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In this edition of Atrium's Developer Journey, we speak with Akshat Mittal, a passionate builder and innovator in the Web3 space, to explore his journey into crypto, his experience with the Uniswap Hook Incubator, and the groundbreaking projects he’s developed using Uniswap v4.
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Back with another drop of updates, announcements, and celebrations for the Atrium community.
Let's dive in.
We've been busy finding incredible opportunities for Alums:
Para
Para is a wallet and authentication platform purpose-built for composability. It makes it easy to embed secure, multi-chain wallets directly into your app—without sacrificing power or user experience. With Para, developers get the building blocks for seamless onboarding and robust auth flows, whether they’re building walletless UX or scaling a full ecosystem of apps.
🔗 Announcement
📺 Watch the event
Chronicle Labs
Chronicle is decentralized infrastructure for fast, verifiable onchain data—built for teams that care about reliability, cost transparency, and censorship resistance. It gives developers access to oracle feeds they can trust, without sacrificing speed or decentralization. Whether you're shipping a DeFi protocol or experimenting with a new primitive, Chronicle makes high-integrity data easy to access and integrate.
Share Dialog
gm ga gn!
Back with another drop of updates, announcements, and celebrations for the Atrium community.
Let's dive in.
We've been busy finding incredible opportunities for Alums:
Para
Para is a wallet and authentication platform purpose-built for composability. It makes it easy to embed secure, multi-chain wallets directly into your app—without sacrificing power or user experience. With Para, developers get the building blocks for seamless onboarding and robust auth flows, whether they’re building walletless UX or scaling a full ecosystem of apps.
🔗 Announcement
📺 Watch the event
Chronicle Labs
Chronicle is decentralized infrastructure for fast, verifiable onchain data—built for teams that care about reliability, cost transparency, and censorship resistance. It gives developers access to oracle feeds they can trust, without sacrificing speed or decentralization. Whether you're shipping a DeFi protocol or experimenting with a new primitive, Chronicle makes high-integrity data easy to access and integrate.
These partnerships aren't just announcements—they're real opportunities for our community to build, grow, and scale their projects with proven infrastructure. And be sure to check out these partnerships and more tips and tools for Alumni in the Graduation Pathways.
Next Hookathon starts soon: September 1st
We're excited to welcome back EigenLayer as a sponsor, and to have Fhenix joining us for the first time.
Ready to ship your next hook? Lock in your participation in the hookathon by filling out this form: https://tally.so/r/wLNXMl
Note that there’s a slightly updated process for confirming your participation in this Hookathon. When you fill out the Project Lock-in form, you’ll get a confirmation email with a unique code for your project. Keep that code handy for the progress updates and your final submission!
Interested in building, but looking for a team?
Next Friday, August 22nd at 10amEDT, Atrium is offering an optional session to help interested devs find teammates and cofounders to build with for the UHI6 Hookathon.
What: Hookmates: Meet Cofounders & Teammates for the UHI6 Hookathon
When: Friday, August 22, 2025 at 10amEDT
Where: We'll use Gatherround for the session. Devs will be added to a calendar invite once they've filled out the form below
What you'll do: You'll meet with 1:1 up to 8 other peers to talk hook ideas and potential hookathon collabs in quick 5 min sessions, to do some quick exploration on who you might want to build with
How to join: Fill out this form. It's not long, and will help us use your time well in the session
Can't join next Friday? You can still fill out the tally form so your information is captured. After the event, we'll share a directory of Devs interested in building and joining teams so that it's easier to connect with others looking to collaborate.
We hope you’re excited to join in again, and we can't wait to see what you'll build next.
UHI5 wrapped a few weeks back–with some of our biggest participation yet!
→ 100+ devs
→ 57 hooks
→ $50k in prizes
Huge thanks to Uniswap Foundation, Eigenlayer, Across, Ink, Circle, and Flaunch for making this possible.
🧵 Be sure to check out our prize thread to celebrate the prize-winning hooks from the UHI5 Demo Day.
For the full list of all hooks built at UHI since the first Hookathon, head over to our Hooks Directory, where you can sort hooks by cohort and prizewinner status!
Whether you shipped solo or in a team, whether you won or just pushed something bold—we're proud of you.
As you continue developing your UHI project, professional security auditing is the critical step towards deployment. We're excited to share a resource that's helping UHI alumni secure their projects efficiently.
What is Areta Market?
Areta Market is a specialized platform connecting Uniswap ecosystem projects with 25 vetted security providers. It streamlines the traditionally complex audit process while providing opportunities for financial support.
How the Platform Works:
→ Submit your project requirements once
→ Receive 10-12 competitive quotes from pre-vetted providers
→ Compare proposals transparently in one place
→ Access typical cost savings of up to 30%
→ Work with firms auditing major DeFi protocols
Funding Support:
Beyond competitive marketplace pricing, additional support is available with the Uniswap Foundation Security Fund (UFSF). There are Monthly applications (submit by the 7th of the month). Selected projects receive up to 100% coverage. Projects not initially selected remain eligible for retroactive funding for one quarter when using Areta Market.
35% of projects receiving UFSF subsidies are UHI alumni!
Getting Started:
Professional security is essential for any protocol handling real value. Areta Market makes this process more accessible for builders at your stage.
→ Visit Areta Market to learn more: Areta.Market
→ Check out the Audit Readiness Playbook, and see the announcement here.
As an amazing launch feature, every open marketplace booking now enters the Marketplace Lottery: Approximately every 10th audit receives 50% off automatically. Just post your audit requirements and select an offer from one of the providers on the open marketplace!
UFSF September cohort opens: The uniswap foundation security fund provides up to 100% coverage for security audit costs to projects building in the uniswap ecosystem. Applications for the next cohort close on September 7, 2025.
Got something you're building or launching? We want to brag about you. Hit us up at team@atrium.academy and we'll feature it in our next drop.
Until next time,
Team Atrium
Atrium Academy
These partnerships aren't just announcements—they're real opportunities for our community to build, grow, and scale their projects with proven infrastructure. And be sure to check out these partnerships and more tips and tools for Alumni in the Graduation Pathways.
Next Hookathon starts soon: September 1st
We're excited to welcome back EigenLayer as a sponsor, and to have Fhenix joining us for the first time.
Ready to ship your next hook? Lock in your participation in the hookathon by filling out this form: https://tally.so/r/wLNXMl
Note that there’s a slightly updated process for confirming your participation in this Hookathon. When you fill out the Project Lock-in form, you’ll get a confirmation email with a unique code for your project. Keep that code handy for the progress updates and your final submission!
Interested in building, but looking for a team?
Next Friday, August 22nd at 10amEDT, Atrium is offering an optional session to help interested devs find teammates and cofounders to build with for the UHI6 Hookathon.
What: Hookmates: Meet Cofounders & Teammates for the UHI6 Hookathon
When: Friday, August 22, 2025 at 10amEDT
Where: We'll use Gatherround for the session. Devs will be added to a calendar invite once they've filled out the form below
What you'll do: You'll meet with 1:1 up to 8 other peers to talk hook ideas and potential hookathon collabs in quick 5 min sessions, to do some quick exploration on who you might want to build with
How to join: Fill out this form. It's not long, and will help us use your time well in the session
Can't join next Friday? You can still fill out the tally form so your information is captured. After the event, we'll share a directory of Devs interested in building and joining teams so that it's easier to connect with others looking to collaborate.
We hope you’re excited to join in again, and we can't wait to see what you'll build next.
UHI5 wrapped a few weeks back–with some of our biggest participation yet!
→ 100+ devs
→ 57 hooks
→ $50k in prizes
Huge thanks to Uniswap Foundation, Eigenlayer, Across, Ink, Circle, and Flaunch for making this possible.
🧵 Be sure to check out our prize thread to celebrate the prize-winning hooks from the UHI5 Demo Day.
For the full list of all hooks built at UHI since the first Hookathon, head over to our Hooks Directory, where you can sort hooks by cohort and prizewinner status!
Whether you shipped solo or in a team, whether you won or just pushed something bold—we're proud of you.
As you continue developing your UHI project, professional security auditing is the critical step towards deployment. We're excited to share a resource that's helping UHI alumni secure their projects efficiently.
What is Areta Market?
Areta Market is a specialized platform connecting Uniswap ecosystem projects with 25 vetted security providers. It streamlines the traditionally complex audit process while providing opportunities for financial support.
How the Platform Works:
→ Submit your project requirements once
→ Receive 10-12 competitive quotes from pre-vetted providers
→ Compare proposals transparently in one place
→ Access typical cost savings of up to 30%
→ Work with firms auditing major DeFi protocols
Funding Support:
Beyond competitive marketplace pricing, additional support is available with the Uniswap Foundation Security Fund (UFSF). There are Monthly applications (submit by the 7th of the month). Selected projects receive up to 100% coverage. Projects not initially selected remain eligible for retroactive funding for one quarter when using Areta Market.
35% of projects receiving UFSF subsidies are UHI alumni!
Getting Started:
Professional security is essential for any protocol handling real value. Areta Market makes this process more accessible for builders at your stage.
→ Visit Areta Market to learn more: Areta.Market
→ Check out the Audit Readiness Playbook, and see the announcement here.
As an amazing launch feature, every open marketplace booking now enters the Marketplace Lottery: Approximately every 10th audit receives 50% off automatically. Just post your audit requirements and select an offer from one of the providers on the open marketplace!
UFSF September cohort opens: The uniswap foundation security fund provides up to 100% coverage for security audit costs to projects building in the uniswap ecosystem. Applications for the next cohort close on September 7, 2025.
Got something you're building or launching? We want to brag about you. Hit us up at team@atrium.academy and we'll feature it in our next drop.
Until next time,
Team Atrium
Atrium Academy
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