After years of development challenges and regulatory roadblocks, Adams says it’s time for Uniswap to “enable protocol fees” and align incentives across the ecosystem.
His proposal aims to evolve Uniswap into a strong, self-sustaining network built for the next decade of decentralized finance.
Rekindling governance and community collaboration
Founded in 2018, Uniswap has grown from a small experiment in automated trading to a global financial platform that processes approximately $1.8 trillion annually. Despite its impact, the company that created the protocol, Uniswap Labs, has long remained on the sidelines of governance. This is because regulatory pressure makes active participation a risk. Adams says those days are over.
The new proposal calls for Uniswap to start collecting a small transaction fee from transactions, a mechanism known as “protocol fees.” These collected fees will be used to purchase and write UNI tokens, potentially reducing supply and rewarding long-term holders. Adams also proposed adding a protocol fee discount auction, a system that would improve outcomes for liquidity providers while maintaining trading efficiency.
Today, I am very excited to make my first proposal to Uniswap Governance. @Uniswap in line @devinawalsh and @nkennethk
This proposal would enable protocol fees and align incentives across the Uniswap ecosystem.
Uniswap is my passion and sole focus… pic.twitter.com/Ee9bKDric5
— Hayden Adams 🦄 (@haydenzadams) November 10, 2025
To further align incentives, the plan will redirect fees from Unichain, Uniswap’s scaling network, to the same UNI burn mechanism. Uniswap Labs plans to stop charging separate fees for its interface and wallet products to encourage broader adoption. Simply put, the protocol itself becomes the economic engine, not the companies behind it.
Building for an on-chain economy
Another highlight is the integration of “aggregator hooks”. These enable Uniswap v4 to route trades across multiple liquidity sources directly on-chain, making Uniswap a one-stop hub for decentralized trading. This idea reflects a trend we will see in 2025, where decentralized liquidity aggregation will become essential for efficient cross-chain transactions.
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UNIfication is a joint proposal between Uniswap Labs and the Uniswap Foundation to enable protocol fees and align incentives across the Uniswap ecosystem.
Positioning the Uniswap protocol as the default decentralized exchange
— Uniswap Labs 🦄 (@Uniswap) November 10, 2025
Uniswap’s proposal also includes moving governance resources and personnel to Labs, consolidating expertise, and streamlining growth efforts. Adams believes this unified structure will allow developers, liquidity providers, and governance participants to work together toward one common goal: making Uniswap the leading marketplace for tokenized value.
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