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Yuki Yuminaga on Building at the Intersection of Research and DeFi: Sorella Labs and TLDR

At the crossroads of academic research and practical DeFi development, Yuki stands out as a builder wearing multiple hats. As a founding researcher & growth at Sorella Labs and a TLDR fellow, his work spans from building the Angstrom hook with the Sorella team to conducting research on execution welfare. His unique perspective offers insights into how research and development can advance the DeFi ecosystem in a synergistic way. What drew you to DeFi initially? DeFi has always been king in my ...

DEX Chen on Shaping the Future of DeFi through Permissionless Systems

I recently spoke with DEX Chen about his journey from early DEX trading to becoming a builder on Uniswap v4. Our conversation explored his path through DeFi, his experience with the Uniswap Hook Incubator, and his vision for Semantic Layer and their hooks, Degen Options and Silicon Vision Fund. His story highlights how permissionless innovation on Uniswap v4 is shaping the future of DeFi. What drew you to DeFi? My journey began in 2017 when I discovered Chainlink on a primitive orderbook-base...

Gordon Liao on Hooks and the Next Era of Market Innovation

I recently sat down with Gordon Liao to discuss how his experience at the Federal Reserve informs his work in DeFi and his vision for the future of finance. Our conversation explored how traditional finance expertise can strengthen decentralized financial systems. Our conversation shed light on his experience with the Uniswap Hook Incubator and the winning v4 hook ‘Unicast’, a forward-looking hook that accounts for predictable volatility, price direction, and differential fees, and also why h...

The Uniswap Foundation 2024 Community Impact Report

Over the past year, Uniswap Foundation grant programs have driven critical advances across DeFi: onboarding more than 800 developers, advancing the work of over 620 researchers, and driving the creation of 150 new v4 hooks. Read the full report here. As we enter 2025, our community stands at an inflection point. We are on the precipice of two major catalysts for DeFi: a shift to a more optimistic regulatory outlook in the US, and the launches of Uniswap v4 and Unichain. A massive opportunity ...

Announcing $110,000 Grant to Blockful for the Uniswap Foundation Governance Security Review

This piece outlines the $110,000 grant allocation to Blockful for a Governance Security Review aimed at strengthening the resilience of the Uniswap Protocol's governance systems. Blockful will analyze critical governance data, identify potential vulnerabilities, and create a public dashboard to monitor governance security metrics for greater security for both the Uniswap community, and the broader DeFi space. At the Uniswap Foundation, one of our primary objectives is to enhance the resi...

Uniswap Foundation December Update

November marked a key month for our grants programs, with new allocations to Areta, Atrium Academy, and OpenZeppelin, and new grant opportunities open to builders, including Unichain Developer Grants, and Crafting the Cryptoeconomy (CtCe) Grants. And, a major highlight: meeting up with the community at Uniday and at the ETHGlobal Bangkok Hackathon.Open Grant OpportunitiesUnichain Grants: Whether you’re tinkering with an idea, hacking on a side project, or building a new app, hook, or protocol...

Uniswap Foundation: Summary Q3’2024 Financials

Financial Transparency: Summary Q3’2024 Financials Continuing with our series of financial transparency updates to the community, the Uniswap Foundation is excited to post the unaudited summary financials for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. Assets on Hand and Projected Funds Usage On September 30, 2024 we had $33.83 million in USD and stables on hand and UNI 0.61 million (in UNI). The fiat (USD) cash and stables are to be used for grantmaking and operating activities and the UNI for emp...

A New Program for a New Paradigm: Bhaumik Patel on the Uniswap Hook Incubator [Builder Stories]

Through the introduction of Uniswap v4 hooks, developers now have the power to tailor liquidity pools directly within the Uniswap Protocol. Atrium Academy co-founder Bhaumik Patel explores the next generation of DeFi, and what it means to reimagine developer education. In March 2024, the Uniswap Foundation provided a grant to Atrium Academy to launch the Uniswap Hook Incubator. Today, we’ve announced a second grant of $1,200,000 to Atrium Academy to continue this vital work. I sat down with B...

Announcing $1.2 Million Grant to Atrium Academy to Expand the Uniswap Hook Incubator

Over the last year, the Uniswap Hook Incubator (UHI) has onboarded hundreds of experienced Solidity developers to build v4 hooks. Today, we’re excited to announce a $1,200,000 grant to Atrium Academy to support its expansion, with new educational resources and an ongoing developer event series. The Uniswap Hook Incubator (UHI) has become a foundational resource for the Uniswap Protocol developer community, providing hundreds of developers with a free, hands-on, and intensive introduction to d...

Uniswap Foundation November Update

The Uniswap Foundation had an exciting summer, packed with updates from August to October, including the launch of Unichain, the Unichain grants program, and more. On the research side, we’ve supported the Crafting the Cryptoeconomy (CtCe) Initiative to drive rigorous research in cryptoeconomics. In Governance, we’ve been experimenting with frameworks like the Grantee Delegation Program, and reinvigorating futarchy through a grant to Butter.Open Grant OpportunitiesResearch Grants: The CBER Ct...