Uniswap launches rights pool to pave the way for on-chain compliant transactions
Uniswap announced the launch of Permitted Pools, a new hook standard developed for Uniswap v4, jointly developed by the physical asset (RWA) platforms Superstate and Securitize. This feature brings compliance enforcement directly onto the chain, allowing a decentralized exchange's liquidity infrastructure to serve regulated financial instruments for the first time.
Function of the permission pool
Unlike relying on off-chain gateways, the permission pool enforces compliance checks and control rules set by the issuer at the protocol level. This means issuers of tokenized funds, securities and stocks can leverage the Uniswap Automated Market Maker (AMM) ecosystem while retaining the regulatory oversight needed for institutional-level assets.
This design benefits from Uniswap v4's hook architecture, which allows developers to attach custom logic to pool operations. Developers can innovate based on the liquidity and security of the Uniswap protocol and create a customized AMM liquidity pool by integrating hooks with v4 smart contracts. Rights pools leverage this mechanism to run policy checks specified by the issuer on each transaction and liquidity operation.
The first partners include Superstate, Securitize and Dowgo, which are among a growing number of issuers and platforms seeking compliant access to on-chain markets, involving tokenized funds, securities, stocks and other rights assets.
Implications for the RWA market
This move coincides with a period of rapid overall expansion of tokenized assets. As of the first quarter of 2026, rwa.xyz has tracked more than US$30 billion in tokenized assets, covering six categories, of which tokenized U.S. Treasury bonds and private credit are among the top. Both partners play a central role in this growth. Securitize supports a large share of the market, including BlackRock's BUIDL Fund, the world's largest tokenized money market product. At the same time, Superstate works with issuers to bring securities onto the chain, providing access to new investor capital for issuers of tokenized shares through Opening Bell and for asset managers that launch tokenized funds through FundOS.
Uniswap's collaboration solves DeFi's long-standing contradiction: a permission-free liquidity pool is difficult to accommodate regulated assets that require Know Your Customer (KYC) inspections, sanctions screening, and jurisdiction control. By embedding these controls directly into the hook layer, rights pooling allows institutional issuers to participate in on-chain liquidity without sacrificing compliance obligations.
For Uniswap, the move signals its intention to enter the institutional finance sector. In this area, the RWA sector is attracting more and more attention from traditional asset management companies and regulators.

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