Uniswap governance is set to vote on two proposals that would increase the UNI token burn by incorporating new fee streams from Uniswap v4 and Robinhood Chain. The voting period is scheduled from July 19 to July 26.
Details of Proposals and Fee Sources
The first proposal targets activating protocol fees for Uniswap v2 and v3 deployments on Robinhood Chain, which launched on July 1 and has already surpassed $6 billion in cumulative swap volume by July 10. The second proposal focuses on enabling fees for selected v4 pools across multiple networks including Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, BNB Chain, Polygon, Optimism, and Robinhood Chain. A follow-up vote will cover additional v4 networks.
UNI Burn Mechanism and Impact
Both proposals would direct the collected protocol fees into Uniswap's existing TokenJar system. Users can exchange accumulated fee assets by submitting an equivalent amount of UNI tokens, which are then sent to a burn address on Ethereum mainnet. Fees collected on other chains will be bridged back to Ethereum before the tokens are destroyed.
Uniswap founder Hayden Adams commented on social media that current trading volumes, especially on Robinhood Chain, are expected to significantly increase the amount of UNI removed from circulation. Already, protocol fees are active on v2 and v3 pools across 11 networks, with a record one-day burn of 186,000 UNI tokens recorded last month.
The proposals build on the UNIfication overhaul approved in December 2025, which linked protocol fees to the UNI burn system. The governance votes will use an expedited process designed for fee updates.
