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UNI · Daily move · 2026-10-30

Why did Uniswap go up 10.4% on October 30, 2026?

UNI largely moved with the market. No UNI report was collected from the day before to the day after; the cause is unresolved.

What may have driven the move

Uniswap-related news may have supported the rise: reports about Uniswap and its partners challenging Illinois crypto tax rules appeared Oct 30, 19:32–Oct 31, 00:38 UTC. A newly announced fee-conversion product may also have helped, but it was reported the day before. The move’s onset is unknown.

May have started the movePossible

Reports said Uniswap and partners were challenging Illinois crypto tax rules, and a separate report described TJAR fee conversions as an open market. Either could have improved sentiment toward Uniswap, but the reports do not show a market response.

What is not shown

The reports provide no evidence that either story prompted buying. TJAR had also been announced on Oct 29, before this measured period.

Weaker possibilities: Perpetual-swap funding was positive, while buyer-initiated volume share increased over the measured 24-hour window. (OKX perpetual swap: settled funding, OKX perpetual swap: funding rate, OKX perpetual swap: taker buy/sell volume)

What is still unknown

Did either development prompt buying during the rise? The reports do not establish that link, and no market comparison is provided.

Looked at the 24 hours to Oct 31, 2026, 01:30 UTC

Day open / close
$6.47 → $7.1424 hourly candles, OKX · USDT
Day range
$6.26 – $7.1914.9% from low to high
30-day range
9.6% below the high · 14.2% above the lowFrom hourly highs and lows on the same venue
Other tracked coins
10 of 14 others also rose 3.5% or more3 fell that much
24h volume
2.6×of its prior 30-day daily average

Computed from OKX · USDT hourly candles for the 24 hours to Oct 31, 2026, 00:00 UTC. Methods →

UNI timeline around October 30, 2026

Largest closed hourly move: +2.38%, Oct 30, 2026, 23:00–00:00 (UTC).

How often has this happened before?

Since 2020-09-17, UNI has risen 10% or more in a UTC day 67 times on Gate · USDT daily closes, counting moves within 7 days of each other once. Seven days later it was higher in 32 of 67 cases, with a median change of -0.30%. This is history, not a forecast.

After the moveCasesHigherMedian change
Next day6730-0.64%
7 days later6732-0.30%
30 days later6740+4.65%

Latest 10 episodes: 2026-09-17, 2026-09-01, 2026-08-19, 2026-07-30, 2026-07-02, 2026-06-16, 2026-02-25, 2026-02-06, 2025-12-20, 2025-11-07 (UTC)

One venue’s daily closes, before costs; the coin’s own survived history, so it says nothing about coins that no longer trade. Past episodes are not a forecast.

Same-day movers · 2026-10-30 (UTC)