1inch relaunches DeFi Academy

DeFi shouldn’t feel scary or complicated. The updated 1inch DeFi Academy helps you understand key concepts, make better decisions and move through DeFi with more confidence.

Maybe you’re totally new to DeFi. Maybe you’ve already made a few swaps, provided liquidity or tried to understand where yield comes from.

Either way, DeFi can quickly become overwhelming. Decentralized finance, slippage, tokenomics, liquidity, DeFi yield - there’s a lot to unpack.

So 1inch is leveling up our DeFi Academy: a learning hub built to explain the fundamental concepts of DeFi clearly and help make your journey smoother.

Explore the basics

We recommending starting with the three fundamental posts, here:

• What is DeFi? - a plain-language guide to decentralized finance and how it differs from traditional finance.
• What is slippage? - why the final price of a swap can differ from the expected price.
• What is liquidity in crypto? - how liquidity works, why it matters and how it affects trading.

These topics are the foundation for almost everything else in DeFi. If you understand liquidity and slippage, swaps become easier to evaluate. If you understand DeFi itself, the wider ecosystem starts to make more sense.

DeFi education without the noise

The goal of DeFi Academy is simple: explain complex concepts in clear language.

Crypto often makes basic ideas sound harder than they are. As a new user, you may see a term like “liquidity pool” or “yield farming” and assume it requires deep technical knowledge. But many DeFi concepts can be understood through simple examples.

DeFi Academy is designed to give you that starting point.

It does not promise risk-free trading or guaranteed results. But it does help you understand what you are doing before you act. That matters in DeFi, where users manage their own assets and decisions.

Better education can lead to better habits: checking swap details, understanding price impact, knowing where yield comes from and recognizing when a transaction may carry extra risk.

More guides are coming

Over the next few weeks, 1inch will release new DeFi Academy articles covering more key topics, including:

• decentralized exchanges;
• DEX aggregators;
• Ethereum network fees;
• and other essential DeFi concepts.

Each guide will focus on one clear question and answer it without unnecessary jargon.

The aim is not to turn you into a protocol engineer. It is to help you understand the tools you use, the risks you face and the choices you make.

Learn DeFi with 1inch

DeFi gives users more direct control over their crypto - alongside greater personal responsibility for managing risk. But control works best when it comes with understanding.

The relaunched 1inch DeFi Academy is here to help you build that understanding step by step - from the basics of DeFi to the mechanics behind swaps, liquidity, fees and more.

Explore 1inch DeFi Academy and start learning today.