Uniswap (UNI) Whale Wallet Reappears After a Year of Dormancy, Sells 119,000 UNI Tokens

A crypto wallet that has been inactive for a year has resurfaced, sparking attention from market participants.

Onchain Lens shared a post on the X platform, stating that a wallet, known for its massive Uniswap holdings, reappeared after being dormant for one year.

Uniswap wallet resumes activity after dormancy

Following its reappearance, the wallet sold 119,000 Uniswap tokens for $1,787,697 USDC at an average price of $15, today after being asleep for one year.

According to metrics shared by Onchain Lens, the wallet acquired 886,507 Uniswap tokens, which were valued at $5.82 million, four years ago. Data shows that the wallet still holds 400,000 Uniswap tokens, which are currently worth $6 million.

A wallet sold 119,000 $UNI for $1,787,697 $USDC at an average price of $15, 2 hours ago after being dormant for 1 year.

The wallet received 886,507 $UNI, which were valued at $5.82M, 4 years ago. The wallet still holds 400,000 $UNI, which are currently worth $6M.

The wallet likely belongs to Methuselah Foundation… pic.twitter.com/IJPU1P8ZfV

The trader engaged in strategic profit-taking activity to capitalize on the recent UNI price increases. The sales come at a time when increasing numbers of Uniswap whales are capturing attention with their profit-taking endeavors.

Three weeks ago, a whale offloaded 1.495 million UNI coins on Binance. The sales earned him a staggering $13.7 million profit after holding the tokens for just five months.

Another wallet also sold almost 5 million UNI tokens for $80.97 million on Coinbase Prime after staying dormant for 4.25 years. These market activities highlight strategic timing by the investors amid volatile market conditions. Despite these sales, Uniswap whale activity continues to contribute to the token’s resilience.

Uniswap price updates

The trader’s profit-taking comes at a time when Uniswap has been recovering from bearish momentum. Amid the wider market recovery, UNI’s price has surged by 12.70% in the past week. Its price is currently trading at $15.07, up by 0.3% over yesterday, and its trading volume is also up by 72.40%.

After climbing to a high of $19.2 in the early part of last month, UNI faced increased bearish pressures, which led to a decline in its price to below the $13 support level.

However, the asset has regained strength from its previous losses. With the expected bullishness in 2025, Uniswap is likely to see an incredible uptrend, supported by this year’s highly anticipated altcoin season.

Its recovery is backed by several factors. Recently, as of January 2nd, the prominent DEX platform Uniswap hit a whopping $2.9 billion in daily transactions, a milestone that ranked it top of other dApps.

Its expansion into layer 2 networks has been part of the major factors that contributed to its growth and success in 2024. UNI launched another layer 2 solution, known as Unichain, in October last year. Since then, Unichain has been efficiently engaging with other layer 2 networks running on top of the Optimism ecosystem.

Its layer 2 volumes have witnessed over 650% growth in the last one year. This is a tremendous rise to a record high of $30 billion in December 2024 from a low of $4 billion in 2022.

Part of this growth is also due to multiple professional traders and beginners who are easily accessing UNI’s innovative and user-friendly DEX platform.