Uniswap votes to add fees on v4 and Robinhood Chain

The Uniswap decentralized exchange is set to vote on two governance proposals that could significantly increase the rate at which its UNI tokens are permanently removed from circulation. The on-chain votes, scheduled to run from July 19 through July 26, would activate protocol fees for the first time on selected Uniswap v4 pools and extend fee collection to v2 and v3 deployments on the new Robinhood Chain.

If approved, the collected fees would be directed into Uniswap's existing "TokenJar" system, which burns UNI tokens. Under this mechanism, searchers can claim the accumulated fee assets by depositing an equivalent value of UNI, which is then sent to a burn address. Founder Hayden Adams stated that based on current trading volumes, especially on Robinhood Chain, the impact on the UNI burn could be substantial.

The first proposal targets Uniswap v4, the protocol's latest version, which launched with a more flexible fee architecture. Unlike the fixed fee tiers of v2 and v3, v4's "hook" system allows pool fees to change from block to block. The proposal would activate protocol fees for three categories of v4 pools: static-fee pools, pools launched through continuous clearing...