Uniswap takes the UNification proposal to a final vote.

• Unification redefines governance and alignment of Uniswap.
• UNI burning seeks to strengthen protocol tokenomics.
• Protocol fees enter crucial on-chain vote.

The founder of Uniswap, Hayden Adams, officially submitted The proposal for UNIfication is for the final vote on the on-chain governance of the protocol. The deliberation period is scheduled to take place between December 19 and 25 and could mark one of the most significant structural changes in the project's history, should it receive approval from UNI holders.

The announcement was made by Adams in a post on X, in which he encouraged delegates to participate before the deadline, using a humorous tone. "Vote before Christmas or end up on Santa's naughty list," he wrote. The statement quickly resonated within the community, reinforcing the importance of the moment for Uniswap's governance.

Just submitted the Unification proposal for final governance vote

Voting starts on 12/19 at 10.30pm EST and ends on 12/25

If it passes, after a 2 day timelock period:

🔥 100m UNI will be burned

🦄 v2 + v3 fee switches will flip on mainnet and begin burning UNI, along with…

- Hayden Adams 🦄 (@haydenzadams) December 18, 2025

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The proposal is the result of a public consultation conducted by Uniswap Labs and the Uniswap Foundation the previous month. At the heart of the debate is the so-called fee swap, advocated for years by some UNI holders, which seeks to direct a portion of the protocol's trading fees to mechanisms that benefit the ecosystem as a whole.

According to proponents, regulatory factors and legal disputes in the United States, especially during the tenure of former SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, limited the adoption of these changes in the past. The assessment now is that the regulatory context has become more favorable, opening up space for the implementation of the protocol fees.

If approved, UNIification will take effect after a two-day lock-up period. Among the main actions planned is the immediate and retroactive burning of 100 million UNI from the treasury, as well as the activation of protocol fees on Uniswap v2 and v3 on the Ethereum mainnet. Unichain sequencer fees would also feed into the same UNI burning mechanism.

The proposal details a gradual implementation of the new fees, starting with the pools that concentrate the majority of liquidity provider fees. In version 2, the fee would drop from 0,3% to 0,25%, with the difference going to the protocol. In version 3, protocol fees would be set as fractions of existing fees, with possible adjustments via governance over time.

In addition to economic changes, UNification proposes an institutional reorganization. The plan envisions legally binding agreements to align Uniswap Labs with the protocol's governance, under Wyoming's DUNA framework, as well as the transfer of operational responsibilities and the creation of an annual growth budget of 20 million UNI starting in 2026.

Following the submission of the proposal for final voting, the UNI token registered an approximate appreciation of 7,5%, reflecting the market's attention to the possible transformations in Uniswap's governance and economic model.