KYC and DeFi: an unsettling pairing that sends shivers down the spines of many on the earth of crypto. And but, final week it was seen on uniswaphooks.com. The invention of community-created ‘hooks’ to allow KYC and whitelists for transactions on Uniswap V4 raised some eyebrows. Are we truly getting KYC checks in Uniswap? Let’s dig in.