Uniswap (UNI) Price — Buy & Swap UNI

The story behind Uniswap

Hayden Adams built Uniswap in November 2018 from an idea Vitalik Buterin had sketched out publicly, turning a fairly abstract concept — pricing assets through a simple mathematical formula rather than an order book — into working software almost single-handedly. Version 2 launched in 2020, and UNI arrived that September as an airdrop to every past user, a defensive move made in response to a competing fork that threatened to siphon off Uniswap's liquidity by copying its code and adding a token incentive Uniswap itself lacked. Version 3 introduced concentrated liquidity in 2021, letting liquidity providers focus their capital around specific price ranges, and version 4 added customisable hooks in 2025, opening the protocol to far more specialised trading logic.

What UNI is used for

Holding UNI lets you vote on protocol upgrades, treasury spending, and notably the long-debated 'fee switch' that could redirect a share of trading fees from liquidity providers to UNI holders themselves. As things stand, though, UNI plays no role in the trading fees you would actually pay when swapping tokens on Uniswap — those go entirely to liquidity providers, not to the token that governs the protocol.

Uniswap in the market today

Uniswap has processed trillions of dollars in cumulative trading volume and remains the reference decentralised exchange against which newer competitors are measured. It now faces real competition, though, from trade aggregators that route orders across multiple venues, order-book-style decentralised exchanges, and fast-growing Solana-based venues all chasing the same order flow Uniswap once had largely to itself.

How to buy or swap UNI

1. Pick UNI as the asset you want to receive.
2. Choose what you're paying with — crypto or a fiat card.
3. Monivo compares every connected exchange and routes your order to the best available rate.
4. Paste your wallet address and confirm — funds arrive in minutes.