Congressional hearings in June 2025 exposed how Uniswap's governance works in practice: a small group of large token holders makes major decisions, not through democratic processes but through token accumulation.
Large holders can propose protocol changes, control fee structures, determine development priorities, and block changes that threaten their interests. Mathematical democracy becomes practical oligarchy.
Multiple institutions documented this as the "vulnerable nature of decentralized governance." When governance rights can be bought, they will be captured.
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