The salaries of three Uniswap Foundation executives reached $3.87 million, while their work output was only “granting $10 million.”
According to Odaily, PaperImperium posted on X stating that the Uniswap Foundation (UF) executive compensation levels are unusually high. Financial statements show that the Uniswap Foundation distributed $9.9929 million in grants, while employee compensation expenses reached $4.7943 million, of which $3.8711 million was used to pay executive salaries. In 2024, 22% of all Uniswap Foundation expenditures were allocated to executive salaries.
In comparison, the Optimism Grants Council had a total grant budget of $63.5 million during the same period, while compensation paid to reviewers and subsequent staff was only $2.1393 million. Even including a $500,000 KYC service fee, the total compensation for the three Uniswap Foundation executives is equivalent to the entire operating cost of the Optimism Grants Council, while the amount of funds delivered by UF is only 20% of that of the latter.
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