UNI (Uniswap) up 3.03% in the last 24 hours, currently at $5.04

Gate News Bot Message, December 19 — According to CoinMarketCap data, at the time of press, UNI (Uniswap) is trading at $5.04, up 3.03% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $5.64 and a low of $4.87. The 24-hour trading volume reached $503 million. The current market cap is approximately $3.177 billion, an increase of $93.6 million compared to yesterday.

Uniswap is the world’s largest decentralized exchange (DEX), dedicated to providing permissionless trading services across more than 15 networks including Ethereum, Unichain, and Base. The platform offers comprehensive services through a suite of products such as Web applications, Uniswap Wallet, and UniswapX, including deep liquidity, token exploration, limit order setting, and liquidity mining. The UniswapX product provides gasless trading and MEV protection, with failed transactions incurring no fees. Additionally, Uniswap has launched Unichain—a fast, decentralized Ethereum L2 network optimized for DeFi—and a Trading API interface for developers, which is widely integrated by leading teams worldwide.

Recent important news about UNI:

1️⃣ “Unified Governance Proposal” enters final voting stage, market anticipates major changes
The founder of Uniswap has officially submitted the “UNIfication Unified Governance Proposal” and entered the final governance voting phase. Voting began at 10:30 PM EST on December 19 and will end on December 25. This proposal is regarded as a key milestone in Uniswap governance history, involving a comprehensive upgrade of tokenomics, fee distribution mechanisms, and legal frameworks. The move has attracted significant market attention, causing UNI to surge over 6% in the short term, reflecting investors’ positive expectations for this governance overhaul.

2️⃣ Token burn and fee capture mechanisms activated, long-term positive for fundamentals
If the proposal passes, Uniswap will burn 100 million UNI tokens in a one-time event, directly reducing circulating supply. Meanwhile, fee switches on the mainnet v2 and v3 will be enabled, allowing the protocol to process generated fees and allocate a portion for burning UNI tokens. Fees generated on the Unichain network will also be incorporated into the burn mechanism. This shift marks an upgrade from a purely governance token to a value-capturing token model, providing a solid foundation for long-term value support.

3️⃣ Legal framework improvements to enhance governance credibility and enforcement
Another major aspect of the proposal is that Uniswap Labs will establish a legally binding contract aligned with Uniswap governance, effective under the DUNA law framework in Wyoming, USA. This provides a clear pathway connecting decentralized protocols with the real-world legal system, helping to boost governance credibility and enforceability, while also serving as an important example for exploring compliance in DeFi protocols.

This message is not investment advice. Investors should be aware of market volatility risks.