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.

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.

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.

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 resilience of the Uniswap Protocol's Governance systems. As part of that mission, we have invested resources in strengthening our current governance systems by fortifying our delegate community. To continue to add to that effort, we are thrilled to announce the allocation of a $110,000 grant to Blockful for a comprehensive Governance Security Review.

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.

Financial Transparency: Summary Q3’2024 Financials

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.

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 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.