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Yes. Uniswap (UNI) is treated as a Virtual Digital Asset under the Income-tax Act, so buying, holding, and selling are allowed, though it is not legal tender. India regulates crypto as a taxable, speculative asset, and platforms serving Indian users must be registered with FIU-IND under anti-money-laundering rules.

To buy Uniswap for the first time, sign up on CoinDCX, complete KYC with your PAN and Aadhaar, deposit INR through UPI or IMPS, then open the UNI market and confirm your order. Most first-time buyers complete all four steps on the same day.

Add INR to your CoinDCX account by choosing UPI as the payment method, entering the amount, and approving the request in your UPI app. Once the balance reflects, open the UNI market, enter your INR amount, and confirm. UPI deposits are usually credited within minutes.

You do not need to buy a whole UNI. It supports fractional investing, so a small INR order buys a fraction of a token. The exact per-order minimum is shown on the CoinDCX order screen before you confirm.

Yes. Because UNI is divisible, you can start with as little as ₹100. Open the app, search for Uniswap, tap Buy, enter the rupee amount, and confirm. The order fills at the live rate shown on screen.

UNI trades directly against the rupee on FIU-IND registered Indian exchanges, so no stablecoin conversion is needed. Judge any venue on three points: FIU-IND registration under the PMLA, a direct INR pair, and published custody practices such as cold storage and Proof of Reserves.

Buying and holding UNI is not taxed. Selling or swapping your tokens triggers a flat 30% tax plus 4% cess on profits, resulting in an effective tax rate of 31.2% under the Income-tax Act, 2025. Additionally, a 1% TDS is deducted from the total trade value upon transfer under Section 393(1) of the Act. Crypto losses cannot be set off against other income. Report gains in Schedule VDA and confirm your position with a chartered accountant.

Uniswap is the largest and most established decentralised exchange, with real usage, governance utility, and a newer mechanism that uses fees to buy back and burn UNI. Against that, UNI is still mainly a governance token, it is volatile and trades well below its high, higher volume does not guarantee a higher price, and it competes with other exchanges. Weigh both sides against your own goals and risk tolerance, and treat any decision as your own.

A decentralised exchange lets people trade tokens directly from their own wallets through smart contracts, without a company holding their funds. An automated market maker replaces the usual order book with pools of tokens that users deposit; trades happen against these pools, and the depositors earn a share of the fees. Uniswap created and popularised this model, which much of DeFi now uses.

UNI is Uniswap’s governance token, letting holders vote on protocol decisions and treasury spending. For years, all trading fees went to the people providing liquidity, and UNI holders did not share in them, which was a long-standing criticism. In late 2025, the community approved a change so that some protocol fees are now used to buy UNI and permanently remove it from supply, giving the token a more direct link to platform activity, though it still does not pay fees to holders directly.