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Hayden Adams

Founder, Uniswap

Search every verified Hayden Adams interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Hayden Adams, founder of Uniswap, discussed the protocol's evolution and recent traction in two podcast appearances. On The Crypto Tape in September 2026, he described tokenization as "the digitization of value," drawing parallels to the internet's impact on information. He argued that automated market makers compete on cost of capital rather than raw efficiency and that "correlated pairs" could decouple what traditional markets bundle in dollars, potentially expanding the role of market-making firms. Adams also addressed misconceptions about impermanent loss and characterized Uniswap as an expressive platform, comparing it to YouTube in terms of the range of assets it can support. In an August 2026 appearance on Empire, Adams framed Uniswap's mission as creating a liquidity network for all assets, lowering the barrier to market making and increasing competition in the industry. He cited recent metrics, stating that Uniswap handles 60-70% of stablecoin swapping within EVM networks and 40-50% across non-EVM chains. Adams also noted that Uniswap's burn rate annualized to roughly $100 million following the V4 and Robinhood Chain launches, which he described as a positive signal for the protocol's future. He emphasized that the platform aims to provide instant global distribution for asset issuers, positioning it as an alternative to traditional exchange listings.

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“I think that like one thing and it's funny you can go back and watch early videos about people predicting the internet and some people got it really well. You have like there's like a David Bowie interview or something where he's like well it's going to be like this crazy. But I think that like there's part of it is like this but I think that like there's some some clear ones which is like you know it will be more gl”

“We're running about 100 million annualized which is pretty pretty cool. If you look at the slightly longer averages, um they're they're still more in like the 5060 million I think. But like if you look at the more recent uh post V4 post Robin Hood chain numbers, they annualized to more like uh 100 million uh in uni per year on the burn.”

“In the EVM world, we're up to 60% of stable coin swapping. It's something like 60 to 70% now of EVM I think it might even be 70 and then it's something like 40 to 50 of like all stable stable swaps across non EVM as well is just unis swap protocol.”

“With the fee switch on, there will be protocol fees that ultimately burn UNI and reduce supply over time. In some ways it's similar to Ethereum's model where network fees are burned.”

“Sometimes people think about trading as just a form of gambling, but that's crazy because trading is how you convert between different forms of value. If you can make it lower-cost and more frictionless to convert between things, you create a greater abundance of value.”

“We intentionally made Uniswap V1 (and V2) non-upgradeable — people can put their money in and not have to worry about us changing the underlying code. Allowing unilateral upgrades would break that fundamental property and would drive away a lot of usage.”

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