- Uniswap Labs has rolled out the mainnet of its layer-2 network Unichain.
- The launch comes nearly four months after Uniswap’s unveiling of the EVM-compatible L2.
- Day 1 launch partners include Coinbase and Circle.
Uniswap has announced the mainnet launch of Unichain, the decentralized Superchain layer 2 network.
The Uniswap Labs team revealed the roll out of the mainnet for the Ethereum-compatible L2 on Feb. 11.
Unichain goes live nearly four months after Unichain’s unveiling in October 2024. The platform has undergone rigorous testing in the period since, with over 95 million transactions and more than 14.7 million smart contracts deployed on testnet.
Unichain mainnet also launches with almost 100 crypto products on-chain, including by Coinbase, Uniswap, Circle, Lido, and Morpho. The platform expects more products and protocols to go live on the network startng today.
Coinbase Onramp is expanding to Unichain.@unichain users now have a seamless way to convert fiat-to-crypto, with fee-free USDC onramping available at launch.
Unichain is a fast, decentralized Superchain L2 designed to be a home for DeFi and cross-chain liquidity. pic.twitter.com/1W91Nfv3tA
— Coinbase Developer Platform🛡️ (@CoinbaseDev) February 11, 2025
Commenting on the launch, Uniswap Labs chief executive officer Hayden Adams said:
“Unichain is the next big step ‒ an L2 designed for DeFi. Launching as a stage 1 rollup with 1 second blocktimes, it only gets better from here. In the months and years to come, we will be launching many new improvements to accelerate blockchain scaling.”
Adams shared the comments via a post on X.
Uniswap’s v4 went live in late January, adding to the improvements delivered in v2 and v3.
The latest upgrade brought the highest level of customizability and lowest costs. Uniswap v4 is live on Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain, Polygon, Arbitrum, Zora Network, OP Mainnet,Blast, and World Chain and Avalanche.