Sep 22, 2026
Coins
CME Expands Crypto Futures Lineup With Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap
CME Group is adding Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap to its regulated futures lineup. The exchange said Tuesday it plans to launch BCH and UNI contracts on October 19, pending regulatory review. Traders get a choice between standard-sized contracts and smaller micro versions. Bitcoin Cash futures will represent 250 BCH, with micro contracts covering 25 BCH. Uniswap futures will cover 10,000 UNI, and its own micro contracts will trade at 1,000 UNI. Myriad: How high will Bitcoin go? Click to make your pre...
Aug 7, 2026
Law and Order
MyTrade Founder Fined $10K Over Bots That Wash Traded 60 Cryptocurrencies
The founder of crypto market maker MyTrade has avoided prison and been fined $10,000 for running a wash trading service that generated millions of dollars in fake daily volume across roughly 60 cryptocurrencies. Liu Zhou, 41, a Canadian citizen and Chinese national, was sentenced in Boston federal court on Thursday by U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley, who imposed no custodial term, Law360 reported. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit market manipulation and wire fraud after being charged i...
Aug 6, 2026
Opinion
Morning Minute: Uniswap Enters the Launchpad Wars on Robinhood Chain
Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. GM! Today’s top news: Crypto majors are slightly green with ETH leading; BTC at $64.5k BTC ETFs see $626M in net inflows to start the week Uniswap enters launchpad wars with zero-fee Pools dot Trade Fomo App hits another new ATH in daily revenue as onchain heats up more Cashcat surges to $130M and Stonkbroker to $50M as RH Chain levels u...
Jun 17, 2026
Markets
Uniswap Jumps Double Digits as Standard Chartered Eyes $100 UNI by 2030
UNI, the governance token of decentralized exchange Uniswap, surged double digits over the past 24 hours to a local high of $3.70, its highest level in over a month. At time of publication, Uniswap is trading at $3.63, up 19.8% on the day and 48.4% over the week, per CoinGecko data, outpacing Bitcoin and Ethereum. The move lifted Uniswap's market cap to roughly $2.26 billion on 24-hour volume near $864 million, as institutional optimism swept the DeFi blue chip. Much of the catalyst traces to a...
Jun 15, 2026
Markets
Wall Street Could Boost Uniswap's Token Price Nearly 40x by 2030: Standard Chartered
Uniswap’s native token is set to surge nearly fortyfold in the coming years, outperforming Bitcoin and Ethereum as Wall Street migrates on-chain, according to Standard Chartered’s Geoff Kendrick. As a go-to DeFi platform, the decentralized exchange is poised to benefit from an influx of digital assets that represent traditional investments, the investment bank’s global head of digital assets shared in a Monday note—while penciling in a price target of $100 by 2030. Kendrick’s projection is root...
Feb 26, 2026
Law and Order
Goliath Ventures CEO Arrested Over $328M Crypto ‘Ponzi Scheme’
The former CEO of crypto investment firm Goliath Ventures has been arrested on federal charges of wire fraud and money laundering. Christopher Alexander Delgado, of Apopka, Florida, is accused of operating Goliath as a “Ponzi scheme” that raked in some $328 million from investors, one of whom lost some $720,000. Goliath Ventures CEO arrested for wire fraud & money laundering. https://t.co/Us0Dvy5uq0 pic.twitter.com/82ZFkaU5Ir — USAO Middle Florida (@USAO_MDFL) February 24, 2026 According to th...
Feb 25, 2026
Markets
Polkadot, Solana Lead Altcoin Surge Ahead of Nvidia Earnings Call
Cryptocurrencies including Polkadot, Solana, Bittensor, and Uniswap led a broad altcoin rally Wednesday ahead of Nvidia's highly anticipated earnings report, with the tech-focused bounce extending across major tokens. Among the top 50 cryptocurrencies by market cap, Polkadot led with gains of 11.5% in the past 24 hours, while Solana jumped 8.1%, "AI-proxy" token Bittensor rose 6.8% and high-beta major coin Uniswap gained 7.7%, per CoinGecko data. The move was mirrored across the "big-cap" lands...
Feb 11, 2026
DeFi
Uniswap Token Jumps Following BlackRock Investment as BUIDL Goes DeFi
Uniswap’s governance token jumped on Wednesday after the decentralized exchange’s creator announced an integration with BUIDL, BlackRock’s tokenized money market fund. The world’s largest asset manager is enabling the $2.1 billion product to trade via UniswapX, Uniswap Labs said in a press release. The protocol functions as a marketplace where professional traders bid to provide users with the best possible price. Uniswap changed hands around $3.84 on Wednesday, a more than 13% increase over th...
Aug 11, 2025
DeFi
Uniswap Proposal to Give DAO Legal Certainty, Says Foundation's Counsel
The Uniswap Foundation published a proposal on Monday to establish a new legal entity in Wyoming for Uniswap Governance, the decentralized exchange’s governing body of members, delegates, and token holders. Under the proposal, Uniswap Governance would become structured as a Wyoming Decentralized Unincorporated Nonprofit Association (DUNA), allowing the group to operate with greater legal certainty, according to Uniswap Foundation General Counsel Brian Nistler. “Uniswap Governance [has] never had...
Apr 8, 2025
Business
Coinbase, Uniswap Join SEC for First Crypto Trading Roundtable
The Securities and Exchange Commission will host its first-ever dedicated crypto trading roundtable on April 11, bringing together crypto industry leaders and traditional finance experts to help “restart” and reshape digital asset regulation. The event, titled "Between a Block and a Hard Place," is the first of a four-part series announced earlier in March. These talks were designed to establish clearer frameworks for crypto companies that have long operated in regulatory uncertainty. SEC Schedu...
Apr 3, 2025
Law and Order
Crypto Market Maker Hit With $428,000 Fine Over Wash Trading
A financial services firm has been fined over $400,000 after pleading guilty to wash trading in a Boston court. CLS Global, a firm that specializes in market making, was ordered to pay a total of $428,059 to the government, in the form of seized cryptocurrency and fines. The company was also sentenced to three years’ probation, during which time it will not be able to participate in U.S. cryptocurrency markets. These charges followed an undercover law enforcement operation which specifically tar...
Feb 11, 2025
DeFi
Uniswap Launches Ethereum L2 Unichain, Calling It 'Fastest Chain in the Industry'
Ethereum decentralized exchange Uniswap has launched a new blockchain to speed up transactions for its popular DeFi project. Dubbed Unichain, the layer-2 network has already processed more than 88 million test transactions, according to Uniswap. The aim of the L2 is so that traders and devs building new apps will be able to do everything faster. In fact, Uniswap said Tuesday that the network “will make Unichain the fastest chain in the industry.” Unichain mainnet is live ✨ ✸ Fast with low fee...
Nov 28, 2024
Business
Bitwise Files To Turn $1.4 Billion Crypto Index Fund Into an ETF
Something interesting just landed on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) desk: NYSE Arca, regarded as Wall Street's electronic home for exchange-traded funds (ETFs), wants to list Bitwise's $1.4 billion crypto index fund. The numbers on the document seem to show where the smart money thinks crypto is headed. Filed Wednesday, the proposed ETF reveals a carefully weighted portfolio that's anything but a crypto free-for-all. Bitcoin still commands the lion's share at 75.14%, while E...
Nov 4, 2024
Business
Seoul, Singapore Play Host to Crypto Leaders at Epoch Summit
Across two events in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, blockchain infrastructure conference Epoch Summit brought together a stellar line-up of speakers from leading crypto projects to discuss the future of the space. At a one-day event held in Seoul as part of Korea Blockchain Week, and a two-day conference in Singapore, Epoch Summit saw speakers from projects including Consensys, Lido, Uniswap, Worldcoin, Berachain and Mantle come together to explore blockchain infrastructure in the APAC region a...
Oct 14, 2024
Markets
Pepe Holder Loses $1.4 Million in Uniswap Permit2 Phishing Attack
Uniswap Permit2 signing, which started as a tool to simplify token approvals, has now become a common attack vector in the DeFi ecosystem. A PEPE token holder became the latest victim of a phishing scam, losing $1.39 million worth of crypto after unknowingly signing a malicious Uniswap Permit2 transaction. According to cybersecurity firm ScamSniffer, the stolen assets, including Pepe (PEPE), Microstrategy (MSTR), and Apu (APU) tokens, were transferred to a new wallet just an hour after the vict...
Oct 1, 2024
DeFi
Uniswap Fee Increase Generated $53 Million Revenue Amid Legal Scrutiny
Leading decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap reported $52.75 million in fee revenue between April 1 and Sept. 30, 2024, according to DefiLlama data. This significant increase follows Uniswap Labs' decision in April to raise its user-interface swap fee, a move that significantly boosted earnings. In April, Uniswap Labs increased its user-interface swap fee to 0.25% on all trading pairs except stablecoin pairs and Wrapped Ethereum (WETH), up from the previous 0.1% fee that was applied to only ten...
Jul 22, 2024
Markets
WazirX Hacker Has $5 Million Left After Dumping Uniswap, Chainlink, and Other Alts
The entity behind the WazirX exploit has liquidated a good portion of its ill-gotten gains, which analysts have noted has had a major impact on some prices. Alex Svanevik, CEO of blockchain analytics firm Nansen, pointed out on Twitter that the entity behind the hack of Indian exchange WazirX—suggested to be a North Korean hacking group—became the top Uniswap (UNI) seller. Nansen data for UNI shows that the address in question has sold $859,514 worth of the token over the last seven days. The @...
Jul 10, 2024
Business
Uniswap Says SEC Should Drop Proposed DeFi Rules, Citing Chevron Decision
Decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap has urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to abandon its proposal to regulate the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, citing the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on Chevron deference. In a letter sent to the SEC Wednesday, lawyers for Uniswap argued that, "for better or worse—the Commission will not be able to claim the benefit of Chevron deference to defend its aggressive and atextual interpretation of its statutory authority." The SEC pr...
Apr 23, 2024
Law and Order
IRS Set to Kill Pseudonymity in Crypto? Tax Form Proposal Raises Alarms
A draft version of an IRS form spread fear and uncertainty across the crypto industry this week, with sections of the document leading some to believe that American DeFi users may soon be required to report their self-custodial wallet addresses to the federal government. Come 2025, the document, Form 1099-DA, will become a mandatory filing for any crypto transaction deemed by the IRS to have sourced from a broker. What exactly that means is still unclear. Crypto exchanges will all but certainly...
Apr 10, 2024
Markets
Uniswap UNI Token Tanks After SEC Threatens Enforcement Action
The price of Uniswap's UNI token fell sharply following news that the decentralized exchange was in the crosshairs of the Securities and Exchange Commission. CoinGecko data shows that UNI has dropped by 9% within an hour and is now trading for $10.15. At one point the price dipped below $10 for the first time since late February, and over the past 24 hours, the drop is closer to 11%. The token is the 20th biggest digital asset, with a market cap of $7.6 billion. Those who hold enough of the toke...