Uniswap's UNI falls 16% in a day to $4.77 as bitcoin drops 8% to its lowest since July
UNI slid from about $5.70 to $4.77 between Friday and Saturday evening, its lowest level since late August, and is down 33% in a week. Bitcoin fell from about $68,240 to $62,720 and ether lost about 10% over the same 24 hours.
Key points
- CoinGecko showed UNI at about $4.76 at 9:01 p.m. ET on November 14, 2026, down 16.4% in 24 hours and 33% in seven days.
- UNI touched about $4.68 at 4:15 p.m. ET, a level CoinGecko's daily prices last showed on August 30, 2026. It now trades about 89% below its May 2021 record of $44.92.
- The whole market fell: bitcoin dropped about 8% to near $62,720, with a low near $62,120 at 8:45 p.m. ET, its lowest daily price since July 3. Ether lost about 10% to near $1,731.
The drop
UNI, the governance token of the Uniswap decentralized exchange, traded at about $4.76 at 9:01 p.m. ET on Saturday, November 14, 2026, according to CoinGecko. That is down 16.4% in 24 hours and 33% in seven days. Its 24-hour range ran from about $5.64 to $4.64.
Unlike a sudden crash, this was a steady slide. CoinGecko's five-minute samples show UNI near $5.70 at 9:05 p.m. ET on Friday and still near $5.50 at 7 a.m. ET on Saturday. The selling picked up after that: the worst hour ran from 8:35 to 9:35 a.m. ET, when UNI fell about 4.3% from $5.39 to $5.16. It reached a low near $4.68 at 4:15 p.m. ET, bounced to about $4.87 by 7 p.m. ET and slipped back to $4.77.
Through the day
CoinGecko's price samples show the path in ET. They capture the price once every five minutes, so they can miss the exact lows.
UNI near $5.70
About $5.50
About $5.16 after the worst hour of the day
About $5.01
Low of about $4.68
Bounce to about $4.87
About $4.77
The whole market fell
UNI fell about twice as far as bitcoin. CoinGecko's samples show bitcoin dropping from about $68,240 at 9:05 p.m. ET on Friday to about $62,720 at 9:03 p.m. ET on Saturday, down 8.1%, with a low near $62,120 at 8:45 p.m. ET. CoinGecko's daily prices last showed bitcoin that low on July 3, 2026. Ether fell from about $1,927 to $1,731, down 10.2%. Other large DeFi tokens fell by similar amounts.
24-hour price change, November 14, 2026
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Source: CoinGecko, read November 14, 2026, about 9:03 p.m. ET
Where it traded
CoinGecko put UNI's market value at about $2.89 billion, ranking it No. 30, with about $616 million traded in 24 hours, up from about $453 million a day earlier. Websea's UNI/USDT pair led with about $131 million, followed by Binance with about $66 million, then BTCC, XT.COM and OKX. Prices across these markets stayed in line, between about $4.75 and $4.77. UNI was also on CoinGecko's trending list during the evening.
The price data does not say why UNI fell, and we do not assign a cause. The move matched the direction of the wider market, only larger.
LC Insight analysis
This section is our reading of the facts above, not a statement of fact.
- We think UNI's slide reads as part of a broad sell-off rather than a token-specific shock: it fell steadily for hours alongside bitcoin, ether and other DeFi tokens, with no single crash candle. Its larger fall fits a token that tends to swing harder than bitcoin.
What's next
- Whether UNI holds above Saturday's low of about $4.68
- Whether bitcoin holds above about $62,000
- Whether 24-hour UNI volume stays above $600 million or fades
- Any statement from Uniswap Labs or the Uniswap Foundation
Disclaimer. This article is based on public information and the sources listed below as of the update time shown. It is for information only and is not investment, legal or tax advice. Figures may change as companies and authorities publish new data.
Sources
- CoinGecko, Uniswap (UNI) price, market data and all-time high (read November 14, 2026, 9:01 p.m. ET)
- CoinGecko API, UNI 1-day five-minute prices and volume (read November 14, 2026, about 9:04 p.m. ET)
- CoinGecko API, UNI and bitcoin 365-day daily prices (read November 14, 2026, about 9:05 p.m. ET)
- CoinGecko API, UNI tickers by market (read November 14, 2026, about 9:04 p.m. ET)
- CoinGecko API, bitcoin and ether 1-day five-minute prices (read November 14, 2026, about 9:04 p.m. ET)
- CoinGecko API, BTC, ETH, AAVE, CRV and HYPE prices and 24-hour change (read November 14, 2026, about 9:03 p.m. ET)
- CoinGecko API, trending coins (read November 14, 2026, about 9:03 p.m. ET)
