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Hayden Adams

Uniswap
New York, United States
Hayden Adams created Uniswap in 2018 as an automated market maker DEX (decentralized exchange) on Ethereum, teaching himself Solidity from scratch after being laid off as a mechanical engineer. Uniswap has processed over $2 trillion in trading volume and became the model for DeFi liquidity protocols globally. Adams has been a leading voice for DeFi regulation and decentralized governance through the UNI governance token. A self-taught developer who changed global finance.
DeFi / Blockchain

About Uniswap

Uniswap is the leading decentralized exchange protocol on Ethereum, enabling permissionless trading of ERC-20 tokens through automated market making. The UNI governance token gives holders voting rights over protocol changes.

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