As the saying goes, “legends never die,” which is very true. But nobody said they can't step down. This week, one of the legends of the crypto space has transitioned out of the crypto world to start a new chapter elsewhere. 

A Bloomberg report has delivered emotional news to the crypto world. Mary-Catherine Lader, the President and COO at Uniswap Labs, has reportedly resigned after four years at the company.

While many people may not know who she is, it won't be an overstatement to say that Mary-Catherine Lader was among the people who made the crypto industry what it is today. Lader was one of the big names to leave the TradFi world to help kickstart the crypto space.

Mary-Catherine Lader’s Crypto Legacy

Lader moved into the crypto space in 2021 from a role at BlackRock, where she served as the Managing Director and the global head of Sustainability. She then went on to make a name for herself in the crypto space. 

Popularly known as “MC”, Lader played a huge part in Uniswap’s growth over the past four years. She helped shape Uniswap's internal structure amidst the vast regulatory uncertainty and fast expansion of the crypto landscape. During her time there, she oversaw various departments at Uniswap, including finance, legal, customer support, and policy departments. 

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During her time at Uniswap Labs, the protocol was able to expand its reach across many Blockchains. Uniswap also launched its own mobile wallet and grew from a developer project to an infrastructure provider, now catering to the needs of not just retail users but also to the needs of developers and institutions.

However, while Lader is resigning from Uniswap, her time there is still not done. The now ex-COO will reportedly still be retaining an advisory position in the company before eventually moving on to her next venture. 

Thanks to efforts from Lader and the Uniswap team, the Uniswap protocol has become Ethereum’s largest decentralized trading platform. Despite her exit being announced since Tuesday, Uniswap has not yet named who its next president will be. 

While we wait for Uniswap to announce its new president, it must be said that Lader could not be leaving at a better time. The former president is leaving Uniswap in excellent regulatory standing after it has faced different challenges over the years. 

The most prominent of those challenges came in April 2024, when the US Securities and Exchange Commission served Uniswap with a Wells notice. The notice signaled a potential enforcement action over alleged unregistered broker and exchange activity. 

Later, in September 2024, Uniswap Labs settled with the CFTC after paying a $175,000 fine for illegally offering leveraged digital asset derivatives through its interface, specifically, tokenized products that the agency classified as margined commodity contracts.

Ever since then, the crypto space has enjoyed a crypto-friendly regulatory environment. President Donald Trump’s administration has certainly made many things happen crypto-wise, most notably, the recent passing of the GENIUS Act. Indeed, Lader has left Uniswap in a really good space. 

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