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The Uniswap is a decentralized exchange protocol that provides liquidity and facilitates the trading of tokens. It eliminates the need for trusted intermediaries and unnecessary forms of rent extraction, enabling safe, accessible, and efficient exchange activities.
Standard Chartered: Uniswap Token UNI Could Rise to $100 by 2030
Standard Chartered Bank has initiated coverage on the decentralized exchange protocol Uniswap, predicting its UNI token could rise from its current price of approximately $2.70 to $100 by the end of 2030, representing a gain of nearly 40 times.Geoffrey Kendrick, Global Head of Digital Assets Research at Standard Chartered, stated that the next wave of wealth creation opportunities in the digital asset space may come from DeFi protocols. The core logic is that the scale of tokenized assets entering DeFi will grow significantly, thereby enhancing the trading asset base and fee potential for protocols like Uniswap.Standard Chartered estimates that tokenized assets on-chain will grow from approximately $340 billion today to $4 trillion by the end of 2028. Of this, the proportion flowing into DeFi is expected to rise from roughly 3.5% currently to 30% by the end of 2030. Combined with the growth of crypto-native assets, the total value locked in DeFi could reach approximately $2.7 trillion, an increase of about 37 times compared to today.Kendrick believes that if Uniswap can successfully commercialize and establish sufficient partnerships with traditional financial institutions, its valuation multiple relative to trading fees could improve, narrowing the gap with centralized exchanges like Coinbase.Standard Chartered's projected price path for UNI is: $6.50 by the end of 2026, $20 by the end of 2027, $40 by the end of 2028, $65 by the end of 2029, and $100 by the end of 2030. The bank also expects UNI to potentially outperform ETH and BTC during this period.
Paxos Labs Raises $12 Million in Funding, Led by Blockchain Capital
According to Fortune, Paxos Labs—a stablecoin and blockchain infrastructure company—has announced a $12 million funding round led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Robot Ventures, Maelstrom Family Office, and Uniswap Labs. Paxos Labs was spun out from Paxos and focuses on providing enterprises with stablecoin issuance and decentralized finance (DeFi) access solutions, enabling clients to create branded stablecoins via a single software suite and offering features such as interest-bearing crypto deposits and collateralized lending. Paxos Labs has already secured clients including Hyperbeat and Aleo and expects to reach breakeven by the end of this year. Previously, Paxos acquired cryptocurrency wallet company Fordefi for over $100 million to meet growing client demand for DeFi market solutions.
The first scam of the World Cup? WCUP surged to a market cap of approximately $50 million, with 95% of its supply controlled by a single entity
that, according to Bubblemaps, the FIFA-related token WCUP, which launched yesterday, surged to a market cap of approximately $50 million. Over 30 new wallets snapped up 95% of its supply immediately at the opening. These wallets were funded by multiple centralized exchanges within the half-hour before the launch, had no prior on-chain history, and subsequently distributed the tokens to over 2,500 new addresses via Uniswap Router.Bubblemaps noted that the project's documentation only vaguely mentions a presale and partner allocations, with no on-chain evidence directly linking to the team. However, this level of concentration, combined with undisclosed paid promotion arrangements with KOLs, poses a significant risk.
Trend Research Liquidates UNI and COMP Within 4 Days, Incurring Losses Exceeding $46.98 Million
According to on-chain analyst Yujin (@EmberCN), Trend Research (@Trend_Research_), a secondary investment firm under Jackyi, transferred a total of 7.57 million UNI (approximately $24.55 million) and 228,700 COMP (approximately $4.44 million) to Binance over four days, fully liquidating its positions and realizing a total loss of approximately $46.98 million.
A whale deposited 2.16 million UNI (worth $6.61 million) into Binance.
According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale deposited 2.16 million UNI, worth $6.61 million, into Binance. The whale originally withdrew these UNI from Binance a year ago at a cost of $13 million, incurring a loss of $6.39 million on this transaction.
Suffering a $40.29 million loss, Trend Research transfers remaining 2.705 million UNI and 114,000 COMP to Binance to complete liquidation
According to monitoring by Yu Jin, Trend Research (0xfa9...EB58), a secondary investment firm under boss Jackyi_ld, transferred the remaining 2.705 million UNI and 114,000 COMP to Binance an hour ago. These tokens are valued at $8.71 million and $2.13 million, respectively. The firm has now fully liquidated its positions in UNI and COMP, realizing a loss of $40.29 million. Trend Research had purchased 5.41 million UNI at an average price of $9.5 and 228,700 COMP at an average price of $49.3 during last July's market rebound. It sold UNI at an average price of $3.3 and COMP at an average price of $19.4 in May this year.
The U.S. government transferred approximately $4.556 million of seized FTX/Alameda funds into Coinbase.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), the U.S. government has transferred approximately $1.9 million worth of assets and 2.656 million DAI—seized from FTX/Alameda—to Coinbase. The transferred assets include UNI, RNDR, SAND, MASK, AXS, and APE.
Uniswap Founder Responds to Bankless Co-founder Dumping ETH: "ETH is Money" Is the Correct Narrative
Odaily Odaily reports: In response to Bankless founder David Hoffman's liquidation of his ETH holdings, Uniswap founder Hayden Adams posted a reply on platform X, stating that “ETH is Money” is the correct narrative, though perhaps misunderstood by most.Hayden Adams indicated that in the future, all assets will be tokenized, people will hold the assets they value most, and the most decentralized monetary system will manifest as “an infinite number of forms of money competing with each other.”He believes that with a low-cost, high-efficiency, 24/7 asset exchange system in place, a single unit of account is not necessary. At the same time, he stated that Uniswap, built on Ethereum, is “the best decentralized monetary system,” and that it is still in its early stages.Recommended reading: Bankless Co-founder's Confession on Liquidating ETH: Ethereum Did the Right Things, but “ETH is Money” Has No Future.
Phishing Attack via Fake Uniswap Google Ads Has Stolen at Least $400,000
According to Cointelegraph, phishing ads impersonating the decentralized exchange protocol Uniswap have appeared in Google search results, enabling attackers to steal at least $400,000. On-chain analyst b-block stated that the associated counterfeit websites are draining funds from multiple wallets; the implicated addresses currently hold a combined total of 146 ETH—worth approximately $306,000 at press time. Security Alliance (SEAL) noted that such fraudulent Google ads are a common source of phishing attacks, with attackers either purchasing ad placements or compromising legitimate advertising accounts to impersonate popular crypto protocols in sponsored search results. SEAL also reported that between March 13 and March 30, these attacks resulted in total losses amounting to $1.27 million.
SquidRouterModule Attacked, 86 Gnosis Safe Wallets Drained of Approximately $3 Million
according to Blockaid monitoring, it detected an ongoing attack targeting the SquidRouter module on the Ethereum and Base chains. Within approximately 2 hours, 86 Gnosis Safe wallets were drained of about $3 million in assets. All stolen tokens were swapped for DAI via a Uniswap V3 pool controlled by the attacker.
Vitalik Buterin’s ~$4 token swap transaction was sandwiched by an MEV bot
According to CoinDesk, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin was sandwiched by the well-known MEV bot jaredfromsubway.eth on April 30 during a small token swap. On-chain data shows that Buterin exchanged 26,544 XDB tokens—valued at approximately $3.86—for 0.00197 ETH (worth about $4.56) in block 24993038. The bot then deployed roughly $1.14 million worth of WETH to manipulate prices across SushiSwap and Uniswap V2 to execute the sandwich attack. After deducting $5.14 in gas fees, the bot incurred an actual loss on this operation.
An address deposited 1.397 million UNI tokens—worth approximately $4.6 million—to three exchanges two hours ago.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Aunt (@ai_9684xtpa), the address 0xb5E…Fc24e deposited a total of 1.397 million UNI tokens—worth approximately $4.6 million—into three exchanges two hours ago. Notably, the Bybit deposit address has had multiple interactions with the DeFi crypto fund DeFiance Capital, which is an investor in both Aave and LayerZero—two entities closely linked to the recent Kelp DAO hack incident.
Standard Chartered: Wall Street’s onchain wave will drive UNI price up nearly 40-fold by 2030
According to a research report released by Geoff Kendrick, Standard Chartered’s Global Head of Digital Assets, as Wall Street accelerates the onchain migration of real-world assets, Uniswap’s native token UNI is poised for nearly a 40-fold increase before 2030, with a price target of $100 and a year-end target of $6.50. Kendrick positions Uniswap as an open-market infrastructure layer accessible to TradFi institutions—not as a retail DEX application—and forecasts that total value locked (TVL) across DeFi protocols will reach $2.7 trillion by 2030, at which point Uniswap’s liquidity pool size could expand 37-fold.
Fidelity Selects Uniswap as Its Stablecoin Liquidity Layer; FIDD Pool Is Live
According to official announcements, Fidelity, one of the world’s largest asset management firms, is advancing the on-chain deployment of its stablecoin and has selected Uniswap as its liquidity layer.
The first scam of the World Cup? WCUP surged to a market cap of approximately $50 million, with 95% of its supply controlled by a single entity
that, according to Bubblemaps, the FIFA-related token WCUP, which launched yesterday, surged to a market cap of approximately $50 million. Over 30 new wallets snapped up 95% of its supply immediately at the opening. These wallets were funded by multiple centralized exchanges within the half-hour before the launch, had no prior on-chain history, and subsequently distributed the tokens to over 2,500 new addresses via Uniswap Router.Bubblemaps noted that the project's documentation only vaguely mentions a presale and partner allocations, with no on-chain evidence directly linking to the team. However, this level of concentration, combined with undisclosed paid promotion arrangements with KOLs, poses a significant risk.
Delphi Digital: Only About 12% of Newly Listed Tokens on CEXs Since January Last Year Have Outperformed Their Issuance Price, Reflecting Market Depth Imbalance
Delphi Digital has released its "Token Market Status Report," indicating that the token market in this cycle has been suppressed by multiple structural issues, including token unlocks occurring on a fixed schedule regardless of project performance, protocol revenues failing to effectively flow back to token holders, and airdrops gradually evolving into sources of exit liquidity.The report shows that since January 2025, among all newly listed tokens on major centralized exchanges (CEX), if purchased on the listing day and held to the present, an average investment of $1,000 would have dwindled to approximately $500. The median decline is 82%, with only about 12% of tokens still trading above their issuance price, reflecting a market structure that prioritizes "listing quantity over quality."Regarding tokenomic design, the research points out that across more than 400 unlock events, within a sample of 33, 28 tokens significantly underperformed relative to Bitcoin in the three weeks before and after the unlock, resulting in an average excess loss of approximately 7%. Moreover, most unlocks occur within 30 days, making it difficult for the market to effectively absorb the supply shock.The report also notes that the long-standing industry issue of "missing value accrual" is beginning to change. An increasing number of protocols are starting to use "Fee Switch" mechanisms to return revenue to token holders. For example, Hyperliquid allocates nearly all its fees to buybacks, Uniswap is burning 100 million UNI tokens, Jupiter uses 50% of its fees for buybacks locked for three years, and Aave has passed a DAO-approved weekly buyback plan of $1 million.However, the report emphasizes that fee-based buybacks alone are insufficient to resolve supply pressure. For instance, the scale of buybacks for some projects still cannot offset the selling pressure from token unlocks, leading to a situation where "buybacks only offset inflation but fail to generate net buying pressure."Simultaneously, the structure of institutional capital is shifting. Institutional holdings of Bitcoin-related ETFs like IBIT have grown 62% year-over-year, with advisory channels increasing by 204% and sovereign wealth funds and endowments rising by 228%, while arbitrage-focused hedge funds continue to exit. Long-term capital, including BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, and Mubadala Investment Company, is increasing its allocation.The report concludes that in the next phase, more attractive token assets will simultaneously feature "revenue accrual mechanisms" and "supply release structures linked to protocol performance." However, the current market remains in the early stages of structural repair.
Uniswap Founder Clarifies: Project Was Not Incubated by the Ethereum Foundation, but Is an Independent, Externally Funded Entity
Uniswap founder Hayden Adams posted that he is deeply grateful for the long-standing funding and multifaceted support provided by the Ethereum Foundation (EF), but he specifically clarified that Uniswap was not incubated by the EF; rather, he participated as an external grant recipient with close personal ties to the EF. Previously, EF Chair Aya Miyaguchi and co-founder Vitalik Buterin publicly shared their views on the EF’s future direction. Miyaguchi noted that one reason for proposing the EF’s mission framework at the end of last year was the growing deviation in technical discussions.
Base Launches MCP Gateway, Enabling On-Chain Application Operations via AI Interfaces like ChatGPT and Claude
: Base, the Ethereum scaling network incubated by Coinbase, has launched Base MCP, aiming to connect AI interfaces with Base wallet infrastructure.Through this integration, users can use natural language commands in AI tools that support the MCP open standard to complete token swaps, fund transfers, and interact with Base ecosystem applications. Supported AI interfaces include Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and others.Base MCP will serve as a secure gateway between user Base accounts and AI interfaces. At its initial launch, it will connect with applications such as Morpho, Bankr, Moonwell, Avantis, Aerodrome, Virtuals, and Uniswap, covering scenarios including lending, swaps, perpetual contracts, new tokens, and AI Agent issuance.MCP stands for Model Context Protocol, originally proposed by Anthropic, and is an open standard for connecting AI models with external tools and data sources.
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Standard Chartered: Wall Street’s onchain wave will drive UNI price up nearly 40-fold by 2030
According to a research report released by Geoff Kendrick, Standard Chartered’s Global Head of Digital Assets, as Wall Street accelerates the onchain migration of real-world assets, Uniswap’s native token UNI is poised for nearly a 40-fold increase before 2030, with a price target of $100 and a year-end target of $6.50. Kendrick positions Uniswap as an open-market infrastructure layer accessible to TradFi institutions—not as a retail DEX application—and forecasts that total value locked (TVL) across DeFi protocols will reach $2.7 trillion by 2030, at which point Uniswap’s liquidity pool size could expand 37-fold.
Standard Chartered: Uniswap Token UNI Could Rise to $100 by 2030
Standard Chartered Bank has initiated coverage on the decentralized exchange protocol Uniswap, predicting its UNI token could rise from its current price of approximately $2.70 to $100 by the end of 2030, representing a gain of nearly 40 times.Geoffrey Kendrick, Global Head of Digital Assets Research at Standard Chartered, stated that the next wave of wealth creation opportunities in the digital asset space may come from DeFi protocols. The core logic is that the scale of tokenized assets entering DeFi will grow significantly, thereby enhancing the trading asset base and fee potential for protocols like Uniswap.Standard Chartered estimates that tokenized assets on-chain will grow from approximately $340 billion today to $4 trillion by the end of 2028. Of this, the proportion flowing into DeFi is expected to rise from roughly 3.5% currently to 30% by the end of 2030. Combined with the growth of crypto-native assets, the total value locked in DeFi could reach approximately $2.7 trillion, an increase of about 37 times compared to today.Kendrick believes that if Uniswap can successfully commercialize and establish sufficient partnerships with traditional financial institutions, its valuation multiple relative to trading fees could improve, narrowing the gap with centralized exchanges like Coinbase.Standard Chartered's projected price path for UNI is: $6.50 by the end of 2026, $20 by the end of 2027, $40 by the end of 2028, $65 by the end of 2029, and $100 by the end of 2030. The bank also expects UNI to potentially outperform ETH and BTC during this period.
Fidelity Selects Uniswap as Its Stablecoin Liquidity Layer; FIDD Pool Is Live
According to official announcements, Fidelity, one of the world’s largest asset management firms, is advancing the on-chain deployment of its stablecoin and has selected Uniswap as its liquidity layer.
The first scam of the World Cup? WCUP surged to a market cap of approximately $50 million, with 95% of its supply controlled by a single entity
that, according to Bubblemaps, the FIFA-related token WCUP, which launched yesterday, surged to a market cap of approximately $50 million. Over 30 new wallets snapped up 95% of its supply immediately at the opening. These wallets were funded by multiple centralized exchanges within the half-hour before the launch, had no prior on-chain history, and subsequently distributed the tokens to over 2,500 new addresses via Uniswap Router.Bubblemaps noted that the project's documentation only vaguely mentions a presale and partner allocations, with no on-chain evidence directly linking to the team. However, this level of concentration, combined with undisclosed paid promotion arrangements with KOLs, poses a significant risk.
Delphi Digital: Only About 12% of Newly Listed Tokens on CEXs Since January Last Year Have Outperformed Their Issuance Price, Reflecting Market Depth Imbalance
Delphi Digital has released its "Token Market Status Report," indicating that the token market in this cycle has been suppressed by multiple structural issues, including token unlocks occurring on a fixed schedule regardless of project performance, protocol revenues failing to effectively flow back to token holders, and airdrops gradually evolving into sources of exit liquidity.The report shows that since January 2025, among all newly listed tokens on major centralized exchanges (CEX), if purchased on the listing day and held to the present, an average investment of $1,000 would have dwindled to approximately $500. The median decline is 82%, with only about 12% of tokens still trading above their issuance price, reflecting a market structure that prioritizes "listing quantity over quality."Regarding tokenomic design, the research points out that across more than 400 unlock events, within a sample of 33, 28 tokens significantly underperformed relative to Bitcoin in the three weeks before and after the unlock, resulting in an average excess loss of approximately 7%. Moreover, most unlocks occur within 30 days, making it difficult for the market to effectively absorb the supply shock.The report also notes that the long-standing industry issue of "missing value accrual" is beginning to change. An increasing number of protocols are starting to use "Fee Switch" mechanisms to return revenue to token holders. For example, Hyperliquid allocates nearly all its fees to buybacks, Uniswap is burning 100 million UNI tokens, Jupiter uses 50% of its fees for buybacks locked for three years, and Aave has passed a DAO-approved weekly buyback plan of $1 million.However, the report emphasizes that fee-based buybacks alone are insufficient to resolve supply pressure. For instance, the scale of buybacks for some projects still cannot offset the selling pressure from token unlocks, leading to a situation where "buybacks only offset inflation but fail to generate net buying pressure."Simultaneously, the structure of institutional capital is shifting. Institutional holdings of Bitcoin-related ETFs like IBIT have grown 62% year-over-year, with advisory channels increasing by 204% and sovereign wealth funds and endowments rising by 228%, while arbitrage-focused hedge funds continue to exit. Long-term capital, including BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, and Mubadala Investment Company, is increasing its allocation.The report concludes that in the next phase, more attractive token assets will simultaneously feature "revenue accrual mechanisms" and "supply release structures linked to protocol performance." However, the current market remains in the early stages of structural repair.
ARK Invest: Opportunities Lie in the Crypto Market's "Graveyard," High-Quality Assets Being Overlooked
Odaily, ARK Invest Director of Digital Asset Research Lorenzo Valente posted on X, stating that the crypto space now has a "graveyard" that no one wants to walk into, but it is filled with overlooked, high-quality protocols. Their token prices have fallen 70%, 80%, or even 90% from all-time highs, yet they still generate fees, continue to grow, and maintain leadership in their respective fields — they just lack attention. He gave examples:Aave: P/E ratio of only 9xSolana: P/E ratio of 12x, holding $6 billion in free cash flowEthereum: P/E ratio of 17x, yet treated as a "has-been asset"Uniswap: EBITDA of 8x, chain influence covering approximately 2 billion usersAvalanche (AVAX): Trading below the liquidation value of its own treasuryValente noted that many protocols were venture capital favorites in 2021 but are now market orphans. Compared to chasing the currently trendy Hype and Near, greater opportunities lie in finding value among assets that have fallen into "rubble territory." He emphasized: "You don't get rich by buying the assets everyone loves; you get rich by buying assets that are temporarily out of favor but have solid fundamentals."