Uniswap Foundation has been criticized for "high salaries and low efficiency," with executive compensation accounting for 30% of annual expenditures.

PANews reported on December 25th that, according to PaperImperium, the Uniswap Foundation disbursed approximately $10 million in grants in 2024, but paid about $4.8 million in employee salaries, including $3.87 million in executive compensation, representing nearly 37.5% of its total expenditure ($12.8 million). In contrast, the Optimism Grants Council, with a budget of $63.5 million during the same period, only spent about $2.6 million on salaries. Analysts believe that the salaries of three Uniswap executives almost equaled the cost of the entire Optimism grant team, yet they only contributed 20% of its total grants, raising widespread questions within the community about the efficiency and return on investment in Uniswap's spending.