Kaito AI launched Katalyst, a creator-incentive platform built on its newly formalized data partnership with X, while a series of DeFi and infrastructure developments landed across the market over the past week. Uniswap governance approved protocol fees on Robinhood Chain for V2 and V3 and on V4 pools across seven chains, with revenue routed through TokenJar to buy back and burn UNI on Ethereum. The move ties UNI more directly to protocol cash flow, a notable shift from its earlier governance-only role. 1inch, meanwhile, publicly released Aqua across 13 EVM chains. The product replaces the standard pre-funded pool model with a registration-based approach in which liquidity providers keep assets in their own wallets until a trade matches their terms. Lido also shipped Curated Module v2, its biggest core protocol upgrade since V2 in 2023, starting the migration of more than 265,000 validators and over 8 million ETH to the 0x02 standard introduced after Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade. Elsewhere, GRVT completed its token generation event, Injective unveiled its institutional RWA issuance platform Injective Mint, and the Ethereum Foundation added SEAL 911 co-founder Pavel Caversaccio to its board.

BlockBeats reported on July 31 that several crypto KOLs said a token called FRONG was apparently deployed on the Robinhood chain by someone suspected to be Zack Labadie, Uniswap’s head of product design. The claims were tied to on-chain and web-related clues, including an identity signature visible in a transaction hash and details linked to a video upload server used by a related website. When asked what the website connected to the token account might be used for, Uniswap co-founder Hayden Adams replied with a frog emoji, a response that drew attention because “frog” closely resembles FRONG in spelling and pronunciation. The report also noted that Uniswap has recently been promoting its V4 hook feature, prompting community speculation that the site could be tied to an upcoming V4-related platform or function. According to GMGN market data cited in the report, FRONG’s market capitalization briefly surged to $4 million after launch before pulling back to $2.68 million. BlockBeats warned that the token has seen sharp price swings and urged caution.

Uniswap founder Hayden said in a post on X that one of the biggest misconceptions in DeFi is the idea that DEX aggregators have removed the distribution advantage held by automated market makers, or AMMs. He argued that listing a token on Uniswap is comparable to getting it listed across exchanges worldwide at no cost. According to Hayden, that reach remains something other AMMs cannot replicate. The remarks were cited by Odaily in a 7x24 market brief published on July 29, 2026.

A broad set of crypto and AI developments landed over the past day, spanning regulation, market structure, fundraising, protocol upgrades and security incidents. Kenya cut the paid-in capital requirement for stablecoin issuers by 40% to about $2.32 million while keeping strict reserve and redemption rules in place. Russia’s central bank published its first draft framework for organized trading in digital assets, and Myanmar passed a cybercrime law that allows life sentences for crypto-related fraud. In the U.S., Senate Republicans are still trying to move the Clarity Act before the August recess, though ethics provisions and bank lobbying remain major obstacles. On the corporate side, PayPal posted better-than-expected second-quarter results and did not address a previously reported buyout approach. Luno and Visa both outlined layoffs tied to restructuring and capital allocation, while Morgan Stanley Investment Management rolled out exchange-traded products tied to Ethereum and Solana. Zcash activated its Ironwood NU6.3 upgrade, Layer 2 TVL on Ethereum fell to its lowest level since 2023, and Bitcoin briefly dropped below $63,000 as AI and semiconductor weakness spilled into crypto. Security reports also stayed in focus, with Blockaid saying crypto losses from hacks topped $1 billion in the first half of 2026 and several fresh token incidents reported across the market.

Uniswap founder Hayden Adams responded on X to criticism around the v4 fee switch, arguing that claims about reduced LP income are based on a misunderstanding of how the protocol fee works. He said the protocol fee is added on top of the trading fee rather than deducted from what liquidity providers already earn. In his example, LPs in a 30 basis point pool still receive 30 basis points per trade. Adams also pushed back on the claim that the protocol is taking 25% of LP profits. He said that in a 30 basis point pool, the protocol fee is 5 basis points, or about 14% of the total trading fee, while LP earnings remain unchanged. He compared that charge with centralized exchanges that he said collect 100 to 200 basis points per trade, arguing Uniswap’s 5 basis point fee at the 30 basis point tier is 20 to 40 times cheaper. Adams also criticized some forked projects for charging 100% of trading fees while using uneven token inflation set by governance votes to “compensate” LPs.

A searchable database built from New York City public property assessment records is facing criticism from several well-known voices in the crypto industry, who argue that organizing the data into an easy-to-search format makes it far simpler to identify wealthy property owners and where they live. The dispute is not over whether the records were public in the first place, critics say, but over the way they were aggregated and distributed. Uniswap founder Hayden Adams described the project as the worst case of mass doxxing he had seen, while Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz said it turned scattered records into a centralized tool that singled out affluent residents. Castle Island Ventures partner Nic Carter tied the issue to a rise in crypto-related kidnappings and violent attacks. Their comments come as verified “wrench attacks” against crypto holders continue to climb, with CertiK reporting 72 such incidents in 2025 and 52 more in the first half of 2026 alone, alongside sharply higher financial exposure.

Hayden Adams criticized the recent change in the U.S. regulatory narrative around crypto, saying last week’s claim that “law enforcement does not like clarity” was wrong. In a post on X, he argued that Washington has changed its stance on crypto regulation even faster than the crypto industry itself, and described the new narrative as “clumsy and detached from reality.” Adams also said U.S. citizens neither want nor benefit from banks being given monopoly control over custody of funds. His remarks were aimed at recent changes in U.S. regulatory policy and reflect broader concern in the DeFi sector over continued regulatory uncertainty. The comments, cited by Techub News, add to the debate over how crypto oversight in the United States is being framed and who should control access to custody services.

Uniswap is voting on a proposal to automate protocol fees across all v3 pools and expand fee collection to eight blockchains. The plan also routes revenue to treasury and UNI burns, with voting set to end on February 23.