Uniswap V4's launch has introduced significant improvements such as hooks for customization and drastically reduced costs for creating liquidity pools. However, despite these innovations, the market response has been lukewarm. UNI's price briefly spiked but quickly fell, failing to gain sustained momentum. The new features, including hooks and the Singleton contract model, offer enhanced flexibility and efficiency, but their impact on UNI's value remains to be seen. Broader market conditions and competition among DEXs may be overshadowing the initial benefits.