Binance UNI Reserve Hits 71.58M, Highest Since June 25

Binance UNI Reserve Hits 71.58M Tokens

Uniswap (UNI) has staged one of its strongest monthly rallies of the year, yet a swelling UNI balance on Binance is tempering the mood among traders who read exchange flows as a leading sell-pressure signal. On-chain exchange-flow data shows Binance's UNI reserve climbing to 71,584,353 tokens, the highest level recorded since at least June 25. The build-up accelerated through September: roughly 4.11 million UNI moved onto the exchange during the month, including single transfers of 2.6 million UNI on September 18 and 1.89 million on September 22. Aggregate holdings tell an even bigger story. Total UNI held across centralized exchanges reached 113.9 million tokens, the highest reading in reserve datasets stretching back to late 2020, with balances stepping higher since early 2024 after sitting near 100 million as recently as August. Larger reserves do not mechanically equal imminent selling — tokens can be parked on an exchange for market-making, collateral or custody — but concentrating liquid supply on a high-throughput venue shortens the path to market for any holder who chooses to exit. The timing stands out because UNI climbed roughly 72% from its recent trough, clearing $6, $7 and $9 in succession after trading near $5.00 in late August and briefly tagging $10.90 before rejection. Spot pricing shows UNI down about 7.3% over the past 24 hours, hovering near $8.90, with consecutive red daily candles and a long upper wick at the local top, while the relative strength index has rolled back from near-overbought territory. The daily structure still sits above all major moving averages, with the shortest-term average rising toward $7.20. Traders are treating $8.50–$8.70 as the near-term support band: holding it keeps a retest of the $9.50–$10.00 zone alive, while a decisive loss of $7.80 would put the rising $7.20 average back in focus. The rally's fundamental backdrop was reinforced this week by plans for CME futures contracts on UNI, announced Wednesday, which helped drive an 11.9% single-day gain — a notable datapoint for the broader altcoin market.

Whale Wallets Move Against the Reserves

While venue balances grow, several large Uniswap ecosystem wallets are doing the opposite. On-chain tracking shows three freshly created addresses accumulated 782,130 UNI this week, a basket worth about $6.97 million. Two of them, 0x9681 and 0xf415, withdrew a combined 652,129 UNI from Binance, Gate, Bybit and OKX, while the third, 0xbD9C, received 130,000 UNI directly from Galaxy Digital. A separate address, 0xEFC4, bought 269,477 UNI for roughly $2.84 million. Not everyone is accumulating into strength, though: wallet 0xA799 sold 788,000 UNI at $8.85, less than a week after buying the same batch at $6.26 — a round trip worth approximately $2.04 million in profit. The accumulation-versus-distribution debate is complicated by a genuine growth story underneath the token. Uniswap confirmed handling 80% of all Robinhood stock token trading volume, which has surpassed $10 billion, and protocol data shows it holds over 99% of Robinhood stock token deposits in liquidity pools on Robinhood Chain — $53 million in v4, $25 million in v3 and $173.7 thousand in v2, with total deposits up 532.8% over the past 30 days. Tokenized equity turnover on Base has cleared $300 million through the decentralized exchange, and on Circle's Arc chain Uniswap processed more than $300 million of swaps, roughly 84% of that network's DEX volume. That activity feeds UNI through the protocol's fee switch, which routes revenue into buybacks and proof-of-burn supply reduction. The protocol burned 184,000 UNI on September 4 — its second-highest daily total, with 150,000 of it originating from Robinhood Chain activity, as we covered when Robinhood Chain activity pushed the daily burn past $1.15M. Readers tracking the market in real time can follow live spot and futures prices on Bitget.

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Burns Still Trail Exchange Absorption

The tension now defining UNI is between where its tokens sit and what its protocol earns. Our reading of the on-chain record is blunt: the burn engine is real but small, removing 184,000 UNI on its best recent day, while Binance alone absorbed roughly 14 times that amount in a single September session. With aggregate exchange reserves at a record 113.9 million UNI and headline activity near multi-month highs, the market is holding more ready sell-side liquidity than the fee switch can currently offset. Until burn throughput scales with venue inflows, each push toward the $9.50–$10.00 band is likely to meet heavier supply.