Uniswap


Policy

Uniswap Labs Urges SEC to Drop Pending Enforcement Action in Wells Response

Uniswap’s lawyers say the protocol doesn’t meet the SEC’s own definition of an exchange.

Floatie in the form of a unicorn, the emblematic mythical creature featured in Uniswap's logo and marketing materials. (Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

The SEC’s Suit Against Uniswap Is an Opening Attack Against DeFi

The DEX received a Wells Notice from the regulator, suggesting an enforcement action is imminent. While we don’t know the nature of the potential charges, the news raises the threat of legal jeopardy for decentralized finance.

Uniswap booth at ETHDenver 2023 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Videos

Uniswap's UNI Down Almost 20% After SEC's Wells Notice

Uniswap's native token UNI slid almost 20% in the past 24 hours amid news that the decentralized crypto exchange received a notice from the U.S. SEC that it intends to pursue an enforcement action. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

Recent Videos

Videos

Uniswap Receives Wells Notice From the SEC; State of Crypto Regulation in Dubai

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as decentralized crypto exchange Uniswap received an enforcement notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Plus, Grayscale’s bitcoin ETF saw a record-low daily outflow of $18 million and Dubai's virtual assets regulator looks for ways to reduce compliance costs for small crypto firms.

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Markets

Uniswap's UNI Gains 20% as Token Reward Proposal Inches Closer to Approval

Uniswap's reward sharing mechanism, if approved, could inspire other DeFi protocols to follow suit.

UNI price more than doubled since the plan for the revenue sharing mechanism became public on Feb. 23 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Early Uniswap Whale Sold $1M Worth of UNI as Price Surged

The wallet in question still holds $10.6 million worth of UNI tokens.

Uniswap price (CoinDesk data)

Finance

Frax Finance Mulls Uniswap-Like Reward Mechanism for Token Stakers

"We are going to follow Uniswap's lead in proposing it. It will be up to the community to pass it," CEO Sam Kazemian said.

Frax Finance's Sam Kaizeman (Wikipedia)

Markets

Uniswap's UNI Jumps 60% on Proposal to Reward Token Holders in Major Governance Overhaul

The upgrade would reward UNI token holders who staked and delegated their tokens, according to the proposal.

Uniswap's UNI token price (CoinDesk)

Videos

Bitwise Compares Trading Volume of Coinbase and Uniswap

Bitwise Asset Management’s Ryan Rasmussen shared a chart on X that takes a closer look at the difference between trading volume for Uniswap and Coinbase. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the details on today's "Chart of the Day."

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Markets

dYdX Tops Uniswap as Largest DEX by Volume

The decentralized exchange, which last year moved over to the Cosmos blockchain, just saw $757 million of volume over a 24-hour period.

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