Pools review

Pools is a token launchpad on Robinhood Chain, built and operated by Uniswap Labs, the team behind the Uniswap protocol. It went live on 5 August 2026.

Pools has two launch modes. Both start with a fixed supply of one billion tokens and end in a Uniswap v4 pool. Instant Launch is live at once and uses a bonding curve, with no graduation requirement.

Crowd Launch runs a four-hour bidding window that uses time-weighted bids to reduce bundled buys. It graduates only at $10K fully diluted value or more; otherwise all bids are refunded. In both modes, the pool fees compound back into the locked position.

Pools charges no launchpad fee. Trades pay the 0.25% pool fee, and network fees apply.

Creators can turn on a creator fee at launch. The Uniswap Labs launch post says the creator gets 0.05% of the 0.25% fee, while the current Pools app says 0.1% of every buy, paid in the pair currency. The fee is off by default and cannot be turned on later. Pons has different V1 and V2 fee terms, so one creator percentage does not describe every Pons token.

On 29 September 2026, Robinhood said that swaps over $0.50 in Robinhood Wallet on Robinhood Chain have no gas fee until 31 December 2026. The offer names Robinhood Wallet only. Robinhood does not say if trades on Pools qualify, and other wallets pay normal network fees.

Pools charges no launchpad fee, but users still pay the pool fee and network fees. A short activity series does not show how the model performs over a longer period.

The 0.25% pool fee on Pools differs from the version-specific terms of Pons. Current-factory Pons V1 tokens use a 1% pool fee split 70% to the creator and 30% to the protocol; legacy V1 tokens keep a 90%/10% split, while V2 terms depend on the token. See Pons vs Pools for the fee notes and activity over matching periods.

On LetsCash, the creator chooses a trading tax of 1%, 3%, 5% or 10% at launch, and the platform keeps 0.3% of each trade at every rate. See LetsCash vs Pools for that comparison.

Two other launchpads on Robinhood Chain use a 1% fee. NOXA puts each new token straight into a locked Uniswap V3 pool with a 1% fee tier. Flap.sh lists a 1% protocol fee on Robinhood Chain, as on BNB Chain.