Uniswap is the largest decentralized exchange (DEX) and automated market maker (AMM) protocol on Ethereum and 18+ other chains, founded by Hayden Adams and deployed to Ethereum mainnet on November 2, 2018. It has processed cumulative trading volume in the trillions of dollars. Uniswap's Twitter Score is 805 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking it #66 out of 389,201 crypto accounts tracked on this platform, with 1,469,995 followers and 7,365 posts published. Uniswap ranks #66 (top 0.1%) out of 389,000+ tracked accounts on TwitterScore.
Uniswap operates as an open-source AMM, with Uniswap Labs serving as the primary developer and maintainer of the protocol web app, a self-custodial wallet, UniswapX for gasless swaps and MEV protection, and a developer API. The UNI governance token launched in September 2020 and was airdropped to approximately 250,000 historical users, with total supply capped at 1 billion tokens. The Uniswap Foundation, formed in 2022 as a nonprofit following a ~95% UNI holder vote, supports governance, grants, protocol development, and community.
Uniswap has attracted backing from prominent crypto and venture capital investors. Uniswap Labs raised $11 million in a Series A in August 2020, led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Paradigm, Union Square Ventures, Variant, ParaFi Capital, SV Angel, Version One, and A.Capital. A $165 million Series B followed in October 2022, led by Polychain Capital at a $1.66 billion valuation, with a16z crypto, Paradigm, SV Angel, and Variant among the participants. Additional backers include BlackRock and Coinbase Ventures.
Uniswap released Uniswap v4 on January 31, 2025, introducing hooks and expanded protocol customization. Unichain, a DeFi-focused Ethereum Layer 2 built on the OP Stack and Superchain, launched on mainnet in February 2025. In November 2025, Uniswap Labs and the Uniswap Foundation jointly proposed UNIfication, which was later approved, activating protocol fees, programmatic UNI burn from Unichain sequencer revenue and other sources, and a 100 million UNI treasury burn. The SEC closed its multi-year investigation into Uniswap Labs with no action in February 2025, following a prior Wells Notice.
Uniswap has been mentioned by 5,112 accounts, with 19,657 total mentions across the platform.
Uniswap's associated ecosystem assets include TESSERA, Euler Labs and Genie.
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Uniswap draws notable followers from across crypto, DeFi, and traditional finance. The accounts that follow Uniswap include 2,762 founders, 553 angel investors, 1,869 influencers and 213 VCs, among them Chris Dixon, Solana, Erik Voorhees, Laura Shin, Toly and Ansem.