uniswap foundation news

• uniswap foundation community call (12.19): december’s community call is today at 9am pst. this month’s agenda includes: uniswap foundation updates with bita abolfathi, builder updates from angela ocando, an overview of the uniswap foundation governance security review grant from blockful’s executive director alexandro netto, a demo of the recent hookathon winning project, tenor, with hugo, and hooks of the month with sauce. 
• new uniswap foundation hire: in december, jackie zhang joined the uniswap foundation team as head of data science, where she’s exploring how data can shape narratives, drive strategy, and help push defi forward.

hookathon demo day

uniswap hook incubator cohort 3, presented by atrium academy, wrapped up with a record-breaking 89 developers. 57 hooks. and $43,000 in prizes awarded. last week’s demo day was packed with inspiring hook implementations and ambitious ideas. 

from dynamic fee hooks to ai agent index funds and integrations with eigenlayer, arbitrum, and brevis, the submissions pushed the boundaries of what’s possible with programmable money. here’s a look at some of the top projects.  

arbitrum prize winners

• dynamicshield: protects lp returns by cutting impermanent loss, converting idle assets, and reinvesting during market upswings. ($4,500)
• dynamic lp assurance: collects insurance fees and enables flash loans to safeguard liquidity providers. ($3,500)
• ember: stabilizes volatility by lowering fees in calm markets and raising them when chaos hits. ($2,500)

eigenlayer prize winners

• uniguard: builds risk management and insurance tools for uniswap hooks. ($4,500)
• unicow v2: brings decentralized CoW swaps to uniswap v4 with inter-pool matching and eigenlayer security. ($3,500)
• rwasync: bridges real-world assets by batching swaps and executing at oracle-driven prices. ($2,500)

brevis prize winners

• autopilot: uses machine learning to adjust fees in real time, shielding lps during volatility and boosting trades in calm markets. ($3,500)
• liquidity rewards: zk-proofs unlock rewards for lps contributing at least 5000 usdc which, in turn, incentivizes cross-platform liquidity. ($2,500)
• lever: auctions impermanent loss risk for better returns and deeper liquidity in trading pools. ($1,500)

uniswap foundation and atrium academy winners

• copool: lets lps pool assets or delegate management while optimizing yields and reducing trading costs. ($1,500)
• fixed/leverage yield: splits lp shares into guaranteed returns or leveraged speculation, catering to all risk appetites. ($1,500)
• auction managed amm & active range incentives: incentivizes active liquidity ranges and auctions for any currency. ($1,000)
• silicon vision fund: ai-managed hedge funds that let you play portfolio whisperer while the robots make the trades. ($1,000)
• vifi: unites fragmented liquidity and local stablecoins to deliver the best fx rates for african and latam businesses. ($1,000)
• white belt hook: brings price certainty and stability to uniswap with centralized exchange-style limit orders. ($1,000)

uniswap foundation and atrium academy *grand prize* winners

• tenor: enables fixed-rate swaps and fully on-chain lending pools for predictable earning opportunities. ($2,000)
• battleswaps: turns trading into a multiplayer game with token and nft prizes for top-performing traders. ($2,000)
• perpdexhook: transforms amms into mini perpetual dexes, enabling leveraged directional trades. ($2,000)
• gainswap: flips impermanent loss into impermanent gain by enabling liquidity borrowing for short-selling. ($2,000)

congratulations to everyone who participated; we’re grateful for the work you do to drive our community forward. 

ready to start building on v4? check out the “requests for hooks” page for ideas. you can also browse the full directory of uniswap hook incubator projects here.

also, the january 23rd cohort 5 application deadline is getting closer. if you’ve got a project in mind, now's the time.

you can also take the atrium academy self-paced course. master uniswap v4 hooks on your terms. all the depth of the hook incubator - office hours, capstone projects, the works - wrapped into a self-paced course you can tackle whenever (perfect while you’re home for the holidays).

open grant opportunities

learn more: unichain developer grants are designed to increase the surface area of defi innovation. more on our approach, and builder requests right here. 

• builder open call: apply to receive funding, technical support, and marketing resources for your unichain project. 
• infinite hackathon: enter the infinite hackathon, awarding $2.5k-$7.5k grants for hackathon projects with the potential for defi impact. faq.
• retro grants: nominate a unichain builder or team for retroactive funding.
  

tweets of the week

• markets change with technology: austin adams, a uf advisor and grantee building whetstone research, recently shared writing around “the history of how early internet entrepreneurs revolutionized financial markets, the (sad) state of public offerings in the US, and how financial markets need to change.” 
• anxiously awaiting v4: 0xvk notes how “hooks & custom accounting opens up many use-cases which previously were only possible by building a separate version of the protocol and bootstrapping the liquidity.”
• protecting users from mev: arrakis finance shares a recent clip from blockwork’s bell curve podcast where uniswap labs founder, hayden adams, explains how uniswap’s “defi-designed L2 will internalize mev with rollup-boost.”
• the practical implementation of truncated oracles: likwid jumps into how they are using truncated oracles in uniswap v4 - “by pioneering the practical application of uniswap’s truncated-oracle mechanism, likwid resolves the critical issue of oracle manipulation in long-tail markets, unlocking leveraged trading for a broader range of assets.”

note: this is our last newsletter edition for 2024. expect the next builder update to hit your inbox early january. the utmost thanks to those who choose to give us some of your attention, unsubscribing will always be forgiven. 

disclosure: uniswap protocol v4 enables a potentially infinite variety of project development via hook deployment, and any of those projects might touch on different areas of laws or regulations in different forums. the uniswap foundation encourages compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, and it is incumbent on builders to consult with legal counsel as appropriate to determine the legal requirements and restrictions (if any) for their projects.