Uniswap rallies past $4.50 amid short liquidations
Uniswap (UNI)
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Eugene Serbin
bitcoinethereumnews.com reports that Uniswap [UNI] broke its daily bullish structure on Thursday, 27th August, rallying 6.89% from $4.38 to $4.68. The price initially pushed higher to $4.84 before facing rejection and settling at $4.57. Coinalyze data shows cooling open interest and neutral funding rates, while spot demand remains strong as indicated by climbing Spot CVD.
Whale accumulation and steady token burns have supported the scarcity narrative for the DeFi altcoin. UNI previously hit a low of $2.31 in early June after a lower high at $4.17 in May. The price surpassed the July high by late July, establishing a bullish swing structure.
A mid-August pullback to $3.18 was followed by a rally past the $4.57 local high. Technical indicators like OBV, MACD, and the Awesome Oscillator confirm steady buying and momentum shifts. Dense magnetic zones above $4 were swept, and a cluster of short liquidations was taken out near $5. A pocket of long liquidations may be building around $4, with targets at $5.11 and $5.97 remaining valid.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for UNI, measured when this story was written up on 29 August 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
UNI is currently trading at $4.44 on Binance spot markets. The 1-hour buy ratio stands at 50.0%, while the 4-hour ratio is higher at 54.1%, compared to a 24-hour average of 50.8%. This indicates that buying pressure is slightly more pronounced in the shorter 4-hour window than in the broader daily trend. The volume delta reflects this activity, with +$373 in the last hour and +$133,562 over four hours. Over the full 24 hours, the volume delta is +$430,418, matching the CVD close. This positive delta signifies that buy volume has exceeded sell volume during this period.
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.
Twenty-four hours later
What UNI did over the 23 hours after the story broke. The market moves for its own reasons; this is what happened, not what the story caused.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for UNI, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 50.4%, making today's 24-hour ratio of 50.8% only marginally higher by 0.4 points. Spot volume for the day was $26,728,030, which is 0.80 times the weekly average, indicating lighter trading activity than usual. The coin saw a price change of +7.3% over eight days, with a total volume delta of +$2,393,796. Net buying occurred on 5 of the 7 days in the period. This suggests a generally positive but volume-constrained trend leading into the current session.