Hayden Adams π¦ (@haydenzadams) on X (original) (raw)
Invented the Uniswap protocol, Founder

Today
@Uniswap
Labs received a Wells notice from the SEC. Iβm not surprised. Just annoyed, disappointed, and ready to fight. I am confident that the products we offer are legal and that our work is on the right side of history. But itβs been clear for a while that rather than
Ideally, Tesla batteries last 10x longer, recharge 10x faster & drops costs 100x. Then it wins hands down.
Not aimed at any specific project, but have seen a ton of discourse recently on the topic so figured Iβd share my take on good token distributions: 1) tokens, not points 2) donβt farm the farmers - teasing and creating ambiguity around a token distribution to grow your numbers
π€‘ This week
@jpmorgan@Chase
closed my bank accounts with no notice or explanation π§βπ» I know many individuals and companies who have been similarly targeted simply for working in the crypto industry π Thanks for making it a personal
π€― Wow,
@UniswapProtocol
24hr trading volume is higher than
@coinbase
for the first time ever π¦ Uniswap: 426Mπ¦Coinbase:426M π¦ Coinbase: 426Mπ¦Coinbase:348M Hard to express with how crazy this is.
Today, Iβm incredibly excited to make my first proposal to Uniswap governance on behalf of
@Uniswap
alongside
@devinawalsh
and
@nkennethk
This proposal turns on protocol fees and aligns incentives across the Uniswap ecosystem Uniswap has been my passion and singular focus for
holy shit immutable smart contracts just beat the treasury department in court "we hold that Tornado Cash's immutable smart contracts (the lines of privacy-enabling software code) are not the "property" of a foreign national or entity, meaning (1) they cannot be blocked under
If I have to go another week without publicly announcing details of Uniswap v3 I might go insane
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@Uniswap
just became the first decentralized trading platform to process over $100b in volume - an exciting milestone for DeFi π
Lots of people sold their uni airdrop People sent photos of what they bought to my dms from ps5s to life changing essentials to wedding rings It was pretty cool, I was happy for them. We would not have airdropped unlocked tokens if the goal was prevent selling
Long thread, no TLDR: Throughout Uniswap's history, there have been many moments that upset people Raising VC funding, adding fee switch to v2, not having a token, having a token, criticizing Nomi days before he rugged, blocking certain tokens in the UI, geoblocking OFAC
Embarrassing to watch the United States fumble the ball so hard on crypto The incentive for innovators and businesses is to go abroad It's like if 30 years ago the government saw the internet and said "no, don't do that here"
π Prices go up and down and up and down πΆ Fundamental value goes up and up and up and up
Excited to announce
@unichain
This is a labor of love based on 6 years of designing and building in the DeFi space We think what we're building will be the best home for DeFi Unichain is built on top of the Superchain - with a few new additions that we're bringing to the