Uniswap Fee Switch Cuts LP Returns by Two-Thirds

💸 LP profits slashed

By Revert
Jul 27, 2026, 3:40 PM
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Revert Finance analyzed 8,053 ETH/stable positions on Uniswap v3 to measure the impact of the protocol's fee switch, which redirects 16-25% of LP fees to the protocol.​

Key Findings:

  • Median LP returns dropped from 4.​5% APR to 1.​5% APR
  • 491 positions became unprofitable after the fee implementation
  • Wide-range positions (1.​8x+) maintained profitability: 9.​6% to 6.​3% APR
  • Mid-range positions saw the steepest decline: 7.​9% to 3.​3% APR
  • Narrow-range positions, already unprofitable, lost more

The analysis includes position-level data for verification.​ Full report available here

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1/ Uniswap's fee switch now keeps a sixth to a quarter of LP fees on v3. We have not seen any benchmarks of what that costs LPs, so we did them, on 8,053 ETH/stable positions. The median one nets 4.5% APR if the fee never existed, 1.5% if it ran from day one. It pushes 491 into

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