Hayden Adams: King of the DeFi Degens

Hayden Adams: King of the DeFi Degens

Hayden Adams took a $65,000 grant and turned it into a $2 billion protocol; meet the King of the DeFi Degens.


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The fees sting but Uniswap v3 sees more volume on launch day than v2's first ...

Several users have aired complaints about the new version, especially its higher gas fees. The founder of Uniswap, Hayden Adams, has reported that the launch day of Uniswap’s v3 iteration was more successful than its predecessor in terms of volume.In a tweet on May 6th, Adams declared the launch of Uniswap v3 the day before a resounding success. He noted that over its first 24 hours of going live v3 had already processed more than twice the volume that v2 saw in its first month.Dividing Uniswap’s volume by total value locked, or TVL, Adams asserted the platform is operating with greater....

Uniswap reaches $100B in cumulative volume amid DeFi explosion

Uniswap’s all-time trade volume reached $101.5 billion on Monday, according to data from Dune Analytics. Uniswap’s decentralized exchange reached a major milestone on Monday, as cumulative trade volumes surpassed $100 billion in the wake of the DeFi boom. Hayden Adams, Uniswap’s CEO, tweeted Monday that his platform became the first decentralized exchange to process over $100 billion in transactions. Using data from Dune Analytics, Adams shows cumulative volumes of $101.5 billion as of Feb. 15. The chart highlights Uniswap’s dramatic growth since mid-2020 when the first DeFi bull market....

Uniswap's founder wants your advice on how to spend $500 million

With Uniswap's treasury now worth more than $500 million, creator Hayden Adams has asked the crypto community for suggestions on how to spend it. Unsiwap creator Hayden Adams has taken to crypto-twitter to source feedback on how the DEX should allocate its $500 million governance treasury.With Uniswap’s native UNI token currently trading at $9.30 after rallying to break its previous all-time high of $7.10 last week, the vested share of Uniswap’s warchest is now valued at more than half a billion dollars.“What are some of the most impactful ways governance can allocate this UNI?” Adams....

Uniswap's weekly trade volumes reach record high of $10B

The decentralized exchange has been at the center of the yearlong DeFi explosion. Uniswap’s decentralized exchange set a new weekly volume record on Tuesday, with cumulative transactions exceeding $10 billion amid the ongoing decentralized finance boom. CEO Hayden Adams tweeted the milestone on Tuesday with an accompanying chart showing a 25.7% weekly increase in volumes. If Uniswap manages to maintain its current pace, it will process over $500 billion worth of transactions in a year. @Uniswap weekly trading volume just passed $10b for the first time!!! $10b/week is over $0.5 trillion per....

MEXC Partners with Unicrypt Expanding its Ecosystem Development

Global cryptocurrency and digital asset exchange MEXC is partnering with Unicrypt to help develop its ecosystem and provide MEXC customers with access to Unicrypt’s unique DeFi services and protocols. Built from the ground up by a passionate and dedicated team, inspired by Uniswap founder Hayden Adams, Unicrypt is designed to give its users access to […]