Uniswap Labs launched Pools, its first dedicated token launchpad, on Robinhood Chain on Tuesday. The platform, available at pools.trade, lets users create tokens, discover new projects, and trade them through a single interface, with every completed launch ending in a Uniswap v4 liquidity pool.
The move extends Uniswap's position on Robinhood Chain beyond its existing role. When Robinhood opened its public mainnet on July 1, Uniswap served as a primary public liquidity protocol from day one, with v2, v3, v4, and UniswapX available through its web app, wallet, and API. Pools.trade now puts Uniswap at the earliest stage of a token's life rather than only the trading that follows.
Uniswap founder Hayden Adams described the shift in context.
"People have used Uniswap as both a launchpad and launchpad infrastructure for over eight years. We're excited to be building alongside all the other launchpads to move the space forward," he wrote on X.
Two launch formats and a fee structure lower than most competitors
Every token launched through Pools starts with a fixed supply of one billion and ends with permanently locked liquidity. Trading fees automatically compound back into the locked position. Creators cannot withdraw the initial liquidity after the token goes live.
The platform offers two routes. A Crowd Launch runs for four hours and fills bids gradually through a time-weighted mechanism. The token only becomes tradable if it reaches a $10,000 launch valuation. If it falls short, all bidders receive full refunds. An Instant Launch goes live immediately using a bonding curve, with no minimum graduation requirement.
Pools charges no separate launchpad fee. Each pool uses a standard 0.25% liquidity provider fee, which compounds automatically into the locked liquidity. Creators may activate an optional fee that pays them 0.05% from each trade. Adams criticized the fee approach common at competing platforms, where pools typically charge 1%.
"The ultra high 1% pool fee (aka 2% spread) is the primary method of extraction," Adams wrote.
He argued that a 1% fee effectively creates a 2% trading spread and that high-fee launch pools become less useful as projects mature because traders eventually migrate to lower-fee liquidity elsewhere. He also clarified that the 0.25% LP fee does not go to Uniswap Labs.
"The 0.25% LP fees autocompounds to the locked liquidity pool; it does not go to the Uniswap team."
Traders found the contracts before the interface launched
The rollout did not go quietly. Before Uniswap published the pools.trade interface, traders found earlier versions of the smart contracts on-chain and began trading them. Adams said that activity reached over $150 million in trading volume before the official UI went live, which required the team to update its indexing systems to support both early and final contract versions simultaneously.
"Degens discovered earlier versions of the smart contracts and traded over $150 million in trading volume before the UI even went live," Adams said.
He said the unexpected activity delayed the rollout.
The unofficial early trading brought attention to several tokens, including those named FRONG and POOLS, with some traders treating them as connected to the official Uniswap launch. The official announcement did not identify any specific token as endorsed. Uniswap also stated that it had not independently reviewed or verified any token displayed on the platform and that appearance of a token on the platform does not constitute a recommendation.
UNI token data and what Santiment reported
Santiment reported that UNI supply on exchanges fell 15.7% over the past month, while the token rose approximately 47% since the start of July 2026. CoinGecko placed UNI near $4.06, up 30.8% over 30 days, with a market capitalization near $2.54 billion. The difference in the two percentage figures reflects different starting dates and data windows.
Santiment said the combination of rising prices and falling exchange balances suggested the rally "may not be over," though that is an analytical view and not a confirmed forecast. A decline in exchange supply can reflect custody changes or transfers between venues rather than a reduction in potential selling pressure.
Older launchpad tokens on Robinhood Chain felt immediate pressure after the Pools announcement, as traders rotated toward the new product. At the time of review, DefiLlama recorded $519.97 million in 24-hour DEX volume and $2.48 billion over seven days on Robinhood Chain, though seven-day volume had declined 32.81% from the preceding period.
Uniswap says Pools is currently in beta. Integrations at launch include the Uniswap web app, Uniswap Wallet, and Trading API. Adams said the team plans continuous upgrades based on community feedback. The platform is legally restricted to memecoins, and Uniswap's disclaimer states that other types of assets are prohibited and that all displayed tokens are "extremely volatile and may go to zero."
Gunel Ismayilova
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