LD Capital Founder Reveals: UNI Ranks as Our #3 Crypto Holding – Behind Only BTC and ETH

DeFi's sleeping giant wakes up—and one fund is betting big.

While Wall Street still debates whether "crypto is dead," LD Capital's portfolio tells a different story. Their founder just disclosed UNI sits firmly as their third-largest crypto investment, trailing only the twin titans Bitcoin and Ethereum.

No vague altcoin moon-shots here—this is a institutional-grade position in DeFi's original blue-chip. The move signals quiet confidence in decentralized exchanges outlasting the regulatory circus.

Funny how the same suits who called DeFi a "passing fad" now scramble to patent their own DEX tech. Too little, too late—the future's already on-chain.

At press time, the token is currently trading hands at $10.70 following the recent rally. Its trading volume has also experienced a boost from the price increase. Compared to the previous trading day, the token’s daily trading volume has gone up by 60.20%. This indicates a rise in recent market activity.

What makes UNI a worthy contender?

According to Jack Yi, UNI still has a long way to go before it can catch up to BTC or ETH on the charts. As it is still around one-third away from its previous all-time high, it still has room to grow in the current cycle.

Though that may be the case, he also noted that the token is often regarded as “3x Ethereum leverage.” This means that when Ethereum performs well, the native token is able to outperform ETH in terms of value percentage.

For instance, at the moment ETH is up 5.19%. Meanwhile, UNI is currently up by 19.05%, nearly four-times Ethereum’s growth in the past 24 hours.

The reason why this is possible is because of the fact that Uniswap is the largest decentralized exchange built on the Ethereum network. It also has the deepest liquidity and highest trading volume in the ecosystem.

Therefore, if Ethereum thrives, Uniswap benefits directly due to increased on-chain trading, gas usage, and DeFi activity.

Another point that Yi brought up is the upcoming governance proposal in the protocol which will constitute a “fee switch.” The fee switch proposal WOULD allow a portion of these fees to be redirected to UNI stakers or holders, potentially giving the token real yield or revenue sharing.

This MOVE would further strengthen its tokenomics, potentially increasing demand, utility, and valuation. Yi also underlined the token’s strong consensus and performance among mainstream coins.