Last week, we announced two new funding categories at the Uniswap Foundation: Protocol and Security. Today, we’re excited to unveil a $1.2M grant to Auditless to lead the Protocol Grants Program. This Program will identify opportunities to expand and strengthen the protocol tech stack, design grants to achieve new opportunities, and then work closely with grantees to execute. As we discussed in our blog post last week, the Uniswap Foundation’s new Protocol grants funding category will support...

Last week, we announced two new funding categories at the Uniswap Foundation: Protocol and Security. Today, we’re excited to unveil a $1.2M grant to Auditless to lead the Protocol Grants Program. This Program will identify opportunities to expand and strengthen the protocol tech stack, design grants to achieve new opportunities, and then work closely with grantees to execute. As we discussed in our blog post last week, the Uniswap Foundation’s new Protocol grants funding category will support...

April has been an exciting month for us at the Uniswap Foundation! As part of our commitment to transparency, we're excited to share our first monthly roundup, highlighting key developments from our team in April 2024.Uniswap Foundation UpdatesNew Workstreams: We've launched two new funding categories: Protocols and Security to ensure the continued security and innovation of the Protocol and to strengthen feedback loops between the ecosystem and development.2023 Financial Summary: W...

April has been an exciting month for us at the Uniswap Foundation! As part of our commitment to transparency, we're excited to share our first monthly roundup, highlighting key developments from our team in April 2024.Uniswap Foundation UpdatesNew Workstreams: We've launched two new funding categories: Protocols and Security to ensure the continued security and innovation of the Protocol and to strengthen feedback loops between the ecosystem and development.2023 Financial Summary: W...

In our latest initiative under our evolved grants program, we’ve provided a grant to Allium for a ‘DEX Analytics’ Portal. This blog post discusses the importance of this initiative for Uniswap and the entire DeFi ecosystem. To drive innovation on the Uniswap Protocol, access to maintained, standardized real-time DEX data is crucial. With reliable, understandable datasets, researchers and developers can analyze and understand the Uniswap Protocol's dynamics, compare them across other DEX’...

In our latest initiative under our evolved grants program, we’ve provided a grant to Allium for a ‘DEX Analytics’ Portal. This blog post discusses the importance of this initiative for Uniswap and the entire DeFi ecosystem. To drive innovation on the Uniswap Protocol, access to maintained, standardized real-time DEX data is crucial. With reliable, understandable datasets, researchers and developers can analyze and understand the Uniswap Protocol's dynamics, compare them across other DEX’...

As Uniswap’s ecosystem has grown, the Uniswap Foundation has identified an opportunity to support future innovation of the Protocol itself and to strengthen feedback loops between our stakeholders and protocol development. Today, we are announcing the creation of two new funding categories, Protocol and Security, which will be endowed with ~$4.7M through 2024. At Uniswap Foundation, we're committed to building an ecosystem to enable global value creation. This mission has driven us from ...

As Uniswap’s ecosystem has grown, the Uniswap Foundation has identified an opportunity to support future innovation of the Protocol itself and to strengthen feedback loops between our stakeholders and protocol development. Today, we are announcing the creation of two new funding categories, Protocol and Security, which will be endowed with ~$4.7M through 2024. At Uniswap Foundation, we're committed to building an ecosystem to enable global value creation. This mission has driven us from ...

Continuing with our promise to provide financial transparency to the community, the Uniswap Foundation is excited to post the unaudited summary financials for the quarter ended March 31, 2024. Assets on Hand and Funds Usage On March 31, 2024 we had $41.41 million in USD and stables on hand and UNI 0.73 million (in UNI). The fiat (USD) cash and stables are to be used for grant making and operating activities and the UNI for employee token awards. The expected runway was through the end of 2025...

Continuing with our promise to provide financial transparency to the community, the Uniswap Foundation is excited to post the unaudited summary financials for the quarter ended March 31, 2024. Assets on Hand and Funds Usage On March 31, 2024 we had $41.41 million in USD and stables on hand and UNI 0.73 million (in UNI). The fiat (USD) cash and stables are to be used for grant making and operating activities and the UNI for employee token awards. The expected runway was through the end of 2025...

In part one of our series, we articulated the evolution of our grants program, informed by the feedback and learnings from the community. In part two of our series, we covered what success looks like and how we measure it across these four categories.Today, we’re excited to introduce the first funded initiative under this evolved program. Increasing Engagement in Governance is a Huge Opportunity Uniswap Protocol Governance has a delegation engagement problem. Over an 8-month period in 2023, o...

In part one of our series, we articulated the evolution of our grants program, informed by the feedback and learnings from the community. In part two of our series, we covered what success looks like and how we measure it across these four categories.Today, we’re excited to introduce the first funded initiative under this evolved program. Increasing Engagement in Governance is a Huge Opportunity Uniswap Protocol Governance has a delegation engagement problem. Over an 8-month period in 2023, o...

Grant update: We want to extend a huge thank you to UnitZero Labs for successfully running multiple community challenges that contributed to our research efforts. Looking forward, we are redirecting our focus towards grant opportunities available through the new Unichain grant programs. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ In this blog post, we announce a $512,000 grant awarded to Unit Zero Labs and Anthias Labs for the Uniswap Community ...

Grant update: We want to extend a huge thank you to UnitZero Labs for successfully running multiple community challenges that contributed to our research efforts. Looking forward, we are redirecting our focus towards grant opportunities available through the new Unichain grant programs. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ In this blog post, we announce a $512,000 grant awarded to Unit Zero Labs and Anthias Labs for the Uniswap Community ...

In the spirit of providing financial transparency to the community, the Uniswap Foundation is excited to commence a regular cadence of financial updates starting with the unaudited summary results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023. Assets on Hand and Funds Usage At December 31, 2023 we had $45.26 million in USD and stables on hand and UNI 0.78 million (in UNI). The fiat (USD) cash and stables are to be used for grantmaking and operating activities and the UNI for employee tok...

In the spirit of providing financial transparency to the community, the Uniswap Foundation is excited to commence a regular cadence of financial updates starting with the unaudited summary results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023. Assets on Hand and Funds Usage At December 31, 2023 we had $45.26 million in USD and stables on hand and UNI 0.78 million (in UNI). The fiat (USD) cash and stables are to be used for grantmaking and operating activities and the UNI for employee tok...

The Uniswap Foundation is thrilled to introduce the latest funded initiative under our evolved grants program: The Uniswap Hook Incubator by Atrium Academy. In this piece, we describe the importance of this initiative, the grantees, and the positive impact it will have on the Uniswap Protocol.Empowering v4 Hooks DevelopersUniswap v4 introduces unprecedented flexibility and opportunity for the Protocol through ‘hooks’– programmable functions that execute during specific points in a pool’s life...

The Uniswap Foundation is thrilled to introduce the latest funded initiative under our evolved grants program: The Uniswap Hook Incubator by Atrium Academy. In this piece, we describe the importance of this initiative, the grantees, and the positive impact it will have on the Uniswap Protocol.Empowering v4 Hooks DevelopersUniswap v4 introduces unprecedented flexibility and opportunity for the Protocol through ‘hooks’– programmable functions that execute during specific points in a pool’s life...

We are excited to announce our latest grant allocation under the ‘Innovation’ category to Panoptic. This grant will support the development of a v4 Liquidity Interface, the gRHO platform, aimed at simplifying passive liquidity provision on Uniswap v4. The objective of the Innovation category at Uniswap Foundation is to implement a sustainable protocol model that reinforces growth by improving the user experience for Uniswap, from swappers, developers, to LPs (liquidity providers). Currently, ...

We are excited to announce our latest grant allocation under the ‘Innovation’ category to Panoptic. This grant will support the development of a v4 Liquidity Interface, the gRHO platform, aimed at simplifying passive liquidity provision on Uniswap v4. The objective of the Innovation category at Uniswap Foundation is to implement a sustainable protocol model that reinforces growth by improving the user experience for Uniswap, from swappers, developers, to LPs (liquidity providers). Currently, ...

May has been a dynamic month at the Uniswap Foundation! In our commitment to transparency and community engagement, we’re excited to share the key developments from our team in May 2024.Uniswap Foundation UpdatesQ1 2024 Financial Reports: We have shared our financial reports for the first quarter of 2024, continuing our commitment to financial transparency.Job Opportunities: We are actively hiring for a Director of Marketing. As UF’s first marketing hire, you will drive our strategy, budget, ...

May has been a dynamic month at the Uniswap Foundation! In our commitment to transparency and community engagement, we’re excited to share the key developments from our team in May 2024.Uniswap Foundation UpdatesQ1 2024 Financial Reports: We have shared our financial reports for the first quarter of 2024, continuing our commitment to financial transparency.Job Opportunities: We are actively hiring for a Director of Marketing. As UF’s first marketing hire, you will drive our strategy, budget, ...

We are pleased to unveil a new initiative under our evolved grants program: we’ve provided funding to Gauntlet for Routing Algorithm Optimization. This blog post discusses the importance of this research for Uniswap v4. Routing Efficiency for Hooks Uniswap v4, the upcoming iteration of the Uniswap Protocol, introduces a plethora of new features such as native ETH support, unlimited fee tiers, flash accounting, and ‘hooks’— smart contracts attachable to liquidity pools. Hooks are revolutionizi...

We are pleased to unveil a new initiative under our evolved grants program: we’ve provided funding to Gauntlet for Routing Algorithm Optimization. This blog post discusses the importance of this research for Uniswap v4. Routing Efficiency for Hooks Uniswap v4, the upcoming iteration of the Uniswap Protocol, introduces a plethora of new features such as native ETH support, unlimited fee tiers, flash accounting, and ‘hooks’— smart contracts attachable to liquidity pools. Hooks are revolutionizi...