Vol. I, No. 1 Monday, August 31, 2026 Uniswap — Governance Rights Report
The daily governance brief for DAO tokenholders

Probity Institute

Uniswap — Governance Rights Report

Verdict

Uniswap

UNI — Governance Rights Report
Tier 1 S1 — Token-Governed Protocol Assessment as of 2026-08-31
GSA-1 pass GSA-2 near-miss GSA-3 pass GSA-4 fail GSA-5 near-miss GSA-6 fail GSA-7 fail GSA-8 fail

Why this rating: The flagship: Governor+Timelock treasury control plus the UNIfication fee switch (buyback-burn) and a DUNA legal wrapper — the only DAO in the set with both procedural and economic hard rights, and the most likely first-passer of GSA-4/GSA-6. GSA-3 pass rests on the UNIfication fee-switch path; governance_distribution_audit (2026-08-23) classifies UNI as soft_optionality — distribution contract dormant, pass is conditional on the buyback-burn staying live; DUNA legal wrapper (Wyoming, Aug 2025) — legal scaffolding for GSA-6 but not a contract-native merge function

Where to Vote

Proposal History

ProposalTitleOutcomeClosed
0x5ae3426216… [Temp Check] - Four for V4 Closed July 26, 2026
0xc5fd6e9166… [Temp Check] Protocol Fee Expansion: Robinhood Chain Closed July 16, 2026
0x3fda3c04fa… [Temp Check] Activate v4 Protocol Fees Closed July 12, 2026
0x5d596a4b43… [Temp Check] - Update Crosschain Governance Parameters for Avalanche, MegaETH, Soneium, and X Layer Closed July 4, 2026
0x34954750c8… [Temp Check] Protocol Fee Expansion: Three More Chains Closed May 21, 2026

History from the Institute scanner and the 2026-08-31 recheck pulls (Snapshot Hub GraphQL / OpenSquare). Outcomes marked from recheck determinations where the proposal is named; otherwise the recorded state is shown.

Metrics

Treasury$1.38B (gross; on-chain RPC read)
Treasury (liquid)$276.3M
Revenue (annual)$185.0M
Token incentives (annual)$0
Net earnings (annual)$185.0M
Distribution enforcementsoft_optionality
Distribution mechanismnone_hard
Revenue pathV3 protocol fees collected in each pool (factory-controlled); fee switch requires governance vote per pool
RecourseSOFT — discretionary; holders rely on governance goodwill.

Model and audit state reads as of 2026-08-31 (Institute governance model / distribution audit state files). Not a Token Terminal license; curated figures update quarterly.

Structure & History

Structure: S1 — Token-Governed Protocol.

S1-S5 protocol business structure taxonomy, as-of 2026-08-27 (structure taxonomy date); scores as-of 2026-08-31 (first scored 2026-07-23)

2026-08-31 recheck verdict: UNCHANGED.

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