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{{Distinguish|Uniswap}}{{Infobox company
| name = Uniswap Labs
| logo = Uniswap_Labs_Logo.jpg
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| industry = [[Cryptocurrency]], [[Decentralized Finance]], [[Blockchain]]
| founded = 2018
| founder = [[Hayden Adams]]
| hq_location_country = [[United States]]
| products = [[Uniswap|Uniswap Protocol]], Uniswap Interface, Uniswap Wallet, Uniswap API
| services = [[Decentralized exchange]] (DEX), [[Smart contracts]], Liquidity provision
| website = uniswap.org
}}

'''Uniswap Labs''' is a [[software company]] in the [[decentralized finance]] (DeFi) space, founded in 2018 by [[Hayden Adams]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who is Hayden Adams? |url=https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/people/hayden-adams |website=[[Coinmarketcap]]}}</ref> It is the creator of the [[Uniswap|Uniswap Protocol]], a [[Peer-to-peer|peer-to-peer system]] for [[Swap (finance)|swapping]] [[Digital asset|digital assets]], which has facilitated over $2.4 [[trillion]] in [[Volume (finance)|trading volume]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lindrea |first=Brayden |title=Uniswap tops $2T in trading volume, larger than Australia's GDP |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/uniswap-tops-two-trillion-trading-volume |work=CoinTelegraph}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What is Uniswap? A Complete Guide |url=https://blog.uniswap.org/what-is-uniswap |website=Uniswap Labs Blog|date=June 2023 }}</ref> The protocol operates as an [[Automation|automated]] [[market maker]] (AMM), enabling users to trade [[Cryptocurrency|cryptocurrencies]] directly from their wallets without relying on [[Centralisation|centralized]] [[Intermediary|intermediaries]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is an Automated Market Maker (AMM)? |url=https://www.coinbase.com/en-gb/learn/advanced-trading/what-is-an-automated-market-maker-amm |website=[[Coinbase]] |at=fourth subtitle: "Recognized AMMs in the Market"}}</ref>

Uniswap offers products such as a self-custodial mobile [[Cryptocurrency wallet|wallet]], a Trading [[API]] for professional users, and a [[User interface|web interface]]. These tools provide access to liquidity across multiple [[Blockchain|blockchains]], including [[Ethereum]], [[Polygon (blockchain)|Polygon]], and [[Optimism (blockchain)|Optimism]]. The [[company]] has also collaborated with traditional [[finance]] platforms like [https://www.fireblocks.com/ Fireblocks] to integrate DeFi features into traditional financial systems, thereby expanding its reach to institutional clients.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uniswap Labs and Fireblocks Collaborate to Bring DeFi Innovation to TradFi |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241204889966/en/Uniswap-Labs-and-Fireblocks-Collaborate-to-Bring-DeFi-Innovation-to-TradFi |website=[[Business Wire]]}}</ref>

In 2024, Uniswap Labs introduced the largest [[bug bounty program]] in blockchain history, with rewards up to $15.5 million.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thuo |first=Charles |title=Uniswap unveils record-setting bounty ahead of v4 launch |url=https://invezz.com/news/2024/11/26/uniswap-unveils-record-setting-bounty-ahead-of-v4-launch/ |work=invezz}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Ethereum]]
* [[Decentralized finance|DeFi]]
* [[Cryptocurrency]]
* [[PancakeSwap]]
* [[List of bitcoin companies]]
* [[Uniswap]]

== References ==

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