In preparation for expanding its products, the parent company of the largest decentralized exchange in the world, Uniswap Labs, is reportedly in the initial phases of assembling a new round. According to the sources, the business is in negotiations with several investors, notably Polychain and one of Singapore’s sovereign funds, to acquire an equity round of $100 million to $200 million at a value of roughly $1 billion. Uniswap Labs Intends to Boost Capabilities The sources warned that since the round’s negotiations have not reached their conclusion, the deal’s conditions might significantly change. The increased financing reflects Uniswap’s ambitious intentions to broaden its capabilities. According to DeFi Llama, the decentralized exchange controls 64% of all DEX volumes. And despite the market slump, the market valuation of the exchange protocol’s token is about $5 billion. Uniswap’s Initial Introduction Initially, Uniswap was introduced on Ethereum. However, it has since merged with several scaling solutions, including Optimism, Arbitrum, and Polygon. According to trading volume and total value locked (TVL), Uniswap is the largest decentralized exchange for cryptocurrencies. TVL is a popular but problematic statistic for calculating how much money circulates via a specific protocol. Uniswap Labs secured its most recent investment round, a Series A, in August 2020. The company currently has a16z and Paradigm among its suppo...
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