TL;DR
- Uniswap has integrated Solana’s liquidity directly into its main web interface.
- The integration is powered by Jupiter’s Ultra API, Solana’s largest aggregator.
- The move is part of Uniswap’s long-term vision for its L2, Unichain, and borderless DeFi.
Uniswap Labs has just expanded its ecosystem. The developer behind Ethereum’s main decentralized exchange (DEX) took a strategic step by integrating Solana’s liquidity directly into its main web interface.
That is, the company has discreetly implemented Uniswap support for Solana directly on its web interface, a move that unites two of the largest liquidity pools in the crypto world.
Instead of building a separate native version on Solana, Uniswap has opted for a flexible framework, an “architecture layer” designed to agilely connect any blockchain to its interface. Solana is the first beneficiary of this new design, which Uniswap engineers say will facilitate seamless multi-network trading for users.
Technical Integration via Jupiter
To manage the complex technical side of this expansion, Uniswap turned to Jupiter, Solana’s largest liquidity aggregator. This strategic partnership ensures that all swaps (exchanges) made by users from the Uniswap application are efficiently routed through Jupiter’s Ultra API.
In practice, this gives users access to Solana’s entire DEX liquidity landscape without ever leaving Uniswap’s familiar environment. SIONG, Jupiter’s pseudonymous co-founder, described the collaboration as a milestone, highlighting that Uniswap is the first major platform to integrate its new API.
The launch comes at a booming time for Solana’s decentralized exchanges, which have processed nearly $140 billion in volume over the last 30 days, while Jupiter alone generated $17.5 million in fees. With Uniswap now in the mix, this liquidity could flow both ways.
This move for Uniswap support for Solana also aligns with the company’s long-term vision for Unichain, its layer-2 network introduced in February. Danny Daniil, Uniswap’s head of trading engineering, stated that linking Solana liquidity to Unichain will let traders “chase the best trades wherever conditions are optimal” across ecosystems.
Uniswap, which surpassed $3 trillion in lifetime trading volume this year, is clearly betting on a DeFi future without borders between chains.
