Uniswap Foundation Drops Bombshell: $140.3M Revenue and $12.4M in New Grants for Q1 2025!

Hold onto Your Hats: Uniswap's Q1 Report is a Rollercoaster of Numbers!

Buckle up, crypto fans! The Uniswap Foundation just unleashed its Q1 2025 financial report, and it's a wild ride. They raked in a mind-blowing $140.3 million in revenue and tossed $12.4 million into the grant pot. Yeah, you heard that right!

On May 23, Uniswap (UNI) Foundation dropped the deets, and guess what? A whopping $140 million of that sweet revenue came straight from a Uniswap governance-approved donation. The rest? Just some interest and dividends chilling on the side. As of March 31, the Foundation was sitting pretty with $53.4 million in USD and stablecoins, 15.8 million UNI tokens, and 257 Ethereum (ETH), adding up to a cool $95 million.

But wait, there's more! They threw another 5 million UNI as collateral for a $29 million loan, keeping the cash flowing without shaking up the market too much. They've stashed away $115.1 million for grants, with $99.8 million earmarked for 2025 and 2026, and $15.3 million for earlier promises. Oh, and they've got $33.3 million tucked away to keep the lights on and the team paid through January 2027.

Now, about those new Q1 grants? They're dishing out $12.4 million, and a hefty $9.9 million of that is going into multi-year programs that'll keep running until 2029. Some of these grants even come with a twist—repayment options from Unichain Partners, depending on how well they perform.

The Foundation's Q1 strategy? They're all about beefing up Uniswap and its layer-2 network, Unichain, to be the backbone of global digital finance. They're focusing on boosting capital efficiency across EVM chains, throwing cash at developer tools and education, hunting for sustainable revenue models, and keeping their long-term contributors happy.

Excluding a measly $100,000 in UNI tokens for the staff, the quarter's operating costs hit $1.9 million. That includes everything from marketing and software to events, legal and consulting fees, and those juicy salaries.

And just when you thought it couldn't get any better, Uniswap has been on fire lately. They launched Unichain early in 2025 and hit a jaw-dropping $3 trillion in lifetime trading volume. Plus, the Securities and Exchange Commission closed its investigation into Uniswap Labs without making a fuss—a huge win for the decentralized finance world!

Hang tight, because a Q2 financial update is coming soon, and it'll spill even more tea on grants, spending, and the Foundation's financial status. Get ready for another thrilling ride with Uniswap!