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Will Uniswap Make a 2023 Comeback After a Year of Bad CEX?

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Updated by Kyle Baird
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In Brief

  • Bitwise has predicted that Uniswap could surpass Coinbase trading volume in 2023.
  • Many investors have lost faith in centralized exchanges.
  • Uniswap settled $12 billion in trade volume so far in January,
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Many crypto investors got burned by the greed and mismanagement of major centralized crypto exchanges in 2022. Could 2023 see them flock to decentralized exchanges like Uniswap?

The crypto management platform Bitwise anticipates that Uniswap could actually surpass the trading volume of the Nasdaq-listed Coinbase by Q4 2023. It argues that investors have lost so much faith in centralized exchanges that decentralized alternatives will become the norm.

FTX Collapse Could Benefit Uniswap

Coinbase is the biggest listed centralized crypto exchange in the U.S. Currently, its 24-hour trade volume is slightly above $2 billion at press time, according to CoinGecko.

The Uniswap exchange currently ranks at the top of decentralized trading platforms volumes at over $1.2 billion. Today’s total combined volume across all decentralized exchanges is $2.4 billion.

Bitwise stated that Uniswap’s volume overtaking that of Coinbase would not be shocking, considering the former already achieved this briefly in November 2022 following the FTX collapse.

DEX volume chart by The Block
Uniswap and other DEX volume calculated by The Block

Bitwise asserted, “The ratio reverted in December, as the markets settled down. We think it flips more sustainably in Q4 2023 when Uniswap passes Coinbase and possibly never looks back.”

DEX-to-CEX Spot Volume Positive Indicator

Already this month, Uniswap settled $12 billion in trade volume, according to the analysis by The Block:

Top DEX exchanges on CoinGecko
Uniswap V3 tops DEX exchanges on CoinGecko

In its December release, CoinMarketCap also noted that there is compelling evidence that DEXs are eroding the CEX market share by citing the DEX-to-CEX spot volume ratios of 2022. However, January figures are relatively lower for decentralized exchanges.

DEX-to-CEX spot volume ratio chart by The Block
DEX-to-CEX spot volume ratio: The Block

On the DeFi front, the DEX has $3.64 billion in total value locked (TVL) according to DeFiLlama. With most of the share on Ethereum, Uniswap V3 (UNI) dominates $2.57 billion of the TVL.

The exchange also recently disclosed plans to introduce UniswapV3 over the StarkNet network. If the proposal is approved, the Ethereum-based ZK-rollup StarkNet might be enabled by Q2 2023:

Meanwhile, UNI, the governance token of Uniswap, is hovering close to $6.40 on CoinGecko. It has gained over 22% so far in 2023 but is down 0.8% in the past day.

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Shraddha Sharma
Shraddha is an India-based journalist who worked in business and financial news before diving into the crypto space. As an investment enthusiast, she has also has a keen interest in understanding crypto from a personal finance standpoint.
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