Stanford group becomes 9th largest Uniswap delegate, overtakes UC Berkeley
Post-secondary institutions appear to be flocking the Uniswap exchange. A Stanford student group just confirmed it has become a Uniswap delegate with more than 2.5 million votes. Stanford Blockchain Club has become one of the largest delegates for the exchange Uniswap, overtaking a student group at rival California university UC Berkeley. The student-run blockchain club verified itself as a Uniswap delegate on Tuesday, having amassed 2,524,711 votes, according to Sybil, an Ethereum governance tool. That puts Stanford in the ninth spot, just ahead of UC Berkeley’s CalBlockchain with....
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