The era of Ethereum staking ETFs recognized by institutions, 6 notable Ethereum ecosystem tokens to watch
(Summary: Unique project value + transparent token distribution + deflationary mechanism + clear reward structure criteria)
1. $ETH
⭐️ Key investment points
- Layer 1 standard for real-world asset (RWA) tokenization
- Staking-based security and reduced gas fees (L2·EIP-4844)
❤️ Deflationary and reward structure
- Net issuance after the introduction of EIP-1559
- Established a 'quasi-deflationary' structure with 332,000 $ETH (as of March 2025)
2. $MKR
⭐️ Key investment points
- Core governance of the DAI stablecoin economy
- Collateral and interest income → token value return
❤️ Deflationary and reward structure
- 'Smart Burn Engine' to buy back and burn $MKR worth 230 million KRW weekly from excess DAI → expected monthly supply reduction of 0.7%
3. $AAVE
⭐️ Key investment points
- Top lending protocol by TVL, supports multi-chain
- Expansion of $GHO and institutional portfolios
❤️ Deflationary and reward structure
- Umbrella Safety Module: directly burns aTokens in case of bad debts to minimize selling pressure on $AAVE • Weekly buyback plan of $1M worth of $AAVE (first 6 months)
4. $EIGEN
⭐️ Key investment points
- Leading a new security layer called 're-staking'
- Generating revenue through multiple AVS (Actively Validated Service)
❤️ Deflationary and reward structure
- Rewards v2 upgrade: daily precision rewards, individual fee settings for operators
- Slashing → strong deflationary pressure through token locking and burning
- Season 2 stakedrop: transparent distribution of 5.2% (87M $EIGEN) from an initial supply of 15%
5. $UNI
⭐️ Key investment points
- No. 1 in DEX market share, positive news for Uniswap V4 and UniChain
- Expectation of fee-based cash flow
❤️ Deflationary and reward structure
- The community is discussing the reactivation of the 'Fee Switch'
Potential transition to a model that distributes part of over $1 billion in protocol fees annually to UNI holders
6. $LDO
⭐️ Key investment points
- No. 1 in $stETH issuance, Liquid Staking token
- Directly benefits from institutional staking demand
❤️ Deflationary and reward structure
- 2024 proposal: 40-50% of Lido DAO revenue to be distributed weekly in ETH → LDO stakers to receive ETH cash flow directly
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Why are these tokens promising?
1. Tokenization hub = expansion of fee pie
- As real-world assets, government bonds, and real estate rapidly move to Ethereum, actual income in the form of gas fees, collateral, and interest is generated.
- All 6 tokens above have a clear structure of income > token value return (burning, buybacks, revenue dividends).
2. Transparent supply and distribution
- $EIGEN stakedrop, $ENS, $MKR, and other DAO operation reports are publicly available on-chain and in forums.
- Investors can easily verify vesting and unlocking schedules, allowing for preemptive management of supply shock risks.
3. Deflation + rewards in parallel
- Increasing scarcity through burning while simultaneously generating cash flow (ETH, aToken, fees, etc.) through staking and governance.
- Similar to the "supply reduction + dividend growth" model preferred by traditional institutions, increasing the likelihood of ETF inclusion.
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Total crypto mcap hits a new ATH of $4T.
> The ETH/BTC ratio is attempting to rebound from levels not seen in six years
> @CryptoHayes believes that an ‘ETH season’ is approaching
> Record inflows into spot ETH ETFs are being reported, while MMs indicate strong demand
> Stablecoin mcap broke ATH, sitting at $260B+
> SharpLink has just announced that it will accumulate up to $3.6B $ETH
$ETH reached $3,600 today, leading the market rally since late June. This raises the question many are asking I.e when will altcoins follow?
Unlike previous cycles where Bitcoin led rallies, $ETH is driving this wave. The difference comes from institutional adoption in this cycle.
> $ETH was oversold for months & is now catching up
> Companies holding $ETH see their stock prices rise alongside
> Wealth effect to smaller coins hasn't happened yet like in past cycles
The current situation is showing a selective altseason rather than broad altcoin pumps. Assets connected to institutional themes & established Ethereum projects likely to benefit first.
Many DeFi tokens like $AAVE $FLUID $UNI $ENA $PENDLE & few selected alts are performing well. Here’s what’s happening👇
ETH continues leading → selective alts with strong narratives → final phase where capital flows to everything that hasn't moved yet
That final phase typically creates sharp pumps but signals cycle tops. ETH/BTC ratio reaching 0.06-0.08 would mark peak euphoria.
For now, $ETH is having its moment after being ignored while $BTC dominated.
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Tat Thang
Okay. 100 coins with the best 90-day performance.
5 of the top 10 are memecoins.
But sure, keep telling me how “utility will win next cycle.”
$PENGU
$SPX
$BONK
$WIF
$FLOKI
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Paul Barron Network
🇺🇸The US House passing the CLARITY Act, GENIUS Act, and Anti-CBDC Act represents a landmark moment for the digital asset industry.
🌐 MASSIVE implications for investors, companies, and the global competitiveness of the U.S. financial future.
This time might actually be DIFFERENT!🚀
$BTC $ETH $SOL $AVAX $SUI $UNI $XRP
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Recently, many well-known figures have bought UNI and shared 123456 reasons for it. I also want to chime in and say something, but suddenly I realize they have already doubled their investment, while my purchase from four years ago hasn't even broken even. Feeling sad, I thought about it and silently retreated to a corner.
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Uniswap price performance in USD
The current price of Uniswap is $10.7480. Over the last 24 hours, Uniswap has increased by +20.89%. It currently has a circulating supply of 600,483,074 UNI and a maximum supply of 1,000,000,000 UNI, giving it a fully diluted market cap of $6.45B. At present, Uniswap holds the 21 position in market cap rankings. The Uniswap/USD price is updated in real-time.
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Uniswap is a decentralized exchange, commonly called a DEX, developed on the Ethereum blockchain. Traders use Uniswap to instantly swap ERC-20 tokens without requiring a liquid market of buyers, sellers, or intermediaries. The network prioritizes censorship resistance, security, and self-custody without needing third-party intermediaries.
Contrary to a centralized exchange that processes trade orders internally via an Order Book, a decentralized exchange operates an automated market maker (AMM), which functions as a constant, permissionless liquidity pool that traders can interact directly on-chain. UNI is the native token of the Uniswap protocol and is available to be traded in various markets on OKX. UNI is required to vote on proposals that govern the development of the Uniswap platform. You can also use UNI to create liquidity pairs and earn crypto rewards.
The Uniswap ecosystem consists of the following features:
Uniswap Labs: The company that developed the Uniswap protocol.
The Uniswap Protocol: A decentralized crypto exchange on the Ethereum blockchain.
The Uniswap Interface: A web interface that enables users to interact with the protocol.
Uniswap Governance: A governance system that uses the UNI token to govern the Uniswap protocol.
While initially developed for the Ethereum network, Uniswap is now operational on the Polygon, Arbitrum, and Optimism blockchains. This cross-chain flexibility is one of the things that decentralized finance users love about Uniswap.
How does Uniswap work?
Uniswap is a decentralized exchange platform that facilitates the creation of an enormous variety of liquidity pools that traders can use to swap tokens. Any compatible token can be added to a DEX and traded without a centralized entity or business being required to host the exchange.
To enable this, Uniswap uses smart contracts, a critical utility in decentralized finance, to allow traders to exchange tokens through an automated market maker. An automated market maker, like Uniswap, is a medium of exchange that will enable traders to swap cryptocurrency in liquidity pools on the blockchain through the Uniswap web app. When using Uniswap, users are not restricted by external factors like market opening times and the need for other traders to place corresponding orders.
To create a liquidity pool, a liquidity provider must supply two different tokens that can become a shared pot of tokens that Uniswap users can trade with. The price of the tokens in a specific liquidity pool is regulated by a mathematical formula that dictates the tokens value. Trading with a liquidity pool changes the ratio of tokens within the pool, causing changes in the price of each token.
Transaction fees incentivize liquidity providers to supply tokens to a Uniswap liquidity pool. They receive a percentage of every trade that exchanges tokens with the pool. The Uniswap decentralized application (DApp) facilitates the creation of an enormous variety of liquidity pools traders can use to swap tokens. Any compatible token can be added to Uniswap and traded without a centralized entity or business being required to host the market.
UNI price and tokenomics
UNI is an ERC-20 token with a circulating supply of roughly 734,000,000 and a genesis maximum supply of 1,000,000,000 tokens. These tokens will be distributed as follows over four years:
Uniswap community members: 60.00% (600,000,000 UNI).
Current and future employees: 21.266% (212,660,000 UNI).
Investors: 18.044% (180,440,000 UNI).
Advisors: 0.69% (6,900,000 UNI).
15% of the total UNI supply was immediately made available to "historical users and liquidity providers." This was done to reward early community members for their faith in the network and liquidity. Additionally, 43% of the UNI tokens will be held by the Uniswap governance treasury. These 430,000,000 tokens will be distributed through contributor grants, community initiatives, liquidity mining, and other programs.
The UNI supply is inflationary, following a rate of 2%, starting four years after the token mint. This inflationary model ensures continued participation and contribution to the Uniswap network. Uniswap's emission structure indicates that the maximum total supply will be reached in September 2024.
About the founder
Development of the Uniswap protocol began in 2017 when founder Hayden Adams was dismissed from his position as a mechanical engineer at Siemens. Adams contacted his close friend Karl Floersch for advice, who suggested he learn more about Ethereum and smart contracts. To develop his coding skills and learn more about blockchain technology, Adams started working on a project that Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, had described on Reddit, a popular online forum.
Adams was completely captivated by the beliefs that drove the Ethereum project. The missions of decentralization and permission protocols drove him to continue developing the Uniswap platform, despite being unemployed at the time. A key breakthrough occurred in April 2018, when Adams was introduced to Vitalik Buterin at the Deconomy conference in Seoul. Buterin read over Adam’s source code and advised him to apply for a grant from the Ethereum Foundation and continue developing Uniswap in Vyper, a different coding language.
After several months of continued development, the Uniswap decentralized exchange was finally deployed on the Ethereum mainnet in November 2018. However, the team didn’t stop there and, to this day, continues improving the platform with frequent updates. One such example of this is optional transaction fee tiers in Uniswap V3. This allows liquidity providers to choose how much traders need to pay in transaction fees while trading. Today, Uniswap holds the highest total value locked (TVL) of any decentralized exchange on Ethereum — the largest Layer 1 smart contract blockchain in the cryptocurrency industry.
As a pioneer in the field, Uniswap drew significant interest from several well-known institutional investors. Heavyweight investors like Delphi Digital, Pantera Capital, a16z Crypto, and Blockchain Capital supported and funded Uniswap. These experienced funds aided in the development of Uniswap and are a significant contributor to its current success.
Uniswap highlights
NFTs on Uniswap
One of the most exciting and discussed developments coming to Uniswap is integrating a non-fungible token (NFT) aggregator into the platform. In June 2022, Uniswaps Labs announced that they had successfully acquired Genie and would implement it into the Uniswap site.
Genie is an NFT aggregator. This means that prospective NFT buyers can use Genie to collate and purchase NFTs listed on any marketplace all in one place. This simplifies the NFT collection process and removes the need to check many different marketplaces for the best deals. This is a massive step in the project's development, resulting in DeFi users and NFT collectors being very excited about Uniswap.
The Swap Widget
In April 2022, the Uniswap development unveiled and deployed the Swap Widget, a simple swap function that developers could easily integrate into their applications. The Swap Widget allows users to trade tokens from a third-party site instead of navigating to the Uniswap web app. The Swap Widget can be added to a compatible dApp through just one line of code and is already being used by popular sites like OpenSea.
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Contributors
Number of individuals posting about a token in the last 24h. A higher number of contributors can suggest improved token performance.
Interactions
Sum of socially-driven online engagement in the last 24h, such as likes, comments, and reposts. High engagement levels can indicate strong interest in a token.
Sentiment
Percentage score reflecting post sentiment in the last 24h. A high percentage score correlates with positive sentiment and can indicate improved market performance.
Volume rank
Volume refers to post volume in the last 24h. A higher volume ranking reflects a token’s favored position relative to other tokens.
In the last 24 hours, there have been 10K new posts about Uniswap, driven by 7K contributors, and total online engagement reached 2.1M social interactions. The sentiment score for Uniswap currently stands at 88%. Compared to all cryptocurrencies, post volume for Uniswap currently ranks at 1172. Keep an eye on changes to social metrics as they can be key indicators of the influence and reach of Uniswap.
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