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Is Uniswap (UNI) halal?

Questionable

No condition fails, but 1 point remains to be verified or falls under a tolerated case.

Verdict calculated by Halal Bourse's published rules from an investigation of primary sources (project documentation, registers, decisions), conducted on 10/05/2026 and not reviewed by a human.

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The asset

Governance token of the Uniswap protocol, an automated market maker decentralized exchange (ERC-20, Ethereum) Issuer: Uniswap Labs (Universal Navigation Inc., Delaware) developed the protocol and launched UNI in September 2020; governance is exercised by UNI holders through DUNI (a Wyoming association).

UNI gives a voting right, by delegation, over the protocol (treasury, protocol fees, creation of UNI up to 2% per year, not exercised). Since UNIfication (executed on December 28, 2025), protocol fees are used only to burn UNI, with no direct right for holders. 892,876,000 UNI in circulation as of July 6, 2026.

Why this verdict

  1. Permissible purpose : met. UNI is the governance token of a decentralized exchange protocol: contracts on Ethereum where anyone swaps tokens for other tokens (spot exchange) or creates a market. The nature of the trades includes leveraged tokens (CFTC finding, 2024) and many fraudulent tokens (2021 study): see autres_constats.
  2. No riba : met. The token pays no income: the official documentation states that protocol fees are used only to burn UNI, with no claim or distribution for holders. This burn is an indirect value (see autres_constats); the fees come from trades of any tokens.
    • « Protocol fees are only used to permanently burn UNI, reducing supply over time. » Uniswap (FAQ gouvernance) (2026-10-05)
    • « UNI holders have no individual or pro-rata claim on protocol revenue and there are no direct distributions of any kind. » Uniswap (FAQ gouvernance) (2026-10-05)
  3. No gambling : met. The spot purchase is of an ERC-20 token recorded on Ethereum, with a known supply; it is not a contract on a price difference.
  4. No excessive gharar : met. The rights (voting by delegation, control of the treasury, the fees and issuance up to 2% per year, not exercised), the initial supply and the burn mechanism are published.
    • « Spend funds from the treasury Set and activate the protocol fee Mint additional UNI, up to 2% of the total circulating supply annually » Uniswap (documentation, gouvernance) (2026-10-05)
    • « While governance has the authority to mint up to 2% of total supply annually, governance has not exercised this authority to date. » Uniswap (FAQ gouvernance) (2026-10-05)
  5. Real ownership : met. UNI is an ERC-20 token held in a personal wallet; to vote, the holder must delegate their voting power to an address. The platforms for buying were not studied.
  6. No fraud or manipulation : to be verified or tolerated case. The CFTC sanctioned Uniswap Labs in 2024 ($175,000) for leveraged tokens offered through the interface, a ground unrelated to the sale of UNI; the SEC closed its investigation in 2025 (Uniswap Labs announcement). The AMF returns no result. Concentration: 82.58% of UNI in the top 100 addresses on Ethereum, including the governance treasury. I-SCAN not read.
    • « The order finds Uniswap Labs illegally offered leveraged or margined retail commodity transactions in digital assets via a decentralized digital asset trading protocol. » CFTC (press release 8961-24) (2024-09-04)
    • « The order requires Uniswap Labs to pay a $175,000 civil monetary penalty » CFTC (press release 8961-24) (2024-09-04)

Contract security scan

GoPlus security scan of the UNI contract on Ethereum: 382,742 holders; top ten wallets excluding platforms and contracts 24.5%; code published; token on GoPlus's trust list. No signal of honeypot, minting, tax, freeze or upgradeable code. Reading: No signal: rule A.8 identifies no rug pull risk.

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