Arrakis Finance
Arrakis Finance automates concentrated liquidity management
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$113.07KBuyback funds
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--Protocol funds over time
Monthly amounts & ratios
| Period | Protocol income | Buyback funds | Burn funds | Buyback ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | $113.07K | -- | -- | -- |
| Sep 2026 | $280.97K | -- | -- | -- |
| Aug 2026 | $325.9K | -- | -- | -- |
| Jul 2026 | $161.94K | -- | -- | -- |
| Jun 2026 | $162.71K | -- | -- | -- |
| May 2026 | $174.33K | -- | -- | -- |
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About Arrakis Finance
Arrakis Finance is a non-custodial market maker focused on on-chain liquidity management. Its core business revolves around actively managing concentrated liquidity positions, primarily on Uniswap v3 and v4. The protocol offers two main products: Arrakis Pro, which provides automated market-making strategies for token issuers, and the Arrakis Hook on Uniswap v4, which enables advanced features like Price Convergence.
The key value proposition is solving the operational burden of concentrated liquidity. While Uniswap v3's concentrated ranges offer capital efficiency, they require constant rebalancing and fee tuning to stay in range. Arrakis automates this process through a combination of on-chain smart contracts and off-chain infrastructure, allowing token issuers to maintain deep, active liquidity without running their own quant team.
A notable recent innovation is Price Convergence, which leverages Uniswap v4 hooks to automatically align pool prices with external reference prices (e.g., NAV for RWAs, forex rates for stablecoins). This addresses the pain point where externally-priced assets (like tokenized commodities or yield-bearing tokens) suffer from stale pricing and rely on unreliable arbitrage. The hook updates pool prices atomically during rebalances, eliminating the need for arbitrageurs and ensuring accurate pricing.
In the past six months (March to September 2026), Arrakis has expanded its Price Convergence feature to multiple chains (Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, BNB Chain, Unichain) and onboarded partners like Centrifuge (deJAAA) and DGLD. The protocol now manages liquidity for over 100 token issuers with more than $5B in cumulative on-chain volume. However, in March 2026, a vulnerability in the Uniswap v3 mint/burn accounting was exploited, resulting in a loss of 2.94 WETH. The issue was disclosed by SlowMist, highlighting the need for additional slippage and minimum liquidity checks in vault contracts.
Arrakis (formerly G-UNI) released V1 in 2021, pioneering the wrapping of Uniswap V3 concentrated liquidity into managed, composable vaults. At its peak, V1 held $1.8bn TVL, representing 25% of all Uniswap V3 liquidity, proving demand for decentralized active market making.
Arrakis V2 then launched as an abstraction layer on top of concentrated liquidity AMMs, enabling CLOB-like interactions and sophisticated strategies for volatile pairs across Ethereum, Polygon, Optimism, and Arbitrum — bringing professional market making into DeFi in a permissionless way.
The subsequent upgrade of PALM into Arrakis Pro established a modular framework deployable on any DEX/AMM/Hook, offering inventory bootstrapping, active range management, MEV protection, and intent-based integrations. It became the industry-standard onchain market maker, trusted by Lido and Stargate.
Governance also evolved with the SPICE token and a ve model, creating the Arrakis DAO. A 25% protocol fee on managed liquidity and gauge-based incentives laid the groundwork for long-term decentralized coordination.
Together, these milestones trace Arrakis' evolution from V1 to Pro to governance — building Web3's liquidity layer with lasting infrastructure significance.
As a Web3 data analyst, here are Arrakis Finance's key developments from 2026-03-01 to 2026-09-01:
Arrakis Pro Rebrand & HOT AMM Launch: Arrakis rebranded its flagship solution (formerly PALM) to Arrakis Pro, introducing HOT AMM—an intent-centric, MEV-aware design that uses sealed-bid auctions to minimize MEV extraction and improve LP returns.
Price Convergence Feature: A major innovation enabling pool prices to automatically track external reference prices (e.g., spot gold, NAV, forex) during rebalances—eliminating arbitrage windows and manual intervention. This is critical for RWA, stablecoin, and yield-bearing asset pools.
Real-World Deployments: Centrifuge's deJAAA (credit RWA) and DGLD (tokenized gold) became the first to deploy with Price Convergence. Maple's SyrupUSDC/USDC pools launched on Uniswap V4 and Aerodrome, achieving tight ranges (up to 10 ticks) with automated rebalances via ERC-4626 vaults.
Future Roadmap: Arrakis will expand Price Convergence across more asset classes (commodities, equities, FX), scale HOT AMM's MEV protection, and deepen its modular framework for multi-chain, multi-protocol liquidity orchestration—positioning itself as the standard for institutional-grade onchain market making.
Co-founders and core executives:
Hilmar Orth (Founder): Previously founded Gelato Network, a Roll-Up-as-a-Service product. Co-founded Arrakis Finance.
Luis Schliesske (Co-founder): LinkedIn and Twitter profiles indicate his role as co-founder at Arrakis Finance.
Ari Rodriguez (CTO): Former blockchain engineer at Gelato Network, also worked as a blockchain developer. Currently CTO of Arrakis Finance.