TLDR
- UNI price surged from $6.63 to $8.49 after the SEC created a pathway for permissioned AMM trading
- The SEC has not directly approved Uniswap but opened a regulatory framework that benefits its v4 infrastructure
- Uniswap already launched Permissioned Pools in July with firms including Superstate, Securitize, and Dowgo
- Open interest climbed to 11.21 million UNI; derivatives volume rose 64.27% to $1.23 billion
- Key resistance sits at $8.86, $9.35, and $10.15, with $12 as the monthly target
Uniswap (UNI) jumped from $6.63 to $8.49 after the US Securities and Exchange Commission introduced a temporary framework allowing certain tokenized US stocks to trade through permissioned automated market makers (AMMs).
The SEC did not directly approve or endorse Uniswap or its v4 protocol. However, it created a regulatory pathway for compliant tokenized stock trading using permissioned AMM infrastructure, which aligns closely with what Uniswap has already built.
INSIGHT: $UNI is up 26.3% today following the SEC's temporary approval of onchain stock trading through permissioned AMM liquidity pools. pic.twitter.com/fjDP5eflEF
— CoinGecko (@coingecko) September 18, 2026
Uniswap launched its Permissioned Pools in July 2026, working with firms including Superstate, Securitize, and Dowgo. These pools restrict access to approved wallets using on-chain compliance rules, making them a direct fit for the SEC’s new framework.
The SEC’s framework also grants conditional regulatory relief to eligible liquidity providers supporting those compliant pools, opening potential new revenue streams for participants in Uniswap’s ecosystem.
UNI cleared the $6.50 resistance zone and briefly touched $8.86 before settling near $8.53. The move came with higher trading activity, and open interest climbed to 11.21 million UNI, pointing to stronger participation in the derivatives market.
Analyst Crypto Patel noted on X that UNI is up 285% from his accumulation zone, writing that all eyes are now on $9.50. He stated that a break and hold above $9.50 could open the path to $14, $26, and eventually $50, while a rejection could see $5.40 become the key support level.
$UNI +285% FROM OUR ACCUMULATION ZONE | NOW THE $50 TARGET IS BACK IN FOCUS
When #UNI was sitting deep inside our accumulation zone, we highlighted the possibility of a massive HTF reversal.
Now look at it: +285% FROM OUR ACCUMULATION ZONE.
The patience trade is paying.At… https://t.co/hT0iCiKuFv pic.twitter.com/BwRa57T41N
— Crypto Patel (@CryptoPatel) September 18, 2026
UNI Technical Picture
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) reached 76.24, placing UNI in overbought territory. While that reading supports the bullish case, it also raises the possibility of short-term consolidation.
UNI is trading above its 20, 50, 100, and 200 exponential moving averages. Bollinger Bands are expanding, with the upper band near $7.55 and the 20-period simple moving average around $5.99 acting as dynamic support.
Ecosystem Growth Adds Fundamental Support
Beyond price action, Uniswap processed over $70 billion in trading volume last month. The platform now hosts more than 1,700 tokenized real-world assets.
Recent integrations include Ink across Uniswap’s Web App, Wallet, and API, and Arc across Uniswap v2, v3, v4, UniswapX, and the Trading API.
Derivatives data from Coinglass shows a 64.27% increase in trading volume to $1.23 billion and a 16.19% rise in open interest to $569.95 million.
Immediate resistance levels sit at $8.63 to $8.86. A breakout above that range could push UNI toward $9.30 and then $10.15, with $12 as the broader monthly target.
