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As Ethereum DeFi craze continues, Uniswap is processing over 100,000 transactions a day
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Updated: Nov. 12, 2020 at 9:56 pm UTC
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In 2018 and 2019, decentralized exchanges (DEXs) on Ethereum were barely used. While hailed as the future, these platforms failed to garner much support from cryptocurrency traders, who then preferred the cost and time efficiency of centralized platforms.
But over the past few months, as decentralized finance (DeFi) has gone parabolic, DEXs have become a popular product. So popular that Uniswap, the most popular Ethereum-based trading platform, has reported that it processes in excess of 100,000 transactions a day.
Uniswap alone processes 35% of Bitcoin’s daily transaction count
In recent weeks, many traders have abandoned the tried-and-true strategy of leverage trading cryptocurrencies for Uniswap. The exchange, after all, is where many DeFi tokens are first listed, meaning Uniswap is often the only major source of liquidity for many new Ethereum-based projects.
This has meant that as DeFi has undergone a Cambrian explosion in recent weeks, Uniswap has been the place to be for many traders seeking potential parabolic gains.
Hayden Adams, the founder of Uniswap, indicated on Aug. 9 that Uniswap has seen such interest that it now processes over 100,000 transactions every day. This amounts to around 1.2 transactions every second. For context, Bitcoin processes around 325,000 transactions a day at around 3.6 transactions per second.
???????????@UniswapProtocol V2 just passed 100,000 daily transactions (or ~1.2 TPS)
? Bitcoin: 325k tx/day (3.6 TPS)
? Uniswap: 110,000 tx/day (1.2 TPS) pic.twitter.com/riH8BpGOxp— Hayden Adams ? (@haydenzadams) August 9, 2020
With these 100,000+ transactions a day, Uniswap is processing upwards of $100 million worth of volume per day. Coinbase Pro, on the other hand, does around $500 million worth of volume each day.
There may be room for Uniswap to grow, despite it already accounting for a large percentage of the gas consumed by the Ethereum network each day.
As reported by CryptoSlate previously, Curve, a stablecoin-focused decentralized exchange, is set to soon release a governance token called CRV. Details about the cryptocurrency are sparse as it has not yet launched. Spencer Noon, head of DTC Capital, though, has said that the coin could have implications for all of Ethereum and DeFi:
โCatโs out of the bag, this is correct. $CRV is likely the next big domino to fall that puts #DeFi back in a frenzy. Thatโs what happens when youโre critical infrastructure for farms, have huge daily volumes, plus a lean cap table. Watch 2nd order effects of this launch closelyโฆโ
Funding secured
Uniswap’s parabolic uptick in adoption comes as the company finished an $11 million funding round.
As indicated in a recent Form D submission to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the team behind Uniswap raised that sum in Series A funding. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with other investors like USV, Paradigm, Parafi Capital, and other firms chipping in.
The Uniswap team will be using these funds to hire more developers and team members, allowing Uniswap V3 to be built out. This version of the Ethereum decentralized exchange is expected to “dramatically increase the flexibility and capital efficiency of the protocol.”
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