Nearly all veAERO supply is max locked, a Dune dashboard and thread on implications on Aerodrome tokenomics, by jpn_memelord

Aerodrome Finance’s tokenomics are built around AERO for utility and veAERO for governance, with users locking AERO for up to four years to gain voting power over emissions and fees. Aerodrome’s docs say the protocol now has about 1.88 billion AERO in total supply, with roughly 51% locked as veAERO and an average lock time of about 3.7 years; it also supports an Auto-Max Lock mode that treats positions as max-locked for the full four-year period. The story highlighted by jpn_memelord centers on the implication that nearly all veAERO supply is max locked, which matters because max-locked positions do not decay in voting power and therefore can create very stable, long-duration governance influence. Aerodrome and related coverage describe the system as a Base-native liquidity hub where veAERO voters direct emissions to pools and receive trading fees, so a high share of max-locked supply can reinforce voter stickiness, reduce short-term turnover in governance, and make emission routing more predictable for liquidity providers and partner protocols. That structure is important because Aerodrome’s model depends on vote-locked participation to allocate incentives efficiently. If most locks are maxed out, the protocol’s governance and emissions distribution can become more resilient but also more entrenched, since the same long-term voters are likely to keep controlling a large share of weekly emissions and fee rights over time.

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