In DeFi, alignment is everything. Teams, ecosystems, protocols, and users must move in sync for any decentralized protocol to succeed. Today, we want to be fully transparent with our community about the decision to pivot Catex from Polygon to Unichain.

1. Adapting with Alignment: Our Move from Polygon to Unichain

Over the past few months, we built Catex on Polygon with the belief that its established ecosystem, low fees, and deep liquidity would make it the ideal home for our ve(3,3) MetaDEX. We worked closely with both the Polygon and Uniswap teams to align on a launch strategy tailored to support early traction.

As we moved toward finalizing our rollout, it became clear that the long-term alignment across both sides had shifted. While we had high hopes for deep alignment on Polygon, shifting conditions around incentives and ecosystem focus made it clear that Unichain is better suited for Catex’s long-term trajectory.

Rather than force-fit the launch into a structure that had meaningfully changed, we made the decision to pause and reassess what would serve our protocol, partners, and users best.

Launching under partially aligned conditions would have required reworking core pieces of our strategy—including tokenomics and incentive modeling—creating unnecessary friction for our earliest contributors. Instead, we chose to realign with an ecosystem that remains fully aligned with the roadmap we originally envisioned.

2. Why Unichain Is the Right Fit

Since our earliest days, Catex’s vision has been to accelerate the adoption of Uniswap V4 technology and hooks—unlocking the next evolution of capital-efficient liquidity and automated strategies.

We have worked closely with Uniswap’s ecosystem growth teams to align on this mission, and that alignment remains stronger than ever. As we revisited our options, it became clear that the best place to achieve that vision was on Unichain, the native ecosystem expansion for Uniswap’s next chapter.

Unichain stood out as the right long-term partner with:

• A shared commitment to scaling Uniswap V4 through real liquidity applications.

• Ecosystem alignment and support to help us grow alongside the Uniswap community.

• A long-term strategic fit for our MetaDEX infrastructure.

Where Polygon left a gap, Unichain stepped up with a shared vision, collaborative ecosystem support, and the right technical environment to bring Catex’s ve(3,3) MetaDEX to life at scale.

3. What This Means for the Catex Community

Catex’s migration to Unichain is designed to be seamless and community-first, ensuring clarity and continuity for all participants.

Maintaining Support for Polygon Users

We’re implementing a blended migration experience to support existing users while fully focusing new adoption on Unichain:

• polygon.app.catex.fi (Legacy dApp)

  • Remains live with a banner announcing the move.

  • Emissions turned off.

  • Legacy eCATX balances displayed for reference.

• app.catex.fi (Unichain dApp)

  • Default experience for all users.

  • Migration banner shown to users with Polygon balances.

  • Unified eCATX balance shown (Polygon snapshot + Unichain balance).

Cross-Department Coordination for a Smooth Migration

Our entire team is fully mobilized across:

• Product & Dev — Handling technical migration and UX improvements.

• BD & Partnerships — Aligning with liquidity providers and launch partners.

• Marketing & Comms — Preparing education, announcements, and community engagement.

We’ll also publish:

• Migration guides for liquidity providers and stakers.

• Community FAQs to answer common questions.

• Whitelist migration details for our ongoing NFT campaigns.

What’s Next

We invite you to read our migration hub and stay tuned for:

• ✅ Migration instructions

• ✅ Community AMA

• ✅ Tokenomics and launch timeline updates

Join Us in This New Chapter

Thank you for standing with us. DeFi is not for the faint of heart, but together with aligned partners and a determined community, we will continue building the most capital-efficient, community-governed liquidity marketplace possible.

We’re excited to launch Catex on Unichain—and we invite you to be part of this next chapter with us.