Milestone
Ethereum
2020
Uniswap V2 Launch
Uniswap V2 introduced direct ERC-20 pairs and oracles, accelerating AMM adoption.
Event date: 2020-05-18
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Key Facts
Peak metricRapid TVL climb
OutcomeSet AMM standard
ChainEthereum
Year2020
Typemilestone
Tags
dex
amm
defi
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