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The Uniswap price chart just printed a sharp 15% intraday rise, and this time it’s not just retail noise. Infact, Whale transaction counts have spiked aggressively and the timing is hard to ignore. UNI recently tapped $2.35, a level closely aligned with late-2020 support zones. Now, heavy capital is stepping in post BlackRock news.
Is the rise from UNI’s lowest point in years a Coincidence? Maybe or Maybe not. let’s look closer for a much clearer perspective.
Why Whales Are Moving & Buying in Sync in Uniswap crypto
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Over the past 24 hours, based on Santiment onchain data, 10 addresses have executed transactions exceeding $1 million. At the same time, more than 175 addresses moved over $100K each, both are classified as whale transactions. That’s not random liquidity shuffling, infact that’s concentrated involvement.
Meanwhile, whale cohorts holding between 1,000 and 1 million UNI have increased their balances. In plain terms, larger players aren’t just trading the bounce they’re mass accumulating.
On the Uniswap price chart, this activity coincides with price stabilizing near long-term structural support. And while broader market sentiment remains fragile, this sort of synchronized whale behavior tends to precede volatility one way or another.
Network Activity Rebound Supports Bullish View For Uniswap price
Now here’s where it gets interesting. Daily active addresses jumped to 1,853 from around 1,150 in prior days. That’s a material uptick in on-chain participation. Interest in Uniswap crypto isn’t just speculative but real users are interacting again and that’s the most positive thing happened.
At the same time, the 30-day MVRV ratio has improved. That metric essentially tracks whether recent buyers are underwater. With it recovering, traders from the past month are beginning to regain position strength. If momentum continues, short-term recovery pressure could build.
Still, let’s be real. A bounce doesn’t automatically mean a trend shift.
BlackRock Catalyst
So why the sudden spark in what was otherwise a bearish atmosphere?
Uniswap Labs and Securitize announced a partnership with BlackRock to enhance DeFi liquidity for institutional investors via the USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL). The collaboration enables on-chain trading of BUIDL shares through UniswapX, an auction-driven protocol.
That headline alone was enough to jolt the UNI/USD pair higher.
Institutional bridges tend to shift perception fast. And perception, especially in crypto, often drives short-term price action harder than fundamentals.
UNI/USD Key Deciding Resistance Looms
Now comes the harder part, as the intraday spike loved by all and bullish speculation already jumped. But, the worries has not over yet, as immediate resistance range sits between $5.50 and $7.00
Clearing that band would suggest the Uniswap price is re-entering a broader bullish range. Failure to build above current momentum, however, could send UNUSD back into consolidation most likely under $4.00 again, until macro sentiment improves.
So, what’s next? For now, the Uniswap price analysis suggests that it is responding to whale accumulation, improving on-chain metrics, and an institutional headline. Whether this develops into a sustained move depends less on today’s spike and more on whether the broader market narrative decides to cooperate.
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