Historical replay · UNI/USD
Uniswap's Explosive September 2026 Surge
Over just five days in mid-September 2026, Uniswap (UNI) surged from around $6.12 to an intraday high near $8.87 — a gain of more than 44% at the peak, with the sharpest acceleration in the final two sessions. Watch it unfold candle by candle.
Uniswap is the largest decentralized exchange protocol by trading volume, and its UNI governance token has historically been sensitive to broader shifts in decentralized-finance activity and trading fee revenue flowing through the protocol.
Within the window replayed here, UNI climbed from around $6.12 on September 13 to an intraday high of $8.87 on September 18 — a gain of more than 44% at the peak. The move accelerated sharply in its final two sessions, with the token gaining over 30% in barely 48 hours after weeks of comparatively calmer trading.
A rally this fast and this late-accelerating is the kind of move that tends to draw in momentum-driven buying on top of whatever the original catalyst was, which is part of why the pace of the climb kept building into the final sessions rather than slowing down — a dynamic worth watching for signs of exhaustion once it eventually cools.