SMBC Nikko Se2026-10-02 08:27:40SMBC Nikko Securities signs MOU to build DeFi Gateway for investors in JapanSMBC Nikko Securities said on Oct. 2 that it has signed a memorandum of understanding to develop DeFi Gateway, a decentralized finance platform aimed at investors in Japan. The participants in the project are blockchain development firm Nethermind, Uniswap Labs, the general incorporated association Nyx Foundation, and Coinbase Technologies, which operates Base, an Ethereum Layer 2 network. According to the announcement, the project will build a liquidity supply protocol and proprietary liquidity pools designed to comply with Japanese laws and regulations, with development targeted for completion by mid-2027. The work is centered on three tracks: an "agentic vault" using verifiable and reproducible AI with an intuitive user interface; a public framework for compliant liquidity pools using Uniswap v4 Hooks and built-in AML/CFT and investor protection mechanisms; and asset management strategies covering digital assets including stablecoins and real-world assets, or RWAs. The project is being jointly led by SMBC Nikko Securities and Nethermind.230
Uniswap Labs2026-09-20 00:21:07Uniswap Labs proposes extending protocol fees to Circle Arc blockchainUniswap Labs has published a temperature check proposal to extend protocol fee collection and UNI burn infrastructure to Circle’s Arc blockchain. The proposal covers Uniswap v2, v3, and v4 deployments already live on Arc. If approved through governance, protocol fees generated on Arc would be routed into the UNI burn system that is already operating on other networks. The proposal opened on Sept. 18 and will run through Sept. 23. If the temperature check passes, the next step will be an onchain vote. According to the proposal, governance instructions for protocol fees would be transmitted cross-chain from Ethereum to Arc through Wormhole infrastructure. The item was reported by Bitcoinist and cited by Techub News.420
Unicoin2026-09-10 08:55:11Unicoin sues Uniswap Labs and asks court to cancel UNI trademark registrationTransparentBusiness Inc., which operates as Unicoin, has filed suit against Universal Navigation Inc., the company doing business as Uniswap Labs, in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The complaint asks the court to declare that Unicoin’s UNICOIN mark does not infringe or dilute the UNI, UNISWAP and UNICHAIN marks claimed by Uniswap. It also seeks cancellation of the US trademark registration for UNI. According to the filing, counsel for Uniswap sent three demand letters on June 3, July 17 and Aug. 14, ahead of Unicoin’s Sept. 28 launch date. The letters accused Unicoin of trademark infringement, dilution, cybersquatting and unfair competition. They also demanded that Unicoin stop using UNICOIN and other UNI-formative marks, transfer the unicoin.com and unicoin.org domains, provide an accounting of revenue and profits, and reimburse Uniswap’s legal fees. The complaint separately asks for a declaration that the two domains do not violate the federal Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. Cointelegraph said it had contacted Uniswap for comment. At the time of writing, DeFiLlama ranked Uniswap first among decentralized exchanges by 24-hour volume, at more than $3.9 billion.880
Robinhood Cha2026-09-10 00:45:00Bonk Guy’s 9,100% PONS gain puts Robinhood Chain’s launchpad war in focusCrypto KOL Rune said on Sept. 3 that Bonk Guy, the top trader on social trading platform fomo’s profit leaderboard, is now 64 years old. Screenshots of his positions showed that roughly $67,000 invested in PONS, the platform token of Robinhood Chain launchpad Pons, had swelled to a paper gain of nearly 9,100%. The trade sits at the center of a broader fight among launchpads on Robinhood Chain, where Pons, LONG and Uniswap Labs-backed Pools are competing for token issuance flow, trading activity and user attention. Pons has tied issuance and trading fees to buybacks and burns of PONS, while LONG has leaned into stock-token-and-meme pairings as a product narrative. Pools entered with lower fees and Uniswap distribution, briefly taking a large share on launch day. By early September, however, Pons had regained the lead. On Sept. 4, Uniswap Labs then disclosed that it had bought PONS, without revealing the size of the purchase or its stake, pushing the token up about 40% within hours. The bigger question now is whether Robinhood Chain can keep the meme-driven trading activity that has powered these platforms.1220
Uniswap Labs2026-09-04 06:56:23Uniswap Labs Acquires Robinhood Chain Launchpad Token PONS, Daily Fees Hit $5.95MUniswap Labs has acquired PONS, the token of the Robinhood Chain launchpad project, which generates $5.95 million in daily fees. Following the announcement, PONS surged to an all-time high above $0.52. The project team stated that the acquisition is aimed at achieving long-term strategic synergy.940
Pons2026-09-03 23:36:50Uniswap Labs Purchases PONS Token, Deepening Partnership with Pons PlatformMemecoin launch platform Pons announced Thursday that Uniswap Labs has purchased its token PONS, calling it a "long-term alignment" and deeper collaboration. No details on size or price were disclosed. Pons is the top fee-collecting Memecoin platform on Robinhood Chain, generating $5.95M in fees in 24 hours. It uses 80% of fees to buy back and burn PONS, with 29.34% of supply already burned. PONS is up 17.5% in 24 hours to $0.5013, with a market cap of $357M.890
Tangem2026-08-26 07:55:50Former Uniswap Labs APAC growth lead Sean Kim joins TangemSean Kim, formerly Uniswap Labs’ APAC manager for growth, community, and partnerships, said he has joined hardware wallet solutions provider Tangem. At the company, he will oversee growth in the Asia-Pacific region. The update was shared through Kim’s public post, which identified his previous role at Uniswap Labs and his new position at Tangem. No additional details about the appointment were disclosed in the source material.1200
Uniswap Labs2026-08-05 23:29:01Uniswap Labs launches Pools.trade with no extra launch fee and permanently locked liquidityUniswap Labs said on Aug. 6 that Pools.trade, a token launch platform on Robinhood Chain, is now live. The team said community users had already discovered an early version of the smart contracts before the official interface went online and generated more than $150 million in trading volume, which it said showed clear demand for the product. To support both those early test contracts and the formal release, Uniswap Labs upgraded its website and indexing systems at the same time, a change that slightly delayed the launch. The company said Pools.trade does not charge an additional launchpad fee and only keeps the standard protocol fee used across Uniswap v4 pools. It also supports auto-compounding liquidity, a feature the team said will later be extended to regular Uniswap LP positions. Every token launched through the platform uses permanently locked liquidity. Pools.trade offers two launch formats: instant launches and crowd-sale launches based on a simplified CCA mechanism that Uniswap Labs described as fairer and more resistant to bundling attacks. On day one, the platform was integrated with the Uniswap web app, wallet, trading API, third-party trading APIs, and external platforms including Bitget, GMGN, OKX Wallet, and FOMO. The product remains in beta.2280
