Overview
- Dromos says Aero will extend from Base and Optimism to Ethereum Mainnet and Circle’s permissioned Arc in Q2 2026, positioning the platform as a cross-network liquidity hub.
- Existing AERO and VELO will convert into a single AERO token with approximately 94.5% allocated to Aerodrome holders and 5.5% to Velodrome holders, consolidating governance and incentives.
- The MetaDEX03 stack introduces embedded MEV auctions inside the AMM, a dual‑engine liquidity model, MetaSwaps for cross‑chain routing, and Slipstream upgrades that aim to internalize value and improve capital efficiency.
- Reported by DeFi Llama, Aerodrome holds about $480 million in TVL with over $180 million in annual fees, while Velodrome has roughly $56 million in TVL and $7 million in fees, informing the unequal token conversion.
- Dromos projects the new architecture could raise protocol earnings by about 40% and reduce costs by roughly $34 million as Aero scales across public and permissioned networks.