Approaches $150,000,000,000 in Swap Volume on Arbitrum

• Since Uniswap’s launch on Arbitrum in June last year, the volume of swaps has increased, with the surge in April this year being the most notable.

• One reason for the growing acceptance of Uniswap on Arbitrum is its lower transaction fees compared to those of Ethereum’s mainnet

Uniswap, a prominent player in decentralized finance (DeFi), has seen its swap volume on Arbitrum soar to $150 billion as of April 25. Such a milestone is a testament to the rising demand for distributed solutions in the crypto universe. Since Uniswap’s launch on Arbitrum in June last year, the volume of swaps has increased, with the surge in April this year being the most notable.

Arbitrum is about to be the first L2 to pass 150B in swap volume 👀 pic.twitter.com/VwT9dMiiXP

— Uniswap Labs 🦄 (@Uniswap) April 25, 2024

One of the reasons behind the growing acceptance of Uniswap on Arbitrum is Arbitrum’s transaction fees, which are lower than Ethereum mainnet’s. Arbitrum’s features, such as optimistic roll-up, enable users to enjoy low fees while trading in a highly scalable environment backed by the main Ethereum network. Further, Ethereum programmers just deployed Dencun, a new transaction format called ‘blobs,’ which can be employed by off-chain layer-2 solutions to store large data, lowering fees and improving the user experience.

Uniswap V4 and Regulatory Challenges

Uniswap Labs intends to put Uniswap V4 out soon, including features like Hooks that will deliver higher efficiency and more adaptability at the decentralized exchange variant. Ushering in a new era of technologies and applications is accompanied by hurdles in the form of a regulatory portfolio. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has notified Uniswap Labs with a Wells Notice, which suggests their intention to file a lawsuit.

Despite the regulatory scrutiny stocking up, Uniswap’s founder Hayden Adams has vowed to firmly defend the DEX platform. While regulatory oversight presents an obstacle for platforms like Uniswap looking to develop a decentralized solution for trading and asset management, such platforms continue to innovate and attract users in search of such decentralized options.

Whales Accumulate UNI Tokens Amidst Market Recovery

UNI, a native token of Uniswap, has recently experienced a positive recovery, jumping to about $8 from its lows of around $6 within 10 days. According to on-chain data, large traders, known as whales, recently physically withdrew a large number of UNI tokens from exchanges, which indicates their excitement with the growth of the token’s price. Among the most significant were transactions made by a whale with a withdrawal of $954,000, including 121,871 UNI tokens, which may indicate that no sale will be made at all.

Uniswap has had a 138% increase in total value locked (TVL) in the last month, which shows that investors are growing in their belief and reliance on the protocol. A growth in TVL could mean a potential price rebound for UNI, with the possibility of reaching key highs again if the growth continues. Similarly, the compound (COMP) tokens return from the treasury along with UNI shows that the whales are diversifying their assets with interest and confidence in DeFi tokens.

The shift in price movement in UNI and other DeFi tokens could indicate a possible DeFi rally while memecoins, real-life assets, and AI tokens continue to dominate. Nearly all DeFi tokens are rising on an uptrend, and the broader DeFi market cap has grown by 1.74%. Such a possibility gives birth to the DeFi narrative in the market space.