this is to tell you that a successful project needs no market manipulation to drive volume. it is simple. develop a token, have a very good use-case and watch your project thrive in the market.
in fact as you said Uniswap coins are ranked the best in the market, even though UNI is basically an Airdrop, currently the price has skyrocketed, far different from other coins, can beat coins like EOS, etc., which are not Airdrop.
I see that entering the end of 2020, many coins that have sprung up that used to be destroyed are now reviving their glory, maybe this is a good sign for the future development of cryptocurrency, despite the pandemic that has hit the world.
I have a good feeling for Bitcoin going forward.