AERO Economics
Aerodrome® is the leading exchange on Base. Velodrome® is the leading exchange on the Optimism Superchain. With the launch of Aero, these two protocols—and their communities—will unify together under a single ticker: AERO.
AERO & VELO Metrics
This year, Aerodrome and Velodrome will unify under a single ticker: AERO.
Aerodrome (Base) and Velodrome (Optimism) are unifying under AERO. Combined metrics give a complete picture of protocol-wide activity across both deployments.
Lifetime Exchange Revenue
Aerodrome + Velodrome
By Chain
- Base
- $482.4M
- OP Mainnet
- $64.0M
- Ink
- $1.5M
- Unichain
- $490K
- Lisk
- $420K
- Celo
- $256K
- Fraxtal
- $70K
- Soneium
- $11K
By Quarter
| Period | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | $12.9M |
| Q4 2023 | $6.4M |
| Q1 2024 | $30.7M |
| Q2 2024 | $78.5M |
| Q3 2024 | $57.7M |
| Q4 2024 | $111.1M |
| Q1 2025 | $71.7M |
| Q2 2025 | $40.4M |
| Q3 2025 | $63.6M |
| Q4 2025 | $38.2M |
| Q1 2026 | $20.3M |
| Q2 2026 | $16.5M |
| Q3 2026 | $2.2M (in progress — projected total $16.6M) |
Protocols
Current TVL
Cumulative Volume
Cumulative Fees
Supply
VELO Total Supply
AERO Total Supply
- Locked VELO+AERO
- Liquid VELO+AERO
Avg. VELO+AERO Lock Duration
No voting. No epochs. No delay between revenue accrual and distribution.
Unlike the epoch-based system of Aerodrome and Velodrome, the new Aero will follow a real-time allocation process. In this new system—a first for DeFi—there will be no voting, no epochs, and no delay between revenue accrued and revenue distributed to staked participants.
Predictive Allocation
Stakers (sAERO holders) will allocate AERO rewards which will stream in real time to liquidity pools, and in return those sAERO holders will earn exchange revenue as it accrues. On a regular cadence, stakers can choose to reallocate, dynamically redirecting rewards in anticipation of shifts in market dynamics.
Autopilot Enabled
sAERO holders looking for a hands-off approach can configure management of their position through Autopilot, which automates the allocation process and can compound or convert earned exchange revenue on a regular cadence.
Own the flow of the future.
Aero will operate as a zero-leak economy, where 100% of value is distributed to users of the system: the token operators who coordinate the flow of liquidity, and the liquidity providers who deposit assets that make low-slippage trades possible.
Stake your claim
Holders who stake their tokens optimize the Aero economy by allocating AERO rewards to liquidity pools. In return, they receive a pro rata share of 100% of the exchange revenue accruing to the pool(s) they support.
Liquid ownership
Aligned for growth
Stake your claim
Holders who stake their tokens optimize the Aero economy by allocating AERO rewards to liquidity pools. In return, they receive a pro rata share of 100% of the exchange revenue accruing to the pool(s) they support.
Liquid ownership
Each holder decides how long to stake their AERO. Once staked, the position is represented as an NFT that can be traded or transferred at any time.
Aligned for growth
All stakeholders—from institutional investors to the Aero Foundation and Dromos Labs—earn through the same mechanics, structurally aligning the interests of all participants.
Learn about the all-new economic engine of Aero.
