Uniswap rises almost 9 percent although the Binance attacker dumped 7 million UNI: stronger than the market

Uniswap's price stands at $6.99 on October 30, 2026, 8.98 percent above where it was 24 hours earlier. Over the same period, Bitcoin lost 2.53 percent. The reason for this gap is established and has two parts: the attacker who drained Binance's holdings is done with the stolen UNI and is no longer selling, and investment bank Standard Chartered cites precisely this breach as the reason why trading is likely to run more through decentralised venues in future. What this means for your holdings depends less on the daily price than on where you will trade in future and who holds your keys while you do. A word of context first: the 8.98 percent is a comparison with an already depressed starting point. Over 30 days, Uniswap is still down 21.33 percent. Today's rise is a recovery from the hole, not a return to the level of early October. UNI at $6.99: the numbers behind the Uniswap price on October 30 UNI is trading at $6.99. The intraday low was $6.28 and the high $7.14. Measured from the low, that is an 11.3 percent recovery within a single trading day. Market capitalisation is $4.362 billion, which means rank 25. Trading volume over the past 24 hours is $979 million. There are 624,158,422 UNI in circulation. The all-time high of $44.92 dates from May 2, 2021, and is therefore a long way off. For comparison, the same period for the large coins: Bitcoin stands at $76,894, down 2.53 percent, and Ether at $2,234.60, down 1.66 percent. A second DeFi value stands out: Aave gains 7.00 percent to $128.44. So the recovery is not limited to UNI but covers a whole group of tokens tied to decentralised applications. That is the first sign that more than a single price move is under way here. Over seven days, UNI is down 2.12 percent, over 30 days 21.33 percent. At the end of September the token was still trading above $10, according to crypto.news. Reading today's 8.98 percent as a trend reversal overstretches the number. 7.02 million UNI for $39.63 million: what Lookonchain traced from the attacker After the unauthorised transfers from Binance wallets on October 29, the attacker sold the stolen altcoins. The analytics service Lookonchain tracked these sales on the blockchain; crypto.news lists its figures. According to them, the attacker sold 7.02 million UNI for $39.63 million, at an average price of $5.65 per token. UNI was the largest single item. In total, according to the same breakdown, the attacker swapped seven different altcoins into 70,480 Ether, worth $158.25 million combined. Besides UNI, the list included Ethena, Pepe, Chainlink and Aave.