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Building with Ecosystem Partners

How KANN integrates with Uniswap v4, LI.FI, and Arc for compliant secondary liquidity.

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Ecosystem-First Architecture

KANN's secondary liquidity infrastructure is built on proven ecosystem primitives rather than proprietary solutions. This approach ensures composability, reduces development risk, and leverages battle-tested infrastructure.

Uniswap v4: Permissioned Liquidity Hooks

Uniswap v4 hooks are central to KANN's secondary liquidity design. The PermissionedNavHook enforces:

  • Eligibility gating - only qualified investors can trade
  • NAV freshness guardrails - trading blocked when NAV is stale
  • Circuit breaker behavior - close-only mode during impairment events

The hook architecture allows compliance enforcement directly within the swap lifecycle, without requiring custom AMM implementations.

LI.FI: Cross-Chain Deposits

LI.FI enables "deposit from any chain" via their Composer SDK. Qualified investors can subscribe to tokenization offers using stablecoins from any supported chain, removing friction for investors holding assets on non-deployment chains.

The integration maintains full audit trail compliance through signature-based authorization that links cross-chain deposits to verified investor wallets.

Arc: Compliance-First Infrastructure

Arc (by Circle) provides a compliance-first L1 with native USDC gas and institutional-grade primitives. KANN's permissioned architecture maps naturally to Arc's compliance features:

  • Native USDC eliminates bridge risk
  • View keys enable selective disclosure for regulators
  • Built-in compliance logging supports audit requirements

Design Principles

These integrations follow core design principles:

  1. Loose coupling - each integration is optional and independent
  2. Fail-safe defaults - restrictions activate when data is unavailable
  3. Audit completeness - all paths produce equivalent compliance events
  4. Incremental adoption - integrations can be enabled progressively