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Empire · August 17, 2026 · 1h 16m

Uniswap Is Building The Liquidity Network For Everything | Hayden Adams

Hayden Adams

Hayden Adams, founder of Uniswap, argues that Uniswap is evolving from a consumer DeFi app into global financial infrastructure. The conversation covers programmable market making, tokenized assets, public market IPO problems, and Robinhood's crypto traction. Adams discusses why automated market makers continue to win and what the next AMM unlock might be. The episode closes with Uniswap's new tokenomics and a $100 million UNI burn.

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AMMs keep winning as liquidity compounds00:26:08
The episode examines why automated market makers keep winning.
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Highlights

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Uniswap isn't an exchange; it's a liquidity network for every asset00:00:28
Adams opens with the reframe that Uniswap is not really an exchange, but a liquidity network for every asset.
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DeFi is becoming financial infrastructure, not just consumer apps00:22:09
The episode explores how DeFi is evolving from consumer decentralized finance applications into broader financial infrastructure.
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Programmable market making is the next AMM unlock00:38:39
The conversation points to programmable market making as the next step in AMM evolution.
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Traditional IPOs are broken00:52:06
The episode questions whether traditional public-market IPO processes still work.
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Robinhood Chain and Uniswap partnerships signal breakout traction01:01:14
The episode covers Robinhood's traction and its partnerships with Uniswap.
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Uniswap's new tokenomics and the $100 million UNI burn01:06:19
The episode closes by covering Uniswap's new tokenomics.
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