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UniswapUNI

Automated liquidity in decentralized trading.

Uniswap is a decentralized exchange ecosystem built around automated market makers and related trading infrastructure. UNI is primarily a governance token, not the fee token of a standalone layer-1 blockchain.

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UNI / ASSETDEFI
ASSET NAMEUniswap
SYMBOLUNI
PRIMARY CATEGORYDeFi
LEARN MORE5 RESEARCH TOPICS
01 / INTRODUCTION

What is Uniswap?

Uniswap is a decentralized exchange ecosystem built around automated market makers and related trading infrastructure. UNI is primarily a governance token, not the fee token of a standalone layer-1 blockchain.

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Start with the fundamentalsFocus on the purpose of the network or token before looking at market activity.
02 / UNDER THE HOOD

Technology & network design

Smart-contract liquidity pools and protocol mechanisms support swaps without a traditional order-book intermediary. Deployments exist on supported networks.

03 / THE ECOSYSTEM

How it is used

Token swaps, liquidity provision, governance and decentralized trading infrastructure.

04 / THE BIG PICTURE

What makes it different

Unlike a base-layer cryptocurrency, UNI is connected to a protocol that runs on other blockchains.

05 / KNOW THE RISKS

Risks & trade-offs

Liquidity-provider losses, contract exploits, slippage, governance risks and transaction MEV.

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