Arthur Hayes Accumulates $2M in UNI Amid Quiet Market
Uniswap (UNI)
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Eugene Serbin
bitcoinethereumnews.com reports that Arthur Hayes has acquired approximately $2 million worth of Uniswap (UNI) over a two-day period. His wallet, identified as “Arthur Hayes 4” on Etherscan, now holds 284,102 tokens following purchases of 244,400 UNI on Sunday and 39,700 on Monday. These acquisitions occurred without any accompanying governance vote, protocol upgrade, or obvious market trigger.
The same address also holds roughly 8,013 Ethereum and has a history of pulling funds from Galaxy Digital, Cumberland, and FalconX. In August, Hayes rebuilt an Ether.fi position he had previously exited. He justified the move on X by stating, “Time to run it back turbo,” referencing his profits during the 2020 DeFi boom.
He also described UNI as his favorite type of sushi, a nod to the Japanese term for sea urchin. At the time of the report, UNI traded near $7.18, up 2.55% in 24 hours, with a market cap of $4.47 billion. Despite a 76.8% monthly gain, the token remains 84% below its May 2021 record of $44.92.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for UNI, measured when this story was written up on 7 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Whalio spot data shows UNI trading at $7.30 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 63.1%, indicating strong immediate buying pressure compared to the 49.1% ratio over the past four hours. The 24-hour buy ratio sits at 54.2%, suggesting that while buying is dominant, it is less concentrated than in the last hour. Volume delta reflects this intensity with a positive $274,339 in the last hour, contrasting with a negative $237,223 over four hours. Over 24 hours, the volume delta is +$7,702,743, and cumulative volume delta (CVD) closed at +$602,452. This flow indicates that buyers have been in control for 13 of the last 24 hours, driving a spot volume of $90,810,276 across 399,145 trades.
The latest daily buy ratio of 45.7% sits at the 13th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.2% - weaker buying than most days.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for UNI, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
This trading activity follows a week where the 7-day average buy ratio was 51.2%, meaning the current 24-hour ratio of 54.2% is slightly above the weekly norm by 3.0 points. Volume has increased to 1.17 times the weekly average, signaling heightened participation. The coin has seen net buying on 5 of the last 7 days, contributing to a total volume delta of +$23,168,020 over the past eight days. Price has risen 42.2% over this eight-day period, confirming that recent flows are part of a broader upward trend rather than an isolated event.