PancakeSwap Infinity Goes Live on Base

PancakeSwap, one of the most used decentralized exchanges (DEX) in the world, has launched its Infinity upgrade on Base, an Ethereum Layer 2 network known for speed and scalability. This move marks a significant step in PancakeSwap’s mission to create a high-performance, low-cost DeFi experience across multiple blockchains.

The launch promises faster transactions, cheaper fees, and better trading tools for users and liquidity providers.

What Is PancakeSwap Infinity?

PancakeSwap Infinity is the platform’s biggest upgrade to date. It’s a redesigned system aimed at solving many of the pain points in decentralized finance. The upgrade introduces more efficient liquidity models, programmable smart contracts, and deep gas savings.

Infinity supports two liquidity pool types: CLAMM and LBAMM. These two systems give users the ability to choose how they want to provide liquidity and manage their exposure.

CLAMM, short for Concentrated Liquidity Automated Market Maker, lets providers allocate liquidity within specific price ranges. This boosts capital efficiency and reduces slippage, making it ideal for more advanced users who want to fine-tune their positions.

On the other hand, LBAMM, or Liquidity Book AMM, is built for simplicity. Liquidity is organized into bins, and trades within each bin don’t affect price. This model suits users who want zero price impact and an easier way to contribute to pools.

With these options, PancakeSwap Infinity is serving a broad user base—from casual traders to professional liquidity managers.

Dynamic Fees Through Smart Contract Hooks

One of the standout features of PancakeSwap Infinity is its use of “Hooks”—modular smart contracts that customize how pools behave. The first Hook to launch is a dynamic fee system that changes trading fees based on market conditions.

When markets are calm, fees stay low. But when volatility spikes, the Hook raises fees to protect liquidity providers from arbitrage attacks. This automatic adjustment keeps trading smooth while reducing risks for users providing capital.

These Hooks aren’t just useful for fees. Developers can build their own Hooks to create new features. That includes things like trader incentives, bonus rewards, and even automated liquidity strategies. 

All of this is open-source. Builders on Base can already access the GitHub repository, whitepaper, and developer documentation. The CAKE Emission Program also offers rewards for developers who launch projects and add value to the Infinity ecosystem.

Gas Savings Built for Layer 2

PancakeSwap Infinity was designed with efficiency in mind. On Base, gas savings are front and center.

The new Singleton Contract Architecture cuts down pool creation costs by up to 99%. Native ETH swaps save about 50% in gas compared to ERC-20 tokens. Infinity also supports the ERC-6909 token standard, which reduces costs related to frequent contract interactions.

For users, this means faster trades, lower costs, and a better DeFi experience. For liquidity providers, it makes yield strategies more sustainable. Infinity’s design clearly fits Base’s mission of scalable, low-fee blockchain infrastructure.

Smart Routing for Traders

Per reports, Infinity also benefits traders. PancakeSwap features a Universal Router that finds the best route across its V2, V3, and Infinity pools.

If a token pair has better liquidity in one version of PancakeSwap, the router will automatically use it. This maximizes trading efficiency and minimizes slippage. Combined with gas savings and smart fee adjustments, the trading experience on Infinity is more seamless than ever.

A Multi-Chain Push

This Base launch follows closely after PancakeSwap brought V3 support to Solana. The expansion into Solana opened up capital-efficient liquidity pools and NFT-based LP positions to a new group of users. Each position on Solana V3 is represented as an NFT, allowing LPs to track, manage, and transfer liquidity positions with ease.

Solana users now enjoy multi-tier fee options across more than 15 levels, ranging from 0.01% to 4%. This allows providers to tailor their strategies based on risk and volatility. With its fast block times and low fees, Solana has become a perfect fit for PancakeSwap’s scalable DEX framework.

Record-Breaking Growth

In June 2025, the platform posted its highest-ever monthly trading volume of $325 billion. This was an 88% jump over May and helped Q2 2025 reach a total of $529 billion. That’s more than double Q1’s $205 billion.

PancakeSwap’s lifetime volume has now surpassed $2 trillion across all supported networks.

The user base is also growing. More than 7.4 million unique users interacted with the protocol in Q2, according to Dune Analytics. Most of this growth came from PancakeSwap’s multichain expansions and platform upgrades like Infinity.

In June 2025, PancakeSwap also introduced cross-chain swaps. This means users can now trade assets across BNB Chain, Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Base—all from a single interface.