Uniswap launches permissioned pools for regulated assets

Uniswap, a leading decentralized exchange, launched a new feature on July 23, 2026, designed to bridge decentralized finance with regulated financial markets. The feature, called Permissioned Pools, allows issuers of tokenized funds, equities, and other regulated assets to trade on its platform while enforcing investor eligibility rules directly within the protocol.

The framework, built on Uniswap's v4 architecture, uses a specialized "hook" to verify whether a wallet is on an issuer's approved list before any trade or liquidity deposit is executed. This allows asset issuers to maintain control over compliance requirements, such as know-your-customer and anti-money laundering rules, without needing to build separate trading infrastructure. Approved investors gain access to Uniswap's automated market maker for direct on-chain trading of assets that previously could not be traded on such a platform.

Three companies are partnering with Uniswap Labs on the launch: tokenization firms Securitize and Superstate, and European digital securities platform Dowgo. Superstate helped design the standard for tokenized funds and equities, while Securitize had previously worked with Uniswap on...