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Uniswap

Uniswap is a popular decentralized trading protocol, known for its role in facilitating automated trading of decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens.
Uniswap creates more efficiency by solving liquidity issues with automated solutions, avoiding the problems which plagued the first decentralized exchanges. In September 2020, Uniswap went a step further by creating and awarding its own governance token, UNI, to past users of the protocol. This added both profitability potential and the ability for users to shape its future — an attractive aspect of decentralized entities.

Uniswap was launched in November 2018 as a proof of concept for automated market makers (AMMs). Hayden Adams is the inventor of the Uniswap Protocol and CEO at Uniswap Labs. 

Uniswap is a decentralized exchange (DEX) built on Ethereum that uses an automated market-making infrastructure to let traders, developers, and liquidity providers participate in a secure marketplace. 

AMMs allow for automatic and permissionless trading that removes the need for the traditional broker-dealer model that matches individual buy and sell orders. This system enables users to pool together assets that participants trade against. 

AMMs aim to solve the challenge of illiquidity previously faced by decentralized exchanges by creating liquidity pools and incentivizing liquidity providers to supply their assets into the system. 

Uniswap's maximum supply is 1 billion UNI. More than 627 million UNI are in circulation as of December 2021.

Uniswap is the leading DEX by volume, with a nearly 80% market share of weekly DEX volume as of Nov. 29. 2021, according to Dune Analytics. The nearest rival is Sushiswap with its 11% share. 

Despite the gap in trading volume, there is a long list of competitors in the DeFi space. Notable rivals to watch include Curve, Sushiswap, Pancakeswap, and more. 

A ruling dismissing a putative class action lawsuit against Uniswap will almost definitely come up again in other lawsuits involving securities law and crypto entities.

Looking at Uniswap and Crypto's New Favorite Ruling

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has an optimistic outlook on decentralized finance (DeFi) following the court's recent ruling on an investor suit against the decentralized crypto exchange (DEX) Uniswap.

Binance CEO Makes Bull Run Prediction As Uniswap Volume Surpasses Coinbase

A district judge's recent decision in a class action lawsuit against Uniswap demarcates DeFi from centralized exchanges like Coinbase.

Uniswap Ruling Creates Regulatory 'Anomaly' for DeFi: Legal Scholar

In rulings this week, courts are sending a strong message to lawmakers that revamped regulation may be necessary.

Grayscale and Uniswap rulings contain strong message for US lawmakers

Ethereum

A New York judge declined to "stretch the federal securities laws to cover the conduct alleged" in a proposed class action complaint seeking to hold Uniswap accountable for "scam tokens" issued on the protocol.

U.S. Court Calls ETH a Commodity While Tossing Investor Suit Against Uniswap

Uniswap founder Hayden Adams hailed the court's comments as "based" after a lawsuit alleging liability for scam token sales was dismissed.

Uniswap founder Hayden Adams hails ‘based' scam tokens ruling

Bitcoin

U.S. District Court Judge Katherine Polk Failla dismissed a class-action lawsuit against Uniswap while referring to ETH and BTC as "crypto commodities."

U.S. District Court Judge Labels Ether and Bitcoin as "Crypto Commodities" in Dismissal of Lawsuit Against Uniswap

The lawsuit's judge compared claims to going after Venmo or Zelle for a drug deal that occurred on the payment platform.

Uniswap Lawsuit Dismissed: DeFi Crypto Exchange Not Liable for ‘Scam Tokens'

A judge for the Southern District of New York has tossed a lawsuit against decentralized crypto exchange (DEX) Uniswap. The lawsuit alleged that Uniswap enabled the trading of “scam tokens” that ultimately caused damages to unsuspecting investors.

Judge Overseeing SEC's Coinbase Lawsuit Dismisses Class Action Against Uniswap

In a landmark decision, Uniswap (CRYPTO: UNI), a leading decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, emerged victorious Wednesday in a legal battle in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The case revolved around allegations that Uniswap violated certain provisions of the Securities Act.

Uniswap Triumphs In Federal Court Over Securities Allegations In Victory For DeFi

Cardano

Cosmos

Polygon

Solana

The crypto market was lower to start the week after bitcoin posted its worst week since May.

Altcoins slide to begin the week while bitcoin and ether stabilize

Leading decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap has been deployed on Base, the new Ethereum layer-2 built by US crypto giant Coinbase. Base is powered by the blockchain-scaling solution Optimism (OP), and its testnet first launched in February of this year.

Decentralized Exchange Uniswap (UNI) Now Operating on Coinbase-Backed Layer-2 Base

Uniswap has been integrated into Coinbase's Base network, enabling users to swap tokens on the Layer 2 network.

Uniswap gets deployed on Coinbase's Layer 2 network Base

Following the launch of PayPal's recently announced ERC-20 stablecoin, PayPal USD, a number of fake tokens with the PYUSD ticker have appeared on the decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap.

PayPal's PYUSD Launch Sparks Flood of Fake Tokens on Uniswap

Arbitrum

A significant portion of trading activity has shifted from Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) to Arbitrum (CRYPTO: ARB), a Layer 2 scaling solution. This trend has been observed in the distribution of Uniswap trade volume across different Layer 2s, according to a report published by Glassnode Insights.

Uniswap Traders Abandon Ethereum For Faster, Cheaper Arbitrum

Curve DAO Token

Similar imbalances happened when Terra imploded in May 2022 and after the Silicon Valley Bank crisis hit USDC issuer Circle in March.

Traders Ditch USDT on Curve, Uniswap, Pushing Key Exchange Pools Into Imbalance

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Litecoin

BTC returned to its rangebound ways a day after it rose suddenly and then subsequently dropped as dramatically.

Bitcoin Seesaws Back Over $29.2K, as Investors Brush Off Binance Angst; BCH, UNI, LTC Sink

Uniswap has removed the HEX token from its interface after the SEC alleged in a lawsuit that HEX is an unregistered security.

Uniswap delists HEX token from interface after SEC alleges it's an unregistered security

A closely followed trader says that one Ethereum (ETH) altcoin is emerging as one of the most established crypto assets with strong fundamentals. Pseudonymous analyst The Flow Horse, also known as Cantering Clark, tells his 180,300 Twitter followers that the decentralized exchange Uniswap (UNI) could be gearing up for a move to the upside.

Top Trader Says One Ethereum Altcoin Has Now Reached ‘Blue Chip Status' and Is Primed for Next Bull Run

The MEV bot's white-hat operator returned the funds to Curve Finance, which may have otherwise been lost to malicious hackers.

How an Ethereum Bot Used Uniswap to Save $5.4 Million From Curve Exploit

Details from the SEC's enforcement complaint against Richard Heart — the man behind Hex, PulseChain, and PulseX.

Rolexes, luxury cars, and Uniswap: the SEC's case against Richard Heart

UNI perpetual futures trade at 20% premium as traders expect Uniswap to gain even more market share after the CRV exploit, one research head said.

Crypto Futures Show Bias for Uniswap's UNI Token After Curve Finance Exploit

Chainlink

Uniswap releases DEX aggregator UniswapX offering gas-free swaps, while Chainlink launches the Cross-chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) across multiple chains. Read on to find out more!

Week in DeFi: UniswapX Unveiled, Chainlink CCIP and Mantle Mainnet

"Hayden's account was hacked," The Uniswap Foundation said in a tweet. "Do not click this link - or links in similar tweets which might go up."

Uniswap founder Hayden Adams suffers Twitter breach

In the second quarter of 2023, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) demonstrated a strong performance, gaining market dominance over altcoins, according to a report. Despite the crypto market experiencing a downturn, Bitcoin and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) continued to build on their gains from the first quarter.

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