- Brevis will develop a trustless rebate system for routers that integrate Uniswap v4 hooked pools.
- The initiative will verify rebates automatically without centralized oversight.
- The program aims to boost Uniswap v4 adoption by rewarding aggregators.
The Uniswap Foundation has awarded a significant grant to blockchain infrastructure firm Brevis to accelerate adoption of its latest upgrade, Uniswap v4.
According to an official blog published today, the foundation plans to allocate up to $9 million to launch and operate an innovative Hooks Routing Rebate program.
The new initiative will provide gas rebates to routers that integrate v4 hooked pools.
Specifically, the grant is intended to speed the adoption of Uniswap version 4 by making aggregator integrations more attractive and economically viable.
The announcement states:
To accelerate adoption of v4 hooks and make aggregator integration more rewarding, Uniswap has granted Brevis funds to leverage the ZK Data Coprocessor and zkVM to deliver trustless gas rebates to any router that routes order flow through v4 hooked pools.
🚀 @UniswapFND has awarded Brevis a grant to build a trustless gas rebate program for v4 routers!
Up to $9M in rebates for DEX aggregators integrating v4 hooked pools. All calculations verified by Brevis ZK proofs.
Here’s what we’re building 🧵 pic.twitter.com/7o4uLVPGCT
— Brevis (@brevis_zk) October 24, 2025
Uniswap’s decentralized trading protocol released the v4 upgrade earlier this year, introducing advanced features such as hooks—modular components that let developers customize liquidity pools.
V4 also introduced a singleton infrastructure that consolidates pools under a single contract.
These upgrades bring gas-friendly improvements, on-chain automation, and a better developer experience for decentralized applications (dApps).
Additionally, v4 promises traders reduced slippage, lower costs, and more efficient trade execution.
The January 31 blog post noted:
Beyond customization capabilities, Uniswap v4 delivers gas savings for swappers and LPs. Creating a new pool with v4 is up to 99.99% cheaper than previous versions, and swappers can expect gas savings on multi-hop swaps.
Rewarding aggregators for resource-intensive work
Alongside these advancements, the upgrade introduces new challenges for decentralized aggregators such as Velora, 1inch, and 0x.
DEX aggregators locate the best trade routes by combining liquidity across multiple decentralized exchanges.
Previous Uniswap versions were relatively straightforward to integrate.
For example, Uniswap v2 used a constant-product model, while v3 increased complexity with concentrated liquidity and multiple fee tiers, yet still preserved a consistent model.
Uniswap v4, however, allows each pool to behave independently according to the hook it employs.
Hooks can introduce new execution strategies, enforce custom trading conditions, and tailor fee structures.
This flexibility improves possibilities but also raises the bar for integration: aggregators must learn how each customized pool operates before routing trades through it.
This is the gap the Uniswap Foundation’s rebate program aims to close.
The program enables protocol operators to incentivize routers that successfully integrate hooked pools, offering up to $9 million in gas rebates.
Participants will receive rewards automatically based on their routing activity, with calculations verified by Brevis’s zero-knowledge proofs.
These rebates can reduce trading costs, help fund ecosystem development, and offset gas expenses.
The team explained:
These rebates give routers a new economic incentive to experiment with v4 hooks. Whether routers use them to offset their own operating costs, pass savings back to traders as lower fees, or build a sustainable treasury, the result is the same: faster integration, deeper liquidity, and better swap execution with lower costs for users.
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