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Grant Update: UFSF Welcomes 16 Security Providers to Areta's Audit Marketplace

In October 2024, we announced a $1.2M commitment to Areta to create the Uniswap Foundation Security Fund to improve access to security audits for hook builders. Since then, the UFSF has committed to subsidizing audits for nine hook teams, and have opened applications for the second round of recipients. Today, we’re thrilled to announce the 16 audit providers that make this initiative possible.The UFSF's Role in the EcosystemThe launch of Uniswap v4 represents a new era in permissionless ...

Dakotah on Building a Friendly Space for Liquidity Providers with Bunni

I sat down with Dakotah from Bunni to discuss how he paved his own way into DeFi by being a degen on Discord. Our conversation explored the development of Bunni, how they're leveraging Uniswap v4 hooks to maximize returns for liquidity providers, and how simplification can drive innovation in DeFi. What drew you into the crypto space initially? My journey began during the volatile markets of 2020. I was shorting the stock market and was ironically looking to derisk my position when I dis...

Unichain: Building for DeFi, from Day One

Today Unichain mainnet is live, unlocking a powerful new platform for DeFi builders. Unichain is a Superchain L2 that’s built to be the home for liquidity across chains: enabling fast blocks, cheaper execution, and cross-chain interoperability.Designing for the DeFi builder communityIt’s our goal to make Unichain the best place for DeFi developers. Over the last year, the Uniswap Foundation has laid the groundwork for the early Unichain community: onboarding over 80 apps and infrastructure pr...

Vaughn on Mechanism Design, Governance, and Decision Making with Butter

At the intersection of mechanism design and governance, Butter is pioneering new approaches to how protocols make decisions. Co-founder and CEO Vaughn shares his vision for a post-CFM future and better incentive mechanisms in governance. How did you first get into crypto? My first real exposure to crypto was reading about digital currency in David Wolman's 'The End of Money’ while I was studying for a career in investment banking. The book led me to the bitcoin forums and Bitcoin. I...

Growing DeFi with Unichain

With Unichain mainnet on the horizon, the Uniswap Foundation is excited to share more on how Unichain chain revenue will grow DeFi. Driving decentralization and impact Upon its launch, the Unichain Validation Network (UVN) is designed to advance Unichain’s decentralization and enable faster finality. The UVN is composed of a network of full nodes that will monitor and verify blocks the sequencer posts to mainnet. The validators which run these nodes, as well as their stakers, will be compensa...

How to Navigate Uniswap v4 Data

Uniswap v4 is here! With the new singleton architecture, hooks, flash accounting, and support for native ETH, it introduces fresh concepts that change how we look at and analyze onchain data. This post provides a quick guide to help you navigate v4 data, carry out analytics, and start discovering new insights right away. Overview:Discover: Where to find Uniswap v4 data and how it differs from previous versions.Learn: Practical methods for analyzing core features—like hooks and singleton pools...

Uniswap v4: Supercharging DeFi across chains

Today, Uniswap v4 is live across 12 chains. With more deployments on the horizon, the Uniswap Foundation is accelerating DeFi innovation across ecosystems, alongside our growing builder community. The launch of Uniswap v4 represents a key milestone in the evolution of DeFi. At the heart of v4 are hooks: modular plugins that allow developers to build custom logic for pools, swaps, fees, and LP positions. For chains, v4 offers a pathway to supercharge the growth of their DeFi ecosystems and sup...

Caps on How Flaunch is Revolutionizing Liquidity with Hooks

I sat down with Caps, Founder of Flaunch, to discuss his journey from professional poker to becoming a DeFi builder. Our conversation explored his path through crypto, the evolution of Flaunch, and how they're leveraging Uniswap v4 hooks to reshape trading dynamics and liquidity provision. His story illustrates how innovative thinking in DeFi can create more efficient and equitable systems that are also more fun. What drew you into the crypto space initially? My journey began in poker, w...

Futarchy Meets Governance: Optimism and Uniswap Foundation

The Uniswap Foundation and Optimism Foundation are testing futarchy as a governance mechanism, marking a significant step forward in decentralized decision-making. This collaboration emerges from both organizations' understanding of information finance and its potential to transform how decentralized communities make decisions at scale. Optimism and Uniswap Foundation are key ecosystem participants in decentralized governance. We consider it our mandate to collaborate and improve the gov...

Introducing the First Recipients of the Uniswap Foundation Security Fund

The Uniswap Foundation has committed $1.2M to Areta to create the Uniswap Foundation Security Fund that subsidizes security audits for teams building hooks on Uniswap v4, with nine initial teams selected to receive subsidies. We’re excited to share an update on this initiative below. The Uniswap Foundation empowers the growth, decentralization, and sustainability of the Uniswap community through the support of builders at every stage of development. With Uniswap v4 on the horizon, a new era o...