UNI Holders Slam Lack of Rev Share as Uniswap Sees Record Volumes
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Uniswap is nearing $1 trillion in annual trading volume, but UNI token holders are still watching from the sidelines. Uniswap, the second-largest decentralized crypto exchange (DEX) by trading volume, is nearing $1 trillion in yearly volumes, but holders of the platform’s token say that the success is not being shared with them. UNI holders took to X this week to call out that Uniswap’s soaring metrics have not provided them with payouts, revenue share, or some other structural benefits. The uproar on X started after Uniswap founder Hayden Adams published a post on Sunday, Sept. 21, boasting about the platform’s metrics and saying “Always funny to see people bear post Uniswap,” adding further that the protocol’s volumes “are at all time high” exceeding $1 trillion per year for the first time. Top DEXs by trading volume. Source: Token Terminal Data from Token Terminal shows that Uniswap is nearing the $1 trillion mark for yearly volume, next only to PancakeSwap, which has already surpassed $1.1 trillion in the past year. Adams’ post sparked an immediate reaction in the crypto community, which wasn’t pleased with how things are unfolding for UNI holders. Arca chief investment officer Jeff Dorman fired back at the Uniswap founder, saying in an X post that UNI has become a “complete nonsense token in today’s market & changing regulatory environment.” “Everything you and your VCs stand for is irrelevant. Turn on revenues & buybacks, or don’t bother having a token,” Dorman added in the X post. Crypto investor Mike Dudas also responded to Adams’ post yesterday, saying “reasonable to ask why there is no value accrual to the UNI token 5 years post-TGE[.] nearly every other major defi primitive has figured this out by now[.]” As of press time, Uniswap (UNI) is trading at $8.13, down 81.7% from…
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