Uniswap Price
Swapping one token for another normally means an exchange matching your order against somebody else's. Uniswap throws that model out. It is a set of smart contracts where trades happen against a pool of tokens that other users have deposited, with a formula s…
Market data via Binance · signals computed live from daily closes · not financial advice.
Key market insights
A plain-language read of live indicators computed from daily closes — these describe current price behaviour, not a forecast.
Technical analysis
Moving averages, momentum and support/resistance from daily closing prices — a snapshot of current structure, not a forecast.
Historical performance
52-week high and low with trailing returns across time windows. Computed from up to 365 daily closes.
Automated observations
Generated mechanically from current market data (volatility, trend, distance from highs) — descriptive, not advice.
Strengths · tailwinds
- Up 27% over the last 30 days.
Risks · headwinds
- Annualised volatility of 96% — large day-to-day swings.
- Trading 70% below its 52-week high — well off recent peaks.
- Max drawdown of -80% over the window — has endured deep peak-to-trough losses.
Supply structure
How much UNI is in circulation versus its fixed maximum — 60.0% of the maximum is circulating today.
Uniswap derivatives
Live perpetual-swap metrics. Funding is the periodic payment between longs and shorts; open interest is the total value of outstanding contracts. Informational — not a recommendation to trade leveraged products.
Source: Binance Futures · funding shown per 8h and annualised. Leveraged products carry high risk; informational only.
Convert Uniswap to US Dollar
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About Uniswap
Swapping one token for another normally means an exchange matching your order against somebody else's. Uniswap throws that model out. It is a set of smart contracts where trades happen against a pool of tokens that other users have deposited, with a formula setting the price instead of a queue of buyers and sellers. Nobody takes custody of your coins, there is no account to open, and the contracts run on public blockchains rather than a company's servers.
The mechanism is an <a href="/glossary/amm/">automated market maker</a>. A pool holds two tokens, and the price is derived from the ratio between them: buy one side and the pool has less of it, so the price of that side rises automatically. Anyone can supply both tokens to a pool and become a liquidity provider, earning a share of the fee that every trade pays. Later versions let providers concentrate their funds in a chosen price range, which makes the same money work harder while demanding far more attention.
In practice Uniswap is where tokens that no listed exchange would touch actually find a market, which is both its usefulness and its hazard. It is also plumbing: wallets, aggregators and other applications route trades through it without users ever seeing the interface. The UNI token is for governance — voting on parameters, upgrades and how the protocol's treasury is spent — and holding it is not a claim on trading income. Because most activity settles on Ethereum and its rollups, learning to <a href="/toolkit/how-to-estimate-a-network-fee/">estimate a network fee</a> before you trade saves real money.
The risks are specific and worth taking seriously. Providing liquidity exposes you to <a href="/glossary/impermanent-loss/">impermanent loss</a>, where a large price move leaves you worse off than if you had simply held both tokens. Anyone can create a pool for any token, including a counterfeit with a real project's name, so the contract address is the only thing worth trusting. Large orders in thin pools suffer heavy slippage, and traders can be sandwiched by bots reading the mempool. Underneath it all sits ordinary smart contract risk, which our <a href="/learn/defi-basics-and-risks/">DeFi basics and risks</a> lesson unpacks.
Uniswap vs peers
| Coin | Price | 24h | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniswap UNI | $3.68 | -4.25% | $2.21B |
| Chainlink LINK | $8.38 | +0.52% | $5.36B |
| Maker MKR | $1,813.70 | +0.76% | $1.64B |
| Aave AAVE | $91.29 | -2.53% | $1.37B |
| Injective INJ | $5.04 | -2.87% | $498.56M |
| Lido DAO LDO | $0.3747 | -0.77% | $335.36M |
Uniswap FAQ
Do I need an account to use Uniswap?
No. You connect a self-custodial wallet and the trade executes on-chain from your own address. There is no sign-up, no identity check on the protocol itself and no balance held on your behalf. That also means no password reset and no support desk: if you approve a malicious contract or send to the wrong address, nobody can reverse it for you.
What is the difference between UNI and the exchange itself?
The exchange is a set of contracts that will keep working whether or not you own any UNI. UNI is a governance token that lets holders vote on protocol decisions and treasury spending. You do not need it to swap or to provide liquidity, and owning it does not automatically entitle you to a slice of trading fees — whether the protocol should share revenue has been debated for a long time.
Is providing liquidity a way to earn passive income?
It is better described as running a small market-making business. You collect fees from trades, but you take on price exposure to both tokens and can end up with more of whichever one fell. Concentrated ranges amplify both the fees and the losses, and a position left unattended after a big move can stop earning entirely. Model the downside before committing funds.
How do I avoid buying a fake token?
Verify the contract address from the project's own site or a reputable data source, then check it matches what your wallet shows. Scammers create pools using identical names and logos, and a token appearing in a swap interface proves nothing about legitimacy. Be equally wary of tokens you can buy but not sell — a common trap built into the token's own code.
Why did my trade go through at a worse price than quoted?
That is slippage. Between quoting and confirming, other trades hit the same pool and move the price, and a thin pool moves more per unit traded. Your wallet lets you set a slippage tolerance, which caps how far the price may drift before the transaction fails. Setting it too high invites bots to sandwich your order deliberately.
Is Uniswap safe to use?
The core contracts are heavily used, audited and have held up well, but that is only one layer of safety. The bigger dangers sit around them: fake tokens, phishing sites cloned from the real interface, and unlimited spending approvals granted to contracts you have forgotten about. Bookmark the address you trust, review and revoke old approvals, and treat anything promoted in your inbox with suspicion.
Last updated Jul 25, 2026