Kittenswap Review 2026: ve(3,3) DEX on HyperEVM and Robinhood

Kittenswap is a decentralized exchange for HyperEVM that also lists support for Robinhood. It follows the ve(3,3) model, in which token holders lock the native token, vote on emissions, and collect trading fees and bribes from the pools they back. The project describes itself as community owned.

The tracker lists the main AMM deployment with under $1M in TVL on HyperEVM, while the homepage reports about $3.0M across both chains, $1.2M in 24-hour volume and 286 pools. Its token is KITTEN, and the product has been listed since March 2025.

Top pools on the homepage show APRs from the hundreds to over 20,000 percent. These figures come from emissions spread over small pools and should be read as incentive math, not stable yield. Public reporting also show a notice on the legacy dashboards that Kittenswap is moving to a new DEX codebase, with emissions paused until then.

Kittenswap uses the ve(3,3) design popularized by earlier DEXs. Liquidity providers deposit token pairs into pools and earn KITTEN emissions. Traders swap against those pools and pay fees.

Holders lock KITTEN to mint veKITTEN, which carries voting power. Each weekly epoch, lockers vote on which pools receive that week's emissions. Voters then collect 100% of the trading fees and any bribes paid to the pools they backed, plus a share of emissions. Projects that want liquidity can pay bribes to attract votes, which in turn attract liquidity providers.

The homepage describes this as a loop that repeats every epoch. Kitten Academy adds extra veKITTEN and HYPE rewards for lockers. The legacy dashboards say the project is moving to a new DEX codebase and that emissions are paused until the transition is done.

Kittenswap does not publish a swap fee schedule on its homepage. Fee tiers are set per pool and are shown in the app when you pick a pool. The homepage reports about $810 in 24-hour fees on roughly $1.2M of 24-hour volume.

The fee model is ve(3,3): trading fees go to the veKITTEN holders who voted for that pool, not to liquidity providers directly. Providers earn KITTEN emissions instead. Network gas on HyperEVM or Robinhood applies to every transaction, and slippage can be meaningful in thinner pools.

The homepage says the core contracts are audited and built on the ve(3,3) architecture. It does not name an auditor or share a report, and the tracker lists no audits for this deployment. Treat the audit claim as unverified until you find the report in the docs.

As a non-custodial DEX, Kittenswap does not hold your funds in an account, but you carry smart-contract risk, impermanent loss in pools, and the risk that incentive-driven liquidity leaves when emissions drop. The planned move to a new DEX codebase adds migration risk, and any new contracts should be checked before you approve or deposit.

The team and regulatory status are not published on the homepage. No hacks or incidents appear. Only use funds you can afford to lose.

Kittenswap is for experienced DeFi users on HyperEVM who are comfortable with liquidity pools, token locking and weekly voting. It is not suited to beginners who want a simple, deep-liquidity swap venue, or to anyone who cannot tolerate incentive-driven yields that may fall quickly.