ShapeSwap V3
ShapeSwap V3 is a live Uniswap-v3-derived concentrated-liquidity exchange on Shape. The 2026-08-16 survey measured about $0.09M in WETH, bridged USDC and SHAPE pool inventory. A position supplies two-sided trading inventory inside chosen price ranges and can become one-sided as price leaves the range, so the version-1 AMM-LP dossier controls regardless of fee tier, range selection or protocol size.
- Ships a product line without impermanent-loss exposure that merits its own review
Watched nightly: a warning on its venues or files, or a cited document that changes, reopens the memo. The first confirmation is due 2026-11-16.
The research file
Mechanism applicability
The live ShapeSwap interface presents swap and liquidity functions on Shape and identifies the product as a Uniswap V3 fork. An LP selects a pair, fee tier and price range; swaps consume inventory through that range and fees accrue only while liquidity is active. Price movement changes token composition and can leave the position entirely in one asset.
Control and exit applicability
The LP controls its position receipt, range and removal transaction, while factory, pool, position-manager and router contracts control execution and accounting. Removing liquidity returns the assets currently represented by the position, not the original mix. Exit also depends on Shape RPC and settlement, pool depth, token and bridge quality, slippage and interface or direct-contract availability.
Current observation and perimeter
The DefiLlama API read on 2026-08-16 classified ShapeSwap V3 as a DEX and reported approximately $0.09M entirely on Shape. The survey token breakdown comprised roughly $31.8K WETH, $37.4K bridged USDC and $25.1K SHAPE. This record covers the V3 concentrated-liquidity adapter, not the companion V2 deployment.
Why the class rule decides
ShapeSwap V3 positions are client-owned market-making inventory whose composition changes against traders; concentration narrows the interval over which both assets remain. Fee income and capital efficiency do not eliminate adverse conversion. Reopen only for a separately measured ShapeSwap product without pooled trading inventory.
Class rule
The amm lp class is outside the approved structures, so every protocol in it is not approved until the rule changes. The rule is about the structure, not an adverse finding about this protocol, and it is not a client instruction. The events that would reopen it are listed with the memo.
Sources
The claims above trace to these. Where a number could not be independently verified, the thesis says so.
- ShapeSwap — live swap and liquidity interface · primary · accessed 2026-08-16
Supports: live protocol identity, swap function, liquidity function, Shape network - Shape Docs — network documentation · primary · accessed 2026-08-16
Supports: Shape chain, network operation, RPC and settlement perimeter - ShapeScan — Shape mainnet explorer · primary · accessed 2026-08-16
Supports: current chain lifecycle, contract inspection, transaction settlement - Uniswap Docs — concentrated liquidity · primary · accessed 2026-08-16
Supports: price ranges, active liquidity, one-sided inventory, position mechanism - Uniswap v3 whitepaper · primary · accessed 2026-08-16
Supports: V3 design, concentrated liquidity, fee tiers, position accounting - DefiLlama — ShapeSwap V3 survey record · secondary · accessed 2026-08-16
Supports: current TVL, Shape perimeter, DEX category, token composition, V3 adapter identity
Inherited controls
The research above describes the protocol layer. Every position also inherits the asset it holds and the chain it settles on. The layer with the most administrative power sets the position’s effective control; that describes control, not quality or suitability.
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