**Funding the Merkl technology for Uniswap v4 on Arbitrum would ensure to have both a trusted technology, and a already used technology transition to uniswap v4 with all its users (LPs, DeFi Protocols, ALMs... etc.).**

**50+ Uniswap v3 pools have already been incentivized through Merkl and more than 12 millions incentives streamed via Merkl. We’re very excited to continue catering to the Uniswap community with an adapted and technologically savvy solution.**

1. **Protocols adoption**: Help at least 5 DeFi projects regularly incentivizing Uniswap v4 pools within five months of deploying. To date,  **289 separate incentives distributions** have been made on Uniswap v3 on Arbitrum via Merkl and we expect a progressive transition of all such distributions and clients of Merkl to Uniswap v4.
2. **User Adoption**: Facilitate the growth of interest and familiarity of LPs with Uniswap v4 on Arbitrum. To date, 9436 users have been awrded incentives on Uniswap v3 on Arbitrum. Merkl is a significant contributor to incentivization and engagement of Uniswap LPs on Arbitrum. This number is a reasonable target within a year of deployment of the tool, although we are expecting more engagement and use thanks to innovative features of Uniswap v4 nd the growing Defi ecosystem on Arbitrum . 
3. **Liquidity**: Create more liquidity and volume for Arbitrum Uniswap v4 pools incentivized via Merkl. As an estimative KPI, in January 2024, Uni v3 Arbitrum pools incentivized via Merkl cumulated 3.6b volume out of the total 12b volume on Uniswap Arbitrum. We expect Merkl for Uniswap v4 to carry out the same kind of positive effects for Arbitrum volume.
4. **Builders Community and Innovation Growth**: Connect with hooks builders to grow and innovate around incentivization models and conditions under Uniswap v4.

Merkl Uniswap v4 on Arbitrum will put the **technical advancements of Uniswap v4 to the service of network effects and growth on Arbitrum:** 

**An integrative and already familiar solution for all actors** 

- automated Liquidity Managers (ALMs) will be an integrative part of the solution: their users will automatically be eligible to all incentives streamed on Merkl, and in turn they will be able to contribute seamlessly to atttract liquidity and volume to Uniswap v4 via incentives. All major and medium ALMs of the ecosystem are already plugged to Merkl
- DeFi protocols are already distributing incentives with the Merkl system
- users in DeFi already know the Merkl UX and UI for discovering pools and incentives distributions
- the Merkl API allows all other UIs and platforms to displays APY and distributions on their front-ends
- all offchain computations made by Merkl and distributions can be disputed and verified onchain

**A flexible tool to customize incentives to all use cases**

- customizable way to reward liquidity on Uniswap v4
    - For example Aave has used Merkl to create a liquidity wall in a USDT/GHO pools and push the GHO back to peg
    - Lido is using Merkl to increase the liquidity concentration on wstETH pools
    - Merkl can allow incentives boosts to holders of a specific token, and this is what

**A powerful and expressive infrastructure for Uniswap v4 hooks** 

- solution that will adapt to the range of possibilities offered by Uniswap v4 hooks
- Merkl has an off-chain logic that will allow to take in account the complexity of Uniswap v4. For example:
    - incentivize liquidity on a hook,
    - incentivize only a subset a hook,
    - adding a custom logic in distributions
    - programming minimum APRs
    - adding other combination of custom rules (that cannot be implemented onchain through a smart contract) for the distribution of rewards

**A tracking and efficiency monitoring center**

- Merkl Uniswap v4 reports will allow to track and monitor the efficiency of incentives distributions with custom analytics and reports as shown [here](https://merkl.angle.money/stats).