Launchpads
pools.trade
Uniswap Labs' own launch flow. The fee grows the locked pool instead of leaving as someone's revenue.
Non-custodialFree to launchRobinhood Chain
The short answer
pools.trade issues tokens straight into a Uniswap pool rather than onto a bonding curve, and its 0.25% trading fee compounds back into locked liquidity instead of being taken as platform revenue, with an optional 0.05% that a creator can route to themselves. The effect is that trading the token deepens the pool it trades in. There is less of the early-entry asymmetry curve traders come for, and locked liquidity protects the pool rather than the price.
Use it when
- You are launching and want liquidity that stays
- You prefer a real pool to a bonding curve
- You want the fee to strengthen the pool rather than a platform
- You want the pool mechanics you already understand from Uniswap
Skip it when
- You came for curve asymmetry – there is none here
- You want the discovery traffic of a memecoin-native launchpad
- You read locked liquidity as a safety guarantee
- You want a launch that trends by default
What you are actually paying for
0.25% on trades, compounding into locked liquidity. A creator may optionally take 0.05% of that, which is visible rather than hidden – and worth reading as a signal about intent. Non-custodial, with no platform cut beyond the fee.
Setting it up
- Understand what is different: the fee grows the locked pool rather than paying a platform.
- Check whether the creator took the optional 0.05% cut. It tells you something.
- Verify the pool is the one you think it is. Same-name pools are trivial to create.
- Treat a launch here as a pool from day one – the pricing behaves differently from a curve.
- Size to the pool's depth, not to your conviction.
Specifications
- Chains
- Robinhood Chain
- Runs on
- Web app
- Fees
- 0.25% on trades, compounding into locked liquidity
- Custody
- Non-custodial
- Price
- Free to launch
- Setup
- Easy
What can go wrong
- Locked liquidity is not a guarantee of value – an empty pool can be locked too
- Good mechanics do not make a good token
- Permissionless means anyone can deploy a convincing duplicate
pools.trade FAQ
What does the 0.25% fee do?
It compounds into the pool's locked liquidity, so trading volume deepens the pool rather than paying a platform. It aligns the launch with the pool surviving, which is unusual in this category.
What is the optional 0.05%?
A share of the fee a creator can route to themselves instead of leaving in the pool. Taking it is not wrong – it is simply visible, and visible incentives are worth reading.
Is locked liquidity the same as safe?
No. Locking stops liquidity being pulled; it does nothing about a token with no demand, and an empty pool can be locked as firmly as a full one.
Alternatives
PONSA curve and a creator fee share, with far more traffic.
hood.funCurve launches with published supply mechanics.
UniswapThe pool itself, once a token has launched anywhere.