Uniswap Customer Service Number (1815)-446-8636 Uniswap Customer Care Refund Helpline Number USA/UK Uniswap is the governance token for the Uniswap decentralized cryptocurrency exchange. To understand how it works and whether the token is worth buying, we first need to understand decentralized exchanges or DEXs. Uniswap basics
What it does: UNI is the token for the Ethereum-based decentralized exchange called Uniswap. It’s a governance token, so owners can participate in decisions on how the platform is run.
Management team: Uniswap was founded by Hayden Adams, a former engineer at Siemens.
Date launched: The exchange began trading in 2018 and Uniswap launched its token in September 2020.
Market cap: $11.3 billion (CoinMarketCap, July 2021).
Availability: Most major U.S. cryptocurrency exchanges.
How decentralized exchanges work
There are two main types of cryptocurrency exchanges: centralized and decentralized. If you’re relatively new to crypto investing, you’re probably more familiar with centralized exchanges like Coinbase or Gemini.
Centralized exchanges act as a middleman to facilitate buying and selling. Most have know-your-customer (KYC) requirements, so users have to validate their identities by submitting personal information. Many use custodial crypto wallets, meaning investors can leave their crypto assets on the exchange. And they often have a relatively limited number of coins available to trade.
Decentralized exchanges like Uniswap don’t have a middleman. Traders can swap tokens directly with one another. DEXs use smart contracts to facilitate trades and don’t use custodial wallets. And instead of the more traditional order books with a buyer and a seller, most DEXs use liquidity pools.
Liquidity pools contain pairs of tradable currencies. For example, an investor might put Ethereum (ETH) and Uniswap into a liquidity pool on Uniswap. They’d then get paid a percentage of the trading fees each time people swapped ETH for UNI or UNI for ETH. Uniswap users can earn UNI by providing liquidity on the platform.
One way to profit from owning UNI is to hold it in the belief the price will increase in the long term. But if you’re considering buying it, it makes sense to understand how to earn interest as well.
Understanding the competitive environment
With any investment, you need to evaluate how it stacks up against the competition. Uniswap is one of the top DEXs, but it’s also worth looking at:
The platforms are similar (since the code is open source, several of them are based on the same code). The main areas of difference are trading fees, the number of tradeable tokens, and the number of users.
Two issues to be aware of with all DEXs are regulation and gas fees:
Gas fees are different from trading fees. The trading fees on most DEXs are minimal, but the gas fees — the ETH you pay to make the transaction on Ethereum’s network — can really add up. For example, to trade $70 of ETH to UNI on Uniswap at the time of writing, I’d have had to pay over $10 in Ethereum gas fees. PancakeSwap runs on the Binance Smart Chain, which is less congested and charges lower gas fees.