Immy Dorse 
Catex is launching as the MetaDEX and yield engine of Unichain. Built on top of Uniswap v4’s hooks infrastructure, Catex is not just another DEX—it’s an ecosystem-wide coordination engine designed to fuel Unichain’s growth by aligning liquidity providers, liquidity managers, protocols, and users around a shared mission: hyper-efficient liquidity.
The Home of Uniswap v4 and Hook Builders
Uniswap v4 introduces a seismic shift in DeFi through Hooks—programmable extensions that live inside the AMM itself. But without infrastructure, coordination, and incentives, Hooks remain underutilized.
Catex changes that.
As the first MetaDEX on Unichain, Catex is purpose-built for Hook builders:
- Deploy custom strategies directly into the AMM logic
- Plug into CATX emissions and incentives via gauges
- Create capital-efficient vaults with automated liquidity management
- Earn voting incentives and trading fees for building aligned Hooks and strategies
Catex = Uniswap v4 Infra + ve(3,3) Coordination + Hook Innovation.
This makes Catex the de facto Hub for Hook Builders, giving developers and protocols the tools and the incentives to create the next wave of modular DeFi primitives.
The Native Yield Generator on Unichain
While Hook builders get deep composability, users get something even better: native yield. Catex is powered by ve(3,3) mechanics, proven by protocols like Curve, Thena, and Lynex, where aligned long-term voters capture the lion’s share of protocol fees, voting incentives and UNI incentives.
On Catex:
- veCATX voters receive 100% of trading fees and voting incentives
- Liquidity Providers earn oCATX emissions (convertible into discounted CATX or veCATX) and UNI incentives
- Emissions and protocol revenues are directed by governance votes
This creates a stable, self-reinforcing yield system that rewards both builders and voters.
Lock veCATX and start earning.
Whether you’re a DeFi power user, a yield chaser, Catex is your access point to Unichain’s native yield layer.
Catex: A Franchise of Proven Success
Catex is the third expansion of the DefiZoo MetaDEX franchise (DefiZoo), a cohort of ve(3,3) DEXs deployed on Linea, Zircuit, and Unichain. The first, Lynex, dominates Linea with:
- $5B+ total volume
- $7.5M+ distributed to veLYNX voters
Catex inherits this proven engine—and upgrades it:
- Designed natively for Uniswap v4
- Fully modular with Hooks and ALM aggregation
Launch Strategy and Public Sale
Catex’s token launch is focused on long-term alignment and sustainable decentralization. The upcoming public sale is structured to reward strategic buyers and ecosystem believers.
Key Details:
- Total Sale Supply: 5,5% of CATX
- 25% TGE Unlock:
- 75% distributed as veCATX:
- Launchpad-based distribution.
Finceptor: https://fount.network/deals/catex
Spores: https://launchpad.spores.app/ido/catex-ido
Poolz: TBD
Catex: https://app.catex.fi - Voting and liquidity mining go live immediately post-TGE
This model reduces mercenary behavior and builds a governance-first base layer of aligned stakeholders.
TVL Capture Potential
If Catex captures even a modest 5–10% of Unichain’s TVL, it could represent $50M–$150M within months of launch.
A New Financial Layer for Builders and Users
- Hook Builders, looking to monetize and distribute their strategies
- Liquidity Providers, access to advanced liquidity strategies and earning emissions and UNI rewards
- DAOs and Protocols, routing incentives and deploying POL with governance
- Yield Seekers, locking veCATX and earning from trading and voting incentives
- Unichain Core Ecosystem, coordinating around a shared MetaDEX layer
This is where capital meets coordination.
This is the native DeFi engine of Unichain.
This is Catex.
