Binance delegates 13.2M UNI tokens, becoming Uniswap DAO's second-largest vot...

Binance delegates 13.2M UNI tokens, becoming Uniswap DAO's second-largest vot...

This move will allow Binance to propose governance votes, but is not enough to meet the quorum 4% requirement. Crypto exchange Binance is now the second-largest entity by voting power in the Uniswap DAO, sitting just behind the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz, or a16z, according to the on-chain list of delegates. On Oct. 18, Binance delegated 13.2 million UNI (UNI) tokens from its own books, which represents 5.9% of the voting power — a percentage of tokens delegated to the exchange. Compared to the total supply of UNI, the amount delegated represents 1.3%. The move will allow Binance to....


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