Uniswap · UNI
UNI -1% to $7.11 in late-window selloff on 2× volume, in line with ETH -1.06%
UNI held flat at $7.15–7.18 for most of the window, then slipped to $7.11 after 21:15 on a volume spike, ending -0.98%. ETH fell about the same over the window (-1.06%), and the wider market is down 2.97% over 24h, so this looks like broad market weakness rather than anything specific to UNI. Derivatives positioning changed very little. Onchain, more UNI left exchanges than arrived (net outflow), which does not point to a wave of selling from deposits.
What happened
- UNI fell 0.98% over the window. It traded in a $7.15–7.18 range until 21:15, then dropped to $7.11 by 21:30. Spot was $7.08 at 21:34, just after the window. Over longer periods: 24h -2.55%, 7d -6.6%. E1
- The drop came with heavier trading. Binance UNI/USDT traded $1.3M in the last hour against a typical hour of $665.7K (2.0×). The busiest minutes all fell between 21:23 and 21:31, including 21:27 ($125.5K, -0.24%) and 21:29 ($84.9K, -0.37%). E2
- Two volume_spike signals fired at 21:29 and 21:30. 15-minute volume was $554K–639K against a $153K median, which is 3.6–4.2×. E19
- Forced liquidations were small: 11 positions worth $15.6K, all longs. The largest was $4.8K. E6
Likely causes
- 1.Broad market weakness: UNI moved in line with ETH and the total market (60%) E15E1E16
- 2.A short burst of spot selling around 21:23–21:31 deepened the late dip. No specific trigger appears in the evidence. (40%) E2E19E1
- 3.Deposits to exchanges are not a convincing driver. A 50K UNI ($358K) deposit reached Binance at 19:43, but price rose afterwards, and overall exchange flow was a net outflow. (20%) E9E8E1
Onchain
- Ethereum: 1,185 UNI transfers worth $6.4M in the window. $425.4K moved onto exchanges and $842.2K left them, a net outflow of $416.8K. A typical 15-minute net flow is $5.5K. E8
- A 49,999.55 UNI ($358K) batch moved through two intermediate wallets between 19:38 and 19:43 and ended at a Binance address. It started at 0x8fa129f8…, an established wallet holding about 2.5M UNI, whose UNI balance was essentially unchanged (+0.01%) over the window. The intermediate wallets now hold 0 UNI. E9E11E12E13
- During the price dip, Binance wallets sent roughly $351K to 0xbee3211a… in three transfers at 21:24, 21:26 and 21:28. Including an earlier transfer at 19:51, that address received about $434K from Binance in the window. E9
- Known exchange wallets hold 69M UNI ($498.7M). Binance's balance changed -0.1% over 24h. Coinbase (-26.37%) and Gate (-8.36%) fell; their holdings are small. E10
- Ethereum fees are low (base fee 0.07 gwei vs a 24h average of 0.06), so there is no sign of network congestion. E14
Market context
- Over the window BTC fell 0.52% and ETH 1.06%. Total crypto market cap is down 2.97% over 24h. UNI was not trending. E15
- The Fear & Greed index is 55 (Greed), down from 64 a week ago. E16
- Derivatives positioning is calm:<br>• Binance futures open interest: $168.9M, -0.65% over 1h, +1.36% over 4h.<br>• Funding: about 0.01% on Bybit and OKX, about 0% on Binance.<br>• Long/short ratio: 1.60 across all accounts, 4.29 for top traders by position. Positioning is long-heavy. E3E4E5
- The Binance futures order book within 2% of price is roughly balanced: $1.7M of bids vs $1.8M of asks (ratio 0.95). E7
- Uniswap total value locked (TVL) is mixed: V3 $1.6B (-3.64% over 7d), V2 $972.5M (-7.06% over 7d), V4 $1.4B (no change data). Nothing here explains a sudden move. E17
What to watch
- Whether UNI holds around $7.08–7.11 after the window or keeps falling while volume stays elevated
- Whether the 50K UNI deposited to Binance at 19:43 gets sold (watch for further deposits from the 0x8fa129f8… route)
- Long-heavy positioning (top-trader ratio 4.29) combined with falling open interest: if price keeps falling, long liquidations could grow
- How UNI moves relative to ETH: if it starts lagging ETH, that would point to selling specific to UNI
- Continued withdrawals from Binance to 0xbee3211a…
Caveats
- The move is small (-0.98%), and the evidence contains no UNI-specific news or catalyst.
- E1's window low ($7.11) is above the latest spot price ($7.08), because spot was sampled at 21:34, after the window ended.
- The Binance taker buy/sell ratio was missing, so the buy/sell split of the volume spike is unknown.
- Wallet labels cover only known exchange addresses. Wallets labelled 'other' (including 0xbee3211a…) are unidentified.
- Exchange netflow is compared with a 15-minute baseline, while the window is 2 hours, which overstates how unusual the flow is.
Evidence (19 items)
- E1pricecoingecko:/coins/markets
UNI $7.1 now; -0.98% over the window (high $7.2, low $7.1); 1h -1.39%, 24h -2.55%, 7d -6.6%; rank #26, market cap $4.4B, 24h volume $254.7M
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{ "ath": 44.92, "low": 7.11, "high": 7.18, "rank": 26, "as_of": "2026-10-17T21:34:00.000Z", "price": 7.08, "path_15m": [ { "t": "2026-10-17T19:30:00.000Z", "price": 7.15 }, { "t": "2026-10-17T19:45:00.000Z", "price": 7.16 }, { "t": "2026-10-17T20:00:00.000Z", "price": 7.17 }, { "t": "2026-10-17T20:15:00.000Z", "price": 7.17 }, { "t": "2026-10-17T20:30:00.000Z", "price": 7.17 }, { "t": "2026-10-17T20:45:00.000Z", "price": 7.18 }, { "t": "2026-10-17T21:00:00.000Z", "price": 7.18 }, { "t": "2026-10-17T21:15:00.000Z", "price": 7.17 }, { "t": "2026-10-17T21:30:00.000Z", "price": 7.11 } ], "market_cap": 4418266796, "volume_24h": 254708628, "change_1h_pct": -1.392757660167131, "change_7d_pct": -6.596306068601583, "change_24h_pct": -2.54827, "window_return_pct": -0.98 } - E2spot_volumebinance:klines:1m
binance UNI/USDT: $1.3M traded in the last hour vs a typical hour of $665.7K (2.0×); busiest minutes: 21:27 $125.5K (-0.239%), 21:30 $120.8K (+0.296%), 21:23 $109K (-0.042%), 21:31 $93.6K (-0.211%), 21:29 $84.9K (-0.366%)
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{ "ratio": 1.9846837499982357, "venue": "binance", "symbol": "UNI/USDT", "volume_1h_usd": 1321276.58058, "busiest_minutes": [ { "v": "125532.41256", "ts": "2026-10-17T21:27:00.000Z", "ret": "-0.239", "close": "7.106" }, { "v": "120750.72305", "ts": "2026-10-17T21:30:00.000Z", "ret": "0.296", "close": "7.106" }, { "v": "108971.83179", "ts": "2026-10-17T21:23:00.000Z", "ret": "-0.042", "close": "7.152" }, { "v": "93557.74094", "ts": "2026-10-17T21:31:00.000Z", "ret": "-0.211", "close": "7.089" }, { "v": "84888.65436", "ts": "2026-10-17T21:29:00.000Z", "ret": "-0.366", "close": "7.087" } ], "volume_window_usd": 1426654.39717, "median_hourly_24h_usd": 665736.58427 } - E3open_interestbinanceusdm:openInterestHist:5m
Binance futures open interest $168.9M: -0.65% vs 1h ago, +1.36% vs 4h ago
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{ "as_of": "2026-10-17T21:25:00.000Z", "change_1h_pct": -0.65, "change_4h_pct": 1.36, "open_interest_usd": 168881413.275 } - E4fundingccxt:fetchFundingRates
Funding per 8h: binanceusdm 0.0002%, bybit 0.0100%, okx 0.0100% (positive = longs pay; ~0.01% is normal)
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{ "rates": [ { "venue": "binanceusdm", "symbol": "UNI/USDT:USDT", "funding_rate_pct": 0.000177 }, { "venue": "bybit", "symbol": "UNI/USDT:USDT", "funding_rate_pct": 0.01 }, { "venue": "okx", "symbol": "UNI/USDT:USDT", "funding_rate_pct": 0.01 } ] } - E5positioningbinanceusdm:futuresSentiment:5m
Binance positioning: all accounts long/short 1.60, top traders by position 4.29, taker buy/sell undefined (>1 = net buying)
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{ "as_of": "2026-10-17T21:25:00.000Z", "taker_buy_sell": null, "global_long_short": 1.5974, "top_account_long_short": 2.1368, "top_position_long_short": 4.288 } - E6liquidationsokx+binance:liquidations
11 forced liquidations worth $15.6K in the window: $15.6K longs, $0 shorts; largest $4.8K
data
{ "count": 11, "longs_usd": 15587.865, "total_usd": 15587.865, "shorts_usd": 0, "largest_usd": 4772.385 } - E7order_bookbinanceusdm:fetchOrderBook
binanceusdm order book: $1.7M of bids vs $1.8M of asks within 2% (0.95 bid/ask depth ratio)
data
{ "as_of": "2026-10-17T21:30:00.000Z", "venue": "binanceusdm", "best_ask": 7.113, "best_bid": 7.112, "depth_ask_2pct_usd": 1785198.082999999, "depth_bid_2pct_usd": 1692563.8180000007 } - E8exchange_flowsnownodes:eth:eth_getLogs
Onchain (ETH): 1185 transfers worth $6.4M in the window; $425.4K moved onto exchanges, $842.2K left exchanges → net outflow of $416.8K (typical 15-min |net| $5.5K)
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{ "chain": "eth", "transfers": 1185, "volume_usd": 6364963.353852301, "large_transfers": 72, "exchange_net_usd": -416797.61766200105, "exchange_inflow_usd": 425439.96285699174, "exchange_outflow_usd": 842237.5805189929, "median_volume_15m_7d": 59576.8319222077, "median_abs_net_15m_7d": 5545.48902515895 } - E9large_transfersnownodes:onchain_transfers
12 largest transfers in the window: $358K other at 19:38; $358K other at 19:40; $358K → binance at 19:43; $151.9K other at 20:48; $146.2K other at 20:03
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Known exchange wallets hold 69M UNI ($498.7M): binance 67M (-0.1% vs 24h ago), okx 1M (0% vs 24h ago), bitfinex 966K (+3.32% vs 24h ago), gate 319K (-8.36% vs 24h ago)
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sender 0x8fa129f8… ($358K transfer): established wallet, 75,646 transactions, holds 2.5M UNI now vs 2.5M at the start of the window (+0.01%), 41.97 ETH
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{ "role": "sender", "address": "0x8fa129f87b8a11ee1ca35abd46674f8b66984d4a", "profile": "established wallet", "tx_count": 75646, "transfer_usd": 357996.77800000005, "native_balance": 41.969438643054474, "token_balance_now": 2452758.1519187754, "window_start_block": 26214459, "token_balance_window_start": 2452606.1258356655 } - E12wallet_profilenownodes:eth-blockbook:/address/{wallet}
receiver 0x7391375e… ($358K transfer): established wallet, 44,404 transactions, holds 0 UNI now vs 0 at the start of the window (n/a), 10.58 ETH
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{ "role": "receiver", "address": "0x7391375e8b8cbbe1e03a7ec1b3ee65961b38a2a6", "profile": "established wallet", "tx_count": 44404, "transfer_usd": 357996.77800000005, "native_balance": 10.578806641513685, "token_balance_now": 0, "window_start_block": 26214459, "token_balance_window_start": 0 } - E13wallet_profilenownodes:eth-blockbook:/address/{wallet}
receiver 0x78b5e3b3… ($358K transfer): established wallet, 2,771 transactions, holds 0 UNI now vs 0 at the start of the window (n/a), 0.00 ETH
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{ "role": "receiver", "address": "0x78b5e3b3b4366f2a981d337d0c4c946233c094c9", "profile": "established wallet", "tx_count": 2771, "transfer_usd": 357996.77800000005, "native_balance": 0.001088948946243249, "token_balance_now": 0, "window_start_block": 26214459, "token_balance_window_start": 0 } - E14network_feesnownodes:eth:eth_feeHistory
ETH base fee 0.07 gwei (24h average 0.06), blocks 56% full
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{ "as_of": "2026-10-17T21:32:00.000Z", "chain": "eth", "base_fee_gwei": 0.06532291353333333, "gas_used_ratio": 0.5582802178036255, "avg_base_fee_24h_gwei": 0.06184458348666667, "priority_fee_p50_gwei": 0.1882396755066667 } - E15market_contextcoingecko:/coins/markets+/global
Market: BTC -0.52% and ETH -1.06% over the same window; total crypto market cap -2.97% in 24h; categories: Decentralized Exchange (DEX), Exchange-based Tokens, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Yield Farming
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Crypto Fear & Greed index 55 (Greed) today, 64 a week ago
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{ "day": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z", "value": 55, "week_ago": 64, "classification": "Greed" } - E17protocol_tvldefillama:/protocols
Protocol TVL (DefiLlama): Uniswap V3 $1.6B (-0.29% 1d, -3.64% 7d); Uniswap V4 $1.4B (n/a 1d, n/a 7d); Uniswap V2 $972.5M (+1.81% 1d, -7.06% 7d); Uniswap V1 $3.9M (-1.1% 1d, -4.66% 7d)
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developer activity: not tracked by CoinGecko for this coin; CoinGecko sentiment 100% positive (as of 2026-10-17)
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Triggered by: volume_spike (neutral, medium) at 21:29; volume_spike (neutral, medium) at 21:30
data
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