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Compound Labs Founder Reacts to Contentious Uniswap Vote Result

Compound Labs Founder Robert Leshner reacts to voting ending on the proposal to deploy Uniswap v3 on the BNB Chain using the Wormhole bridge. Leshner, who voted in favor of the deployment, shares his reactions to the result and explains why he thinks this move will be a net positive.

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Uniswap Vote Highlights the Opaqueness of Decentralized Governance

A contentious Uniswap vote is drumming up a debate on crypto Twitter over just how decentralized the exchange truly is. Compound Labs Founder Robert Leshner discusses the significance of a winning proposal to deploy Uniswap v3 on the BNB Chain using the Wormhole bridge. Plus, a closer look at VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, which invested in Uniswap and earned a massive trove of the project's UNI tokens.

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Tech

Contentious Uniswap Vote Highlights the Opaqueness of Decentralized Governance

A16z didn’t quash a proposal to launch Uniswap onto Binance’s BNB Chain, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t have.

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Tech

Uniswap DAO Approves Boba Network Deployment in Latest Community Vote

With its deployment on Boba Network, Uniswap has the opportunity to expand its community to include the users within Boba’s multichain ecosystem, significantly increasing both its total value locked and its transaction volume.

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A16z Rejects Plan to Deploy Uniswap V3 on BNB Chain

According to the Uniswap DAO forum, venture capital fund Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has used all 15 million of its UNI tokens to vote against a governance proposal that would deploy Uniswap v3 to BNB Chain on behalf of the Uniswap Community. "The Hash" panel discusses the potential next steps.

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Markets

Crypto Market’s Post-Fed Rally Continues as DeFi, Smart Contract Platform Sectors Star

Uniswap's UNI token and Avalanche's AVAX token were recently up about 4.5% and 3.4%; ether rose 3% at one point Thursday a day after unexpectedly moderate comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

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Tech

Wormhole Wins Vote to Be Uniswap’s Designated Bridge to BNB Chain

Uniswap aims to deploy its version 3 decentralized exchange on BNB Chain before its business source license expires on April 1. LayerZero, a target of recent criticism for under-publicized security risks, finished second in the voting.

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Tech

Bridge Platform LayerZero Denies Allegations It Kept ‘Backdoor’ Secret

The allegations from the head of Nomad, a LayerZero competitor, come just before Uniswap votes on whether to partner with LayerZero.

LayerZero CEO Bryan Pellegrino at Crypto Bahamas 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Uniswap Poll Shows 80% Support Decentralized Crypto Exchange's Move to BNB Chain

More than 20 million UNI were staked by community members to cast their votes.

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Policy

Circle, Uniswap Research Says DeFi Can Solve $2T FX Risk Problem

A paper by researchers at the digital-assets firms says DeFi and blockchain technology could also reduce cross-border remittances costs by $30 billion a year.

Mary-Catherine Lader, COO, Uniswap Labs  (Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images for TechCrunch)