Michael Nadeau, founder of DeFi Report, recently wrote that the launch of Unichain will allow $368 million paid to Ethereum validators last year to fall directly into the hands of Uniswap Labs and even UNI token holders. He added that Uniswap Labs will also be able to capture all MEV on Unchain because it owns all validators on the network.
Nadeau said: "MEV is estimated to account for about 10% of the total fees paid on Uniswap ($100 million last year). They can also choose to share part of it with token holders."
He added that Uniswap's liquidity providers can also benefit from Unichain because they are able to participate in settlement and MEV capture through staking.
Nadeau said that Ethereum validators and ETH holders will lose the most after the launch of Unichain, with less ETH destruction and reduced network fees. (Cointelegraph)