Uniswap “merchandise” version v4 is coming soon

After months of waiting and missing its launch target in Q3/2024, Uniswap, the world's largest decentralized exchange (DEX), has finally revealed the arrival of version v4 in 2025.

This information was “released” by Uniswap Labs on the X platform on January 2, 2025. The image was posted using unicode code to show the year 2025 with the words “v4 is coming soon”. Despite this, this announcement has not yet revealed the exact moment of launch of the new version.

The arrival of Uniswap v4 has been long awaited by the community. In June 2023, Hayden Adams, the protocol's founder, shared his vision for v4 and published a draft source code, emphasizing community involvement in the development process. However, the plan to launch v4 in Q3/2024 did not materialize.

To ensure the security of v4 prior to its official launch, Uniswap has launched a “Bug Bounty” program with a reward of up to $15.5 million for core smart contracts. The program is still ongoing, with a minimum reward of $2,000 for each security vulnerability discovered.

Uniswap v4 is expected to be a revolutionary upgrade, with significant architectural changes compared to previous versions. Some of the standout features include:

• Hooks:This is a feature that allows developers to integrate custom code before and after making a swap. Hooks opens up the ability to integrate many new features such as limit orders, custom oracles, fee management, and liquidity management automation.
• Dynamic Fee:v4 will allow flexible adjustment of transaction fees, helping to optimize costs for users.
• Gas Saving:v4 is designed to minimize gas consumption, making transactions more cost-effective.
• Native ETH support:v4 will support ETH directly, eliminating the case for using Wrapped ETH (WETH) in transactions.
• Various types of pools: v4 will support a variety of liquidity pools, providing flexibility for users and liquidity providers.

The information about Uniswap v4 comes amid strong growth in the DEX market. According to DeFilama, DEX trading volume reached a record $462 billion in December 2024, of which Uniswap accounted for $106 billion, or 22.94% of the total volume, confirming the exchange's leading position.

Although the value of Uniswap's UNI token rose 6% after the v4 announcement, reaching $14, it is still well below the peak of $44.92 in May 2021. However, with the launch of v4 the same Unichain in Q1/2025, the panorama for UNI is likely to change positively.

The combination of Uniswap v4 and Unichain is expected to create a powerful push, attract more users and drive the value of UNI in the near future.