CoW Swap
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CoW Protocol finds the lowest price for your trade across all exchanges and aggregators, such as Uniswap & 1inch — and protects you from MEV, unlike the others
CIP-87 proposes solver penalty cap redesign
CIP-87 is live on Snapshot for a vote. The proposal redesigns solver penalty caps, switching from a fixed penalty amount to a relative percentage of trade volume to better balance execution quality and speed. COW holders can vote.
Lido uses CoW Protocol for NEST automated LDO buybacks
Lido Finance powers the NEST Automated LDO Buyback Mechanism, now live on mainnet, using CoW Protocol for execution. The rule-based, DAO-controlled buybacks run daily in the background with MEV protection.
CoW Protocol joins MetaMask Agent Wallet execution stack
CoW Protocol is part of the execution stack behind MetaMask Agent Wallet, which is now live for all users. The agent wallet lets AI agents carry out trades through their own wallet, with CoW providing the execution infrastructure.
CoW Protocol powers Jumper Advanced limit orders
CoW Protocol now powers limit orders on Jumper Advanced. Jumper's new Advanced mode adds simulated swaps, smart slippage, large order splitting, and limit orders, with CoW handling advanced execution.
CoW Protocol powers RHEA cross-chain DEX execution
CoW Protocol now powers order routing and slippage protection on RHEA's cross-chain DEX. RHEA supports same-chain trades and institutional-grade execution from any EVM asset to tokens whitelisted by NEAR Intents, with trade sizes of $50K–$500K on stablecoins like USDC and USDT, including EURe to Gnosis.
CoW Protocol enables USDY swaps on BNB Chain
Ondo's USDY is now live on BNB Chain and available for swaps through CoW Protocol. BNB Chain users get a yield-bearing asset with permissionless access and instant minting and redemptions, with CoW Protocol serving as the execution layer.
USDY is also available via 1inch, Ledger, LI.FI, Trust Wallet, and LayerZero.
Aragon adds COW to Ownership Token Framework dashboard
Aragon's Ownership Token Framework (OTF) added COW to its dashboard. The OTF breaks down COW's contracts, distribution, and value accrual mechanisms so investors can evaluate the token on fundamentals and verify the report themselves.
CoW Protocol powers Tydro v2 swaps and leveraged loops
Tydro v2 now runs several core flows on CoW Protocol's solver infrastructure, the same stack powering Aave. These include trading on the Tydro UI, collateral and debt swaps, RFQ trading for xStocks on Ink, and one-click leveraged loop entry and exit.
- Same execution layer used across Tydro's DeFi flows
- xStocks trading handled via RFQ on Ink
CoW AMM launches as the first LVR-solving AMM
CoW DAO launched CoW AMM, billed as the first live automated market maker that solves the loss-versus-rebalancing (LVR) problem by capturing and redistributing the MEV that would otherwise go to arbitrageurs, protecting liquidity providers.
CoW Hooks launches, enabling generalized intents
The launch of CoW Hooks let users bundle pre- and post-trade DeFi actions into a single intent, transforming CoW Protocol from a swap-intent-matching engine into a generalized intent execution machine.
CoW Protocol raises $23M and spins out from Gnosis DAO
CoW Protocol closed a roughly $23 million token round from investors including Blockchain Capital, Cherry Ventures, and Ethereal Ventures as the project separated from Gnosis DAO to become its own entity.
COW governance token launches; ~$100M vCOW airdrop unlocks
A token generation event for the COW token concluded, and the vCOW tokens airdropped to early traders and GNO holders became swappable 1:1 into the new tradable COW token.
Gnosis Protocol rebrands to CoW Protocol ahead of vCOW airdrop
Following the popularity of CoW Swap, the protocol rebranded to the Coincidence of Wants (CoW) Protocol, and GNO holders were offered a one-year lock in exchange for vested COW (vCOW) airdrop tokens.
Gnosis Protocol V2 (GPv2) and CoW Swap are introduced
Gnosis introduced GPv2, an intent-based batch-auction design aimed at resisting MEV, alongside the CoW Swap proof-of-concept interface and the Balancer-Gnosis-Protocol integration.
Gnosis Protocol (V1) launches on Ethereum
Gnosis announced the launch of Gnosis Protocol, a batch-auction based DEX protocol resulting from two years of research and development that enables ring trades on Ethereum.