๐งโ๐ Uniswap V4 Collectibles?
AI Summary
Uniswap V4 hooks are being used to create a new category of onchain collectibles that are distinct from traditional NFTs, with the Unipeg collection as the primary example, generating ~$120M in trade volume and a ~$14M market cap since launching in April 2026. BasePaint reached 1,000 days of collaborative onchain painting on Base, while OpenSea added support for PunkStrategy's listed Punks and cross-chain NFT purchases with any coin. Ripe also delayed its Liquidity Layer migration from Base to Ethereum.
Key Facts
Author Takes
Uniswap V4 hook-based collectibles
Hook-based collections can work as a proof-of-concept, and more will follow as people continue experimenting โ readers should familiarize themselves with the basics now to get ahead of the curve.
Unipeg as an individual project
Whether Unipeg sustains its early momentum is an open question, but it's already a successful proof-of-concept for the hook-based collectibles format.
Contrarian Angle
Using DeFi Infrastructure to Create Non-NFT Onchain Art
Uniswap V4 hooks are being repurposed as generative art engines, creating collectibles that are neither NFTs nor plain fungible tokens โ a third category that springs entirely from liquidity pool logic.
Uses financial infrastructure (DEX liquidity pools) as a creative substrate, bypassing the NFT standard entirely while still producing tradeable collectibles
Ethereum replacing Base
Ripe temporarily pushed back their migration of Liquidity Layer from Base to Ethereum.
Engineers switching from Base to Ethereum
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