Press Release
Sunrise Brings DeFi Bluechip UNI to Solana
Sunrise lists UNI, the governance token of the largest decentralized exchange in crypto, on Solana today. UNI joins previous assets that have listed on Solana through Sunrise — such as AAVE and ENA — giving Solana canonical onchain markets for the governance tokens of EVM DeFi's flagship DEX and lending protocols within a single month.
The DEX That Invented the AMM
Uniswap introduced the automated market maker model in 2018 and has extended it through each subsequent version. The protocol now runs across more than a dozen blockchains and has processed trillions of dollars in cumulative trading volume. Uniswap v4, released in January 2025, added a hooks architecture that lets developers attach custom logic to any pool at creation, swap, or liquidity event. As of late 2025, UNI accrues a share of protocol fees and is subject to an ongoing burn tied to trading activity.
The Line Between Solana DeFi and EVM DeFi Is Thinning
UNI joins AAVE and ENA, both listed on Solana through Sunrise within the past month, as the third governance token of an EVM-origin DeFi protocol to receive a canonical Solana market. Together, these listings give Solana DeFi direct access to the assets behind crypto's largest DEX, its largest onchain lending market, and one of its fastest-growing stablecoin protocols.
The boundary between EVM DeFi and Solana DeFi is thinner than it used to be. A Solana trader can hold UNI alongside SOL and USDC without ever bridging back to Ethereum. A Solana DeFi protocol can compose UNI into its strategies. The token of the protocol that invented onchain liquidity is now native to the chain where most onchain DEX volume happens today.
“Uniswap achieved something very few innovations ever have: it turned markets from gated systems into open networks. It's great to see them bring their token to Solana through Sunrise. Moving global trade from closed systems into open markets is exactly why Sunrise exists.” — Saeed Badreg, CEO, Wormhole Labs
About Sunrise
Sunrise is the day one asset gateway of Solana. Sunrise enables new onchain assets—crypto, stocks, commodities, and more—to list on Solana with liquidity on day one, giving users and builders immediate access to live, tradable markets. Sunrise is made by Wormhole Labs.
About Wormhole Labs
Wormhole Labs is a technology company that specializes in building products, tools, and reference implementations to expand the cross-chain ecosystem. They are committed to open-source development and laying down the paths for a connected decentralized world.
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