DeFi market has room for growth in Korea: 1inch co-founder — KBW 2022

DeFi market has room for growth in Korea: 1inch co-founder — KBW 2022

1inch plans to expand into a largely untapped Asian market, but a lack of DeFi knowledge is preventing mass adoption Decentralized-finance (DeFi) aggregator 1inch Network has revealed plans to expand its reach in Asia.Speaking to Cointelegraph during Korean Blockchain Week (KBW) 2022 on Aug. 8, co-founder Sergej Kunz said that despite the DeFi market being relatively small in Korea and Asia, there are a number of Asia-based Web3 companies that 1inch is looking to partner with. However, Kunz also added that the biggest barrier to entry appears to be a lack of understanding about DeFi and....


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