Uniswap Launches Aggregator Hooks on Three Networks

Uniswap Labs has launched Aggregator Hooks across Ethereum, Base and Robinhood Chain, allowing its trading system to route swaps through liquidity held on external decentralized exchanges. The feature is available through the Uniswap web app and API, extending the routing options in its v4 system without requiring users to move to a separate aggregator product. Uniswap says seven external sources were available at launch, accounting for more than 90% of decentralized exchange activity across the three supported networks. The company named Fluid, Curve and PancakeSwap among the sources. The coverage figure is its estimate and does not establish that every trade will receive the best available execution. The hooks make external venues appear to Uniswap’s routing system as v4-compatible pools. The system compares quotes from Uniswap pools and outside platforms, then can combine liquidity from multiple sources in a single transaction. Uniswap says quotes are updated block by block and that users do not need additional token approvals solely to access external liquidity. The launch is intended to let traders access liquidity beyond Uniswap’s own pools through the same app and...