Pons vs Pools
Activity · 30-day fees
Pons is the bigger platform by 30-day fees, roughly 140× Pools. Pons runs on Robinhood Chain and Pools runs on Robinhood Chain and Arc. Launch cost is listed as "V1: 0.0005 ETH. V2: check the current factory launch fee and eligibility." for Pons and "No launchpad fee (network fees only)" for Pools.
Pons data note: Fees combine the DefiLlama Pons V1 and V2 adapters. Volume covers V2 launch-curve swaps only, excluding V1 and external Uniswap v4 swaps. Adapter history and current product documentation can describe different deployment generations.
Pools data note: Live since 5 Aug 2026: all-time totals are effectively first-weeks totals. DefiLlama's Pools series covers Robinhood Chain only; launches on Arc are not in these numbers.
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Pons volume covers V2 launch-curve swaps only. V1 and external Uniswap v4 swaps are excluded; fees cover V1 and V2.
What the data shows
Windows: the last 30 complete UTC days unless a sentence says otherwise. Fees per DefiLlama; launches counted by MemeFees.
Over the last 30 days the two are in different size classes: Pons collected $123.97M in fees, 140 times the $888.5K of Pools.
They compete on the same chain. On Robinhood Chain, Pons ranks #1 with 92.7% of 30-day launchpad fees and Pools ranks #5 with 0.7%.
Pons out-earned Pools on every one of the last 30 days.
Comparing the second half of the window with the first, both shrank (-70.1% for Pons, -62.3% for Pools).
Their best days fell apart: Pons peaked on 5 Sep with $11.42M, Pools on 10 Sep with $87.9K.
Their daily fees moved largely independently of each other (correlation 0.53).
Both slowed week on week, Pons by 36.2% and Pools by 33.3% in 7-day fees.
On the last complete UTC day Pons collected $1.07M, 26.0% of its 30-day daily average, and Pools $11.8K, 39.8% of its own.
Pons keeps 16.7% of its 30-day fees as revenue and Pools keeps 0.0%, so more of Pools's fees go to creators, liquidity or other parties, per DefiLlama.
MemeFees counted at least 448,297 launches on Pons and at least 7,476 on Pools in 30 days, which is at most $277 and at most $119 in fees per launch.
Pons publishes a trading fee of 1% pool fee (V1); MemeFees has no sourced fee table for Pools yet.
Both launched in 2026. Since then Pons has collected $188.12M in fees and Pools $2.54M.
Fees & mechanics
- Chains
- Pons: Robinhood Chain
- Pools: Robinhood Chain, Arc
- Live since
- Pons: 2026
- Pools: 2026
- Launch cost
- Pons: V1: 0.0005 ETH. V2: check the current factory launch fee and eligibility.
- Pools: No launchpad fee (network fees only)
- Trading fees
- Pons: V1: 1% pool fee; current-factory tokens split it 70% creator / 30% protocol, while legacy tokens retain 90% / 10%. V2: token-specific base fee plus any creator tax; check both in the trade quote.
- Pools: Robinhood Chain: 0.25% pool fee on trades, compounded into locked liquidity. Arc: trading fees buy back and burn the token. No launchpad fee on either chain.
- Graduation
- Pons: V1: default 4.2 ETH milestone; trading stays in the same pool. V2: the curve sells its allocation, then liquidity moves into a locked Uniswap v4 pool under that launch’s configured terms.
- Pools: Instant Launch: none. Crowd Launch: $10K FDV by the end of the four-hour window, or all bids are refunded
- Creator rewards
- Pons: V1: current-factory creators receive 70% of pool fees; legacy tokens retain 90%. V2: creators receive their configured share and creator tax in the pairing asset; optional buybacks affect the distribution.
- Pools: Optional creator fee on Robinhood Chain, off by default and set at launch. The sources disagree on the rate: the Uniswap Labs launch post (5 August 2026) says 0.05% of the 0.25% fee, and the Pools app (checked 1 October 2026) says 0.1% of every buy, paid in the pair currency. The app offers no creator fee on Arc.
Pons in short
A Robinhood Chain launchpad with immediate pool trading in V1 and a curve-to-pool model in V2.
→ Pons fees and revenue statsPools in short
Uniswap Labs' own launchpad on Robinhood Chain and Arc: no launchpad fee and liquidity locked forever.
→ Pools fees and revenue statsFrequently asked questions
Which is bigger, Pons or Pools?
Pons generated $123.97M in fees over the last 30 days and Pools generated $888.5K, per DefiLlama. Pons is the bigger platform by 30-day fees, roughly 140× Pools.
Which chains do Pons and Pools run on?
Pons runs on Robinhood Chain. Pools runs on Robinhood Chain and Arc.
Is it cheaper to launch on Pons or Pools?
Pons lists "V1: 0.0005 ETH. V2: check the current factory launch fee and eligibility.". Pools lists "No launchpad fee (network fees only)".
Do Pons and Pools pay token creators?
Pons: V1: current-factory creators receive 70% of pool fees; legacy tokens retain 90%. V2: creators receive their configured share and creator tax in the pairing asset; optional buybacks affect the distribution. Pools: Optional creator fee on Robinhood Chain, off by default and set at launch. The sources disagree on the rate: the Uniswap Labs launch post (5 August 2026) says 0.05% of the 0.25% fee, and the Pools app (checked 1 October 2026) says 0.1% of every buy, paid in the pair currency. The app offers no creator fee on Arc.
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Fee and revenue data come from DefiLlama and refresh about hourly. MemeFees is independent and not affiliated with Pons or Pools. Nothing here is financial advice.