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Uniswap founder says protocol fees are live as v4 fee vote proceeds

Uniswap founder says protocol fees are live as v4 fee vote proceeds

Hayden Adams said UNI burns are already underway and three governance proposals are being voted on, including a July 7 plan to extend protocol fees to selected Uniswap v4 pool families.

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Fact Check
Every component of the claim is directly confirmed by primary sources. Hayden Adams' own X post explicitly says 'uniswap protocol fees are on + burn UNI' and lists exactly three governance proposals being voted on, matching the claim. The official Uniswap Governance forum temp check, dated July 7 and authored by UniswapLabs, confirms the plan to extend protocol fees to selected v4 pool families. The Defiant and cryptonews corroborate the fee/burn mechanism, the v4 extension proposal, and the July 7-12 Snapshot timeline.
Summary

Uniswap founder Hayden Adams said protocol fees are already active and UNI is being burned, rebutting claims that the fee switch remains off. His comments came as governance votes continued on three proposals covering Robinhood Chain fees for v2 and v3, a new July 7 proposal to activate fees for selected Uniswap v4 pool families, and fee-bridging cleanup on X Layer, Ava, MegaETH and Soneium. The v4 plan would extend the UNIfication fee-and-burn framework to Uniswap’s newest pool architecture through a Snapshot vote running July 7-12, followed by two parallel onchain votes the week of July 13 because GovernorBravo limits proposals to 10 actions. UNI rose 6.8% over 24 hours to $3.57, according to CoinGecko.

Terms & Concepts
  • protocol fees: Fees directed to the protocol rather than solely to liquidity providers or pool operators.
  • Snapshot vote: An offchain token-holder governance vote used to gauge support before onchain execution.
  • hooks: Smart contract extensions in Uniswap v4 that can customize pool behavior, including fee logic.