Uniswap delays protocol upgrade vote; UNI price falls 9%
The Uniswap Foundation announced a delay to an upgrade vote on the protocol’s fee mechanism. UNI price reacted lower, declining 9% to hit lows of $10.17. The Uniswap Foundation has postponed the governance vote on a proposal aimed at activating a new fee mechanism for the protocol. This proposal would have initiated a fee switch for Uniswap, providing for rewards to UNI token holders who stake and delegate their tokens. As the market reacted to the news, the price of UNI fell by nearly 9% to touch lows of $10.17 across major exchanges. Uniswap postpones key upgrade vote Uniswap announced the fee switch proposal last week, with an on-chain deployment and vote set for today, Friday. However, this will now not go ahead as planned as per a new update. In an update today, the Uniswap Foundation stated that the delay relates to an issue a stakeholder raised following the proposal. This has necessitated “additional diligence” on the part of the...