Uniswap News Today: Uniswap’s UNIfication Proposal Sparks Debate Between Liquidity Incentives and Protocol Security in a Crucial Trial

Uniswap's own token

has seen notable price swings lately, dropping roughly 20% from its daily peak to settle at $8.246 as of November 11, 2025. This volatility comes after a substantial institutional transfer of 1.19 million UNI tokens to Binance, worth $10.54 million, which led to an unrealized loss of $914,000 due to shifting market prices. The large holder, who acquired these tokens between February and October 2025 through Binance and Flowdesk for a total of $11.45 million, underscores the continued involvement of institutions with the protocol and the interplay between centralized exchanges and on-chain movements .

UNI's broader price trends have been influenced by Uniswap's pivotal "UNIfication" initiative, which proposes activating a fee switch to direct trading fees to token holders and support protocol growth. This proposal, jointly put forward by

Labs and the Uniswap Foundation, calls for burning 100 million UNI tokens from the treasury—valued at about $800 million at current rates—and overhauling governance to unify development and ecosystem funding under one organization. Should it pass, the plan could decrease UNI's circulating supply, better align incentives within the ecosystem, and represent the most significant protocol change since Uniswap's inception in 2018 .

This proposal has already fueled a 48% jump in UNI's value, lifting it from $7.00 to above $10.30 in early November. Experts attribute this surge to rising confidence in Uniswap's shift from a passive governance asset to one with tangible economic benefits, along with the possibility of annual protocol revenue surpassing $2.75 billion. Nonetheless, there are still concerns, such as potentially lower rewards for liquidity providers and ongoing regulatory ambiguity, especially given the SEC's previous attention to Uniswap during Gary Gensler's tenure

.

At the same time, overall market trends have also played a role in UNI's performance. The crypto market has gained from the resolution of the U.S. government shutdown, as lawmakers agreed on funding through January 2026. This has boosted risk appetite, with (BTC) climbing above $106,000 and (ETH) moving back above $3,600. Despite this, UNI has lagged behind some other major tokens, recording a 24-hour trading volume of $2.96 billion and a market capitalization of $5.52 billion .

Looking forward, Uniswap's governance community is set to vote on the UNIfication proposal by the end of November, with the voting period expected to wrap up by mid-December after 22 days. If the changes are approved, they could transform DeFi economics by establishing a sustainable model for token value growth. The result will also

whether participants are prepared to exchange short-term liquidity provider incentives for greater long-term protocol security .

Meanwhile, Binance has added to the crypto market's activity by launching the Allora (ALLO) AI coin airdrop. As the 58th project in Binance's HODLer Airdrops series, ALLO will be available for trading on November 11 against

, , , and TRY pairs. Users who held BNB in Simple Earn or On-Chain Yields products from October 23 to 25 qualify for retroactive rewards, with 1.5% of ALLO's total supply set aside for the airdrop .