Uniswap’s Intent-Based Trading Reshapes DeFi and Crypto Banking
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Uniswap has introduced intent-based trading. The move can reshape the area of decentralized finance and crypto banking. The feature allows customers to achieve their objective of trading without conducting actual trades, which makes the business quick, more affordable, and cost-effective. Dominating DeFi Despite Small Beginnings Uniswap started out very small with just $30 000 liquidity in 2018. The Automated Market Maker model of the protocol substituted the old-fashioned order books with smart contract-based liquidity pools. This innovation was to permit permissionless markets for any ERC-20 and to democratize access to liquidity. By 2020, Uniswap was a generic name in DeFi. In September 2021, its airdrop of 400 UNI was the expression of its emergence in open finance. Its daily trading volumes ultimately exceeded a number of centralized exchanges, demonstrating the efficiency of its decentralized model. The Exact Meaning of Intent-Based Trading The introduction of UniswapX in 2023 led to a significant change in the DeFi space. UniswapX implemented auction-based routing, which is a contrast to earlier systems. Traders sign an intent, such as wanting to swap token A for token B at a minimum rate. This intent is broadcast to a network of fillers (also known as solvers), who compete to deliver the best execution. They are third-party participants who compete to execute a user’s trade intent. Instead of the user directly interacting with liquidity pools, these solvers step in to find the best execution path. They do this via their own token inventory or via routing through available liquidity across blockchains. The benefits enjoyed by users are increased pricing, no gas charges, and simplified trading. The transaction costs are consumed by solver,s and smaller trades are available. Governance and Legal Influences Although it is growing, Uniswap has problems. Protocol governance (like the controversial fee switch proposal) is controlled…
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