer users the best execution across all ecosystems, all in one convenient platform”.
