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Uniswap Founder and Former SEC Aide Clash Over Decentralization and Fee Switch

Published on November 15, 2025

Categories: Defi Regulation Governance

A public dispute has erupted between Uniswap's founder and a former chief of staff to Gary Gensler, following Uniswap Labs' and the Uniswap Foundation's proposal to merge operations and activate a fee switch. The debate centers on the true role of decentralization and has reopened old wounds within the crypto industry regarding governance and regulatory oversight.

Four days after Uniswap Labs and the Uniswap Foundation proposed merging their operations and activating the long-awaited fee switch, a X spat between the protocol’s founder and Gary Gensler’s former chief of staff reopened wounds that the crypto industry thought had healed. The exchange wasn’t just about a governance vote, it was a proxy war […]

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