Uniswap Price Find Support as BlackRock Tests DeFi Infrastructure

Uniswap Price Jumps After BlackRock Brings BUIDL to UniswapX Platform

The Uniswap price performance gathered mass attention after BlackRock officially made its first decentralized finance (DeFi) move in UniswapX. As per reports, the largest asset manager, BlackRock, has launched its BUIDL token on the exchange’s UniswapX platform, in partnership with Securitize. 

This high-tech collaboration marked a major milestone for institutional DeFi adoption, and also pushed the exchange’s $UNI price.  

Source: UniswapLabs Official

It becomes important because the integration is the first direct move of a $166 billion worth firm into DeFi trading, reflecting growing interest in decentralized exchanges as a reliable infrastructure. 

Along with BUIDL launch, BlackRock has also purchased a hidden amount of $UNI tokens, widely seen as a strategic step for long-term alignment with the exchange’s ecosystem.  

What BUILD Is and Why This Integration Matters?

The BUIDL token is a short-term U.S. Treasuries backed tokenized money market funds, first launched in 2024. The funds currently manage $2.2—$2.4 billion in assets, corrected after early reports cited the market cap at $180 billion. 

The fund offers instant settlement, improved collateral efficiency, and round-the-clock trading, advantages not available in traditional systems. 

As the token is now available on Uniswap platforms, whitelisted investors can now access a 24/7 on-chain swap between BUIDL tokens and USDC. For keeping participation compliant with regulatory requirements, the service is limited for selected institutional investors with more than $5 million in assets. 

Uniswap Price Reactions: Continued to Rally, But Is It Real?

Following the Uniswap and BlackRock collaboration news, the $UNI price jumped around 32.2%, from ~$3.258 to ~$4.299, within 30 minutes then followed a neutral phase. Currently around $3.35, it is still up by 3.32% in 24-hour trading, with a market capitalization of $2.12 billion. 

Source: CoinMarketCap Data

Price indexes lit up, social feeds turned bullish, and the coin surged within minutes. However, deep in this excitement, one different question is merging among the analysts looking at the recent market behaviours: is real liquidity actually entering DeFi, or is it just another narrative-driven pump?

This angle matters because price moves and capital flows are not always the same thing. 

How The Real Liquidity May Still Be Missing: Usage vs Visibility

The decentralized exchange already processes massive volumes:

• $4 trillion in all-time swaps

• More than $1 trillion in 2025 alone

• 915million+ swaps processed last year

Yet trades, including BUILD, do not automatically increase DEX volume unless institutional users actively rotate capital on-chain. For now, BUIDL’s presence enhances visibility, not necessarily transaction density. 

What Could Turn This Into Real Demand

Sustained impact on Uniswap price depends on three things users are now tracking:

1. Growth in on-chain BUIDL volume, not announcements

2. Expansion beyond whitelisted-only access

3. More tokenized funds choosing public DEX liquidity over private rails 

Until then, price action remains vulnerable to pullbacks once excitement fades.

However, Uniswap has boosted its fundamentals continuously to avoid price centralization. The exchange has activated protocol fees and a 100 million UNI burning plan, launched Uniswap v4 in 2025 which crossed $1B TVL, expanded to Unichain, OKX X Layer, and Solana, and committed $120M+ to ecosystem growth. 

These strong fundamentals continue to form confidence in the platform as institutional-grade DeFi infrastructure.