Angstrom Review 2026: MEV-Aware DEX on Uniswap V4

Angstrom is a decentralized exchange from Sorella Labs, built as a hook on Uniswap V4 and running on Ethereum. Its goal is to protect liquidity providers and traders from MEV by sequencing transactions at the application level.

DefiLlama lists it under DEXes with about $5.4M in TVL, a 1.7% 7-day change and a listing date of July 2025. It has no token and no audits listed in that data. Press results say the Uniswap Foundation announced the launch in July 2025, and the homepage mentions live Uniswap incentives.

The pitch is simple: LPs lose value to arbitrageurs because pool prices lag centralized exchanges, and Angstrom tries to capture that value for LPs. This review draws on public data and the project's own materials and is not based on hands-on testing.

On a standard AMM, the pool price lags centralized exchange prices. Arbitrageurs trade the difference and keep the profit, which the homepage says has cost LPs about $198.9M since the Merge. Angstrom is designed to capture that value instead.

It does this as a Uniswap V4 hook that sequences transactions at the application level. High-frequency off-chain auctions run alongside Ethereum block production, so the right to trade against the pool at updated prices goes to the auction rather than to outside bots. Swaps in a block are executed in a batch at a uniform price.

The result is that arbitrage proceeds and fees flow to LPs, while traders avoid sandwich attacks. The exact auction rules and bidding details are in the whitepaper and docs, which are not reproduced.

The project does not publish swap fee tiers or LP fee splits. The homepage says LPs earn fees from swaps executed in Angstrom's batch auction and its unlocked state, but gives no rates.

Users would see the actual fees and pool details in the Pools and Trade sections of the app and in the docs. Ethereum gas costs also apply to any on-chain action.

DefiLlama lists zero audits for Angstrom. The website links to a Security page, but its contents are not public, so check it and the docs for audit reports and bug bounty details before depositing.

Risks include smart-contract bugs, the added trust in off-chain auction and sequencing components, and ordinary impermanent loss for LPs. The protocol is non-custodial in the sense that you use your own wallet, but contract risk remains. No hacks or incidents appear. Start with small amounts and use only the official address.

Angstrom is for Ethereum users who already understand LP risk and MEV and want to test a design aimed at reducing both. It is less suited to beginners who want a simple swap on the deepest pools, or to anyone who needs multi-chain support.