Catex Launches as the Home of Uniswap v4 Builders and Native Yield on Unichain
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, July 10th, 2025, Chainwire
Catex is officially launching as the MetaDEX and native yield engine of Unichain, setting a new standard for how decentralized exchanges align incentives and drive growth. Built on top of Uniswap v4’s hooks infrastructure, Catex isn’t just another DEX—it’s a coordination layer designed to unite liquidity providers, liquidity managers, protocols, and users around a single mission: hyper-efficient liquidity.
Uniswap v4 introduces a major evolution in DeFi through Hooks—programmable extensions that live inside the AMM itself. However, without the right infrastructure, coordination, and incentive design, Hooks remain underutilized. Catex solves this by becoming the first MetaDEX on Unichain purpose-built for Hook builders. It allows developers to deploy custom strategies directly into AMM logic, integrate with CATX emissions and incentives via gauges, and build capital-efficient vaults with automated liquidity management. In return, builders earn voting incentives and trading fees for creating aligned Hooks and strategies.
Catex combines Uniswap v4 infrastructure, ve(3,3) coordination, and Hook innovation. This unique formula makes it the de facto hub for Hook developers and protocol teams looking to create modular, incentive-aligned DeFi primitives on Unichain.
While builders unlock new composability, users gain access to something equally powerful: native yield. Catex is governed by ve(3,3) tokenomics, a model proven by protocols like Curve, Thena, and Lynex. On Catex, veCATX voters receive 100% of trading fees and voting incentives. Liquidity providers earn oCATX emissions—convertible into discounted CATX or veCATX—along with UNI incentives. Emissions and protocol revenues are directed by governance, creating a stable, self-reinforcing system that rewards aligned participants.
Catex is not an isolated experiment. It is the third launch from the DefiZoo MetaDEX franchise, following the success of Lynex on Linea and Ocelex on Zircuit. Lynex alone has generated over $5 billion in total trading volume and distributed more than $7.5 million to veLYNX voters. Catex inherits this model and upgrades it with native Uniswap v4 design and modular architecture for Hooks and ALM aggregation.
The launch of CATX is focused on long-term alignment and sustainable decentralization. The public sale will distribute 5.5% of total CATX supply, with 25% unlocked at TGE and 75% delivered as veCATX. Strategic buyers can participate through multiple launchpads (Finceptor, Spores, and Poolz) and natively on app.catex.fi. Voting and liquidity mining will begin immediately after the TGE, reducing mercenary behavior and establishing a governance-first foundation.
As Unichain grows, Catex is positioned to capture a meaningful share of total liquidity. Even a modest 5–10% share of Unichain’s TVL would translate into $50 million to $150 million within months of launch. More importantly, Catex provides the critical financial infrastructure needed by builders, protocols, and users across the chain.
For Hook builders, Catex offers a way to monetize and distribute strategies. For liquidity providers, it delivers access to advanced strategies and earning emissions and UNI rewards. For DAOs and protocols, it creates a venue to deploy POL with governance and route incentives. For yield seekers, veCATX offers exposure to trading fees and external incentives. For the broader Unichain ecosystem, Catex represents a unified layer of coordination and capital efficiency.
This is where capital meets coordination. This is the native DeFi engine of Unichain. This is Catex.
Users can learn more at catex.fi, follow updates on X and Mirror, or read the full documentation.
About Catex
Catex is the main decentralized exchange and yield platform on Unichain, focused on Uniswap v4’s Hook-based infrastructure. Part of the DefiZoo MetaDEX franchise, Catex combines automated liquidity tools, modular Hook development, and ve(3,3)-based token incentives to serve builders, users, and protocols. Catex is where liquidity meets innovation in the Unichain DeFi ecosystem.
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