Uniswap seeks approval for fee rollout across eight chains and remaining v3 pools

Uniswap, the dominant decentralized exchange protocol, is seeking community approval to extend its fee-collection system to eight additional blockchain networks and to all remaining version 3 liquidity pools on Ethereum.

The governance proposal, now open for voting, would activate protocol fees on Arbitrum, Base, Celo, OP Mainnet, Soneium, X Layer, Worldchain, and Zora. A new tier-based adapter would automatically assign fee rates to pools based on their liquidity provider fee structure, eliminating the need for individual pool governance actions.

Revenue collected on layer 2 networks would be bridged back to Ethereum mainnet, where it would fund automated purchases and permanent removal of $UNI from circulation. The model mirrors the infrastructure used for Unichain sequencer revenue, reinforcing a usage-linked burn mechanism.

The vote marks the first major test of Uniswap’s UNIfication governance overhaul, which allows fee-related proposals to bypass the traditional request for comment stage and move directly to a five day Snapshot poll followed by binding on-chain ratification.

If approved, the expansion would significantly broaden Uniswap’s revenue capture across ecosystems and further entrench its deflationary design tied to protocol usage.