Uniswap price jumps on perp squeeze, but chart still screams ‘range’

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Uniswap has seen a small bounce, rising about 4–5% in the past 24 hours, but the bigger picture hasn’t really changed.

The price is now sitting around $3.10–$3.20, recovering slightly after dropping close to $3.00 earlier this week. Still, it’s well below the $4.00 level seen a few weeks ago.

What’s driving this move? Mostly short-term trading—not strong long-term confidence.

Here’s the simple breakdown:

  • The recent rise is mainly due to short covering (traders closing bearish bets)
  • Trading activity has increased, but long-term positions haven’t grown much
  • This suggests a temporary bounce, not a strong trend reversal

In other words, traders are reacting to price swings rather than building new bullish positions.

UNI is also behaving like most DeFi tokens right now. It tends to move with overall market liquidity and sentiment, rather than on its own unique story.

Even though prices are moving up slightly, they’re still stuck in a wider range. The market hasn’t shown enough strength to break out.

So for now, this looks like a classic relief bounce—not a clear sign of a sustained recovery.