Overview
- The Aero team confirmed Sept. 25 that the public rollout is scheduled for 8 p.m. EDT on October 21 and will deploy the full protocol on Base, Ethereum mainnet, OP, Arc, Ink, Arbitrum and Robinhood Chain.
- Aero unifies Aerodrome and Velodrome into one cross-chain liquidity layer that replaces separate governance tokens with a single AERO token and a staked token (sAERO) that directs rewards.
- The protocol uses a ve(3,3)-style model called Predictive Allocation, which lets sAERO holders vote to assign rewards to liquidity pools and entitles stakers to 100% of exchange revenue.
- Aero Lite is already live on Circle’s Arc to test core infrastructure, the project ran a public audit contest and the team says it has merged fixes and entered final quality assurance ahead of the full launch.
- The merger builds on Aerodrome and Velodrome’s existing reach—together they handle roughly 17% of EVM spot volume—and the announcement drove sharp token price gains and higher trading activity, which could speed liquidity growth and cross-chain token listings after launch.