Uniswap Plans New UNI Burns Through v4 and Robinhood Chain Fees
Uniswap is getting ready for two important votes that could increase the amount of UNI tokens removed from circulation.
The proposals would add new fee sources from Uniswap v4 and Robinhood Chain into the existing UNI burn system. If approved, more protocol fees could be collected and used to permanently remove UNI tokens from supply.
The votes are scheduled to take place from July 19 to July 26 through Uniswap’s onchain governance system.
These proposals come after the UNIfication upgrade approved in December 2025, which connected Uniswap’s protocol fees with a UNI burn mechanism. Uniswap founder Hayden Adams said the growing activity, especially on Robinhood Chain, could significantly increase the amount of UNI burned.
Two Votes Focus on New Fee Sources
The first proposal would activate protocol fees for Uniswap v2 and v3 on Robinhood Chain.
Uniswap launched all three versions of its decentralized exchange on Robinhood Chain when the network went live on July 1. Since then, activity has grown quickly.
According to the proposal, Uniswap on Robinhood Chain reached more than $6 billion in total swap volume by July 10.
The second proposal focuses on Uniswap v4 fees. It would activate fees for selected v4 pools across several networks, including Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, BNB Chain, Polygon, Optimism, and Robinhood Chain.
Another v4 proposal will later cover additional networks.
How the New UNI Burn System Works
If the proposals pass, the collected fees will move into Uniswap’s existing TokenJar system.
The system allows users to claim accumulated fee assets by providing UNI tokens with the same value. Those UNI tokens are then sent to a burn address, permanently removing them from circulation.
For fees collected on other blockchains, the UNI tokens are sent back to Ethereum before being burned.
Hayden Adams said the impact could be significant, especially because of Robinhood Chain’s strong trading activity.
The proposal documents show that protocol fees are already active across Uniswap v2 and v3 pools on 11 networks. They also recorded a single-day burn of 186,000 UNI last month.
Robinhood Chain Becomes a Major Growth Area
Robinhood Chain has quickly become one of Uniswap’s biggest sources of trading activity after launching.
Within eight days, the network reached $500 million in daily Uniswap trading volume, becoming the second-largest network for daily activity behind Ethereum at that time.
The network also attracted more than $70 million worth of bridged Ether during its first week, while total value locked moved above $106 million.
If the proposal passes, Uniswap will be able to capture part of that trading activity and use it to increase UNI burns.
The Robinhood Chain fee system will follow a similar cross-chain governance model already used with Arbitrum. Approved governance messages will move from Ethereum to Robinhood Chain, where smart contracts will send fees into the TokenJar system.
Uniswap v4 Needs a New Fee Structure
Adding fees to Uniswap v4 is more complicated because v4 pools can use custom features called hooks and dynamic fees.
The proposal introduces new contracts, including V4FeePolicy and V4FeeAdapter, to manage how fees are calculated, collected, and controlled.
The first v4 vote will cover three types of pools:
- Static-fee pools
- Pools launched through continuous clearing auctions
- Aggregator-hook pools
A later vote will cover more networks, including Celo, Soneium, Worldchain, X Layer, and Zora.
A Bigger Push for UNI Value
Since the UNIfication upgrade, Uniswap has been connecting protocol activity directly with UNI burns.
These upcoming votes could expand that system by adding Uniswap v4 activity for the first time and bringing Robinhood Chain trading fees into the burn process.
If approved, higher trading volume could lead to more UNI being permanently removed from supply, giving the token burn system a larger role in Uniswap’s future.
