One DeFi Crypto Project Should Be Much Bigger in Valuation, According to Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan
The chief investment officer of the crypto asset manager Bitwise says he believes one decentralized finance (DeFi) project on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain is currently undervalued. Matt Hougan says the market cap of Uniswap (UNI), which is approximately $6 billion, currently “feels too small.” “[Uniswap] would be the 400th largest financial services business in the world – roughly the same size as Storebrand, a savings and insurance business in Norway.” According to Hougan, regulatory uncertainty could be driving Uniswap’s current undervaluation, but that could change amid the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recent initiatives to provide regulatory clarity for crypto assets. Per a Grayscale Research report released in late June, Uniswap is among the top-10 decentralized exchanges. Over six months ending on May 31st, Uniswap ranked third in terms of volumes. Uniswap generated $487 million in fees behind Solana-based decentralized exch...
