Uniswap Foundation had an exciting July, with major updates across live grant initiatives and events in Brussels. In our commitment to transparency and community engagement, we’re thrilled to share what we’ve been up to!

General Updates

• Open Roles: We're looking for three new team members:

  • Head of Developer Relations - To inspire, onboard, and connect with developers to build within the Uniswap ecosystem.

  • Technical Product Manager - To oversee our Developers workstream and translate technical strategies into actionable grants, manage protocol milestones, and connect with ecosystem builders.

  • Business Operations Coordinator - To engage in a variety of operational tasks from data entry and grant operations to system maintenance and financial management.

• New Head of Marketing: We are excited to welcome Straith Schreder as our new Head of Marketing!

• Community Call: Our community call on July 25 was a great success. If you missed it, you can RSVP for the next one here. The agenda included:

  • UF Updates by Devin

  • Uniday Brussels + GovSwap Recap by UF Grantee, Kristen Stone

  • TLDR Fellowship Experience by TLDR Fellow, Lily Johnson

  • Hooks of the Month presented by Sauce

New Grant Announcement

Innovation

• New Grant: We are pleased to announce a new award of $379,000 to Panoptic to build the gRHO platform, a v4 Liquidity Interface. Learn more here.

Grant Initiative Updates

Developers

• ETHGlobal Hackathons: We attended the ETHGlobal Brussels Hackathon, where 102 Developers participated in building on v4 across the three categories below. Learn more about the winning hooks here. 

  • Hook Implementations

  • Hook Integrations

  • Research & Experimentation

• Atrium Academy’s Cohort #2 Kickoff: On July 18, 153 Solidity developers from 36 countries logged on to learn how to launch a hook on v4.

  • Cohort #3 Applications: Applications for cohort #3 are now open, with the kickoff scheduled for October 10, 2024. Apply here by September 27th.

    • Uniswap Foundation’s grant to Atrium Academy covers full tuition for qualified Solidity developers.

Research

• Uniswap Community Research Program: Challenge #2 related to Optimizing Gas Subsidies closed on July 31. Winners have been announced here!

  • Two challenges with prizes in USDC will be posted in August - join the UCRP Telegram Group to stay informed.

• DEX Analytics Portal: It’s live! Click here for access.

  • 38+ researchers and analysts are already using Allium’s DEX Analytics Portal, with over 28,000 queries ran to date.

Uniswap Foundation at ETHCC Brussels

Over the course of the week, we hosted 5 events, touching over 650 community members.

• UniDay: We hosted the first ever Uniday in collaboration with Uniswap Labs, bringing together the community for showcases, discussions and v4 workshops. We hosted 100 delegates, developers and community members throughout the day.

• GovSwap Dinner: This event offered a unique chance for over 30 delegates to connect over dinner, share insights, and engage in meaningful discussions about the future of Uniswap.

• ETHGlobal Hackathon: 102 Developers submitted projects related to hooks on Uniswap v4, and we distributed 20,000 USDC in prizes. Learn more here.

• EigenLayer + Flashbots Researchathon: Outputs included 2 potential specs for a dark pool AMM! (TL;DR fellow and Researchathon attendee Lily detailed one of them here).

Upcoming Events

• ETHGlobal Hackathon, Singapore: Sauce, DevRel Engineer, and Chirag, Head of Product, will be at the Hackathon guiding developers on building on v4. Learn more.

• August Community Call: Click here to RSVP for our next Community Call on August 29. If there's anything you'd like us to cover, feel free to let us know when you RSVP.