What is Uniswap V4?
Uniswap V4 is the latest iteration of the Uniswap protocol, a decentralized exchange on Ethereum, introducing hooks that allow for customizable liquidity pools. As of mid-2026, it has become a significant player in the DEX space, with its adoption growing rapidly.
Release history
- Aug 2026 - Hayden Adams said that post-V4 and post-Robin Hood chain numbers annualized to about $100 million in UNI per year on the burn.
- Aug 2026 - Hayden Adams mentioned a hook called “dual pool” developed with the Spark team, allowing assets in Uniswap liquidity pools to also earn yield on a lending protocol.
- Aug 2026 - Bankless noted that with V4, setting up a custom pool has become much easier, taking about a day to set up, a significant change from before.
- Aug 2026 - Ryan Sean Adams reported that on Robin Hood chain, Uniswap V3 is the number one DEX, V2 is number two, and V4 is number three, together accounting for 99% of DEX volume on that chain.
In the discourse
Attributed discussion of Uniswap V4.
Uniswap V4 'Dual Pool' hook, built with Spark, lets liquidity sitting passively in a Uniswap pool simultaneously earn lending yield, directly reducing the opportunity cost of AMM market-making.
“We built this like hook that we're calling dual pool with spark team collaborated with spark team on it where you know you can have assets that are in passively sitting in unisoft liquidity pools also earning yield on a lending protocol.”Hayden Adams · 17 Aug 2026
Uniswap's annualized UNI token burn has risen to approximately $100 million post-V4 and post-Robinhood chain launch, up from a longer-term average of $50 to $60 million.
“The more recent post V4 post Robin Hood chain numbers, they annualized to more like 100 million in uni per year on the burn.”Hayden Adams · 17 Aug 2026
Uniswap V4 now allows tokenized fund AMM or credit-line integrations to be configured in roughly one day, a capability that did not exist before mid-2026 and is accelerating RWA infrastructure build-out.
“For the first time, you know, as of like the last couple of months with V4, that conversation has been, oh, you know, that'll take like a day to set up basically.”Bankless · 3 Aug 2026
Uniswap v3, v2, and v4 together capture 99% of DEX volume on Robinhood Chain, with v3 ranked first.
“The number one decks on unis swap is on Robin Hood chain is unis swap v3. The number two deck is unis swap v2 and the number three deck is unis swap v4 and that's to combined 99% of dex volume on Robin Hood chain.”Ryan Sean Adams · 7 Aug 2026