PancakeSwap Infinity Launches: v4 Overhaul Promises DeFi Dominance

PancakeSwap drops the version numbers and goes infinite—just like your gas fees during bull runs. The rebrand to ’Infinity’ signals a full-stack upgrade aiming to cement its position as the DEX leader on BNB Chain and beyond.

Key upgrades: Turbo-charged swap routing slashes slippage, while new LP tools let farmers optimize yields like hedge funds—minus the 2-and-20 fees. The vault system now auto-compounds across chains, because manually bridging rewards is so 2023.

Cynic’s corner: Will this actually solve DeFi’s ’TVL vampire attack’ problem, or just give degens prettier charts while they ape into the next memecoin?

Additionally, PancakeSwap Infinity gives liquidity providers the ability to fully control their fee structure, unlike previous versions that had fixed fee tiers. Providers can now choose between static fees, which remain constant, or dynamic fees, which can be adjusted based market conditions and liquidity conditions.

Other improvements include significantly reduced gas fees, with pool creation costs lowered by up to 99%, and swaps involving native tokens like Ethereum (ETH) and Binance Coin (BNB) now requiring about 50% less gas compared to ERC-20 tokens.

The platform also introduces “Hooks,” external contracts that allow developers to implement custom features, such as dynamic fees and trading discounts.

Meanwhile, PancakeSwap’s native token CAKE is trading at $2.12, up by 3.15% in the past 24 hours. It is currently trading above both 20-day EMA and 50-day SMA. Momentum is neutral with a slight bullish bias, with RSI at 51.36.