Mezo allocates 2.25% of token supply to Aerodrome veAERO voters to bootstrap liquidity on Base

Mezo, a Bitcoin-native lending layer, has struck a strategic partnership with Aerodrome Finance, the largest DEX on Coinbase’s Base network, and is allocating 2.25% of the total MEZO token supply to veAERO voters over roughly 30 days to bootstrap liquidity for its assets on Base. The deal designates Aerodrome as Mezo’s primary DeFi liquidity hub on Base, with incentives aimed at deepening liquidity for both the MEZO token and MUSD, Mezo’s Bitcoin‑backed stablecoin. Under the campaign, MEZO emissions are streamed to Aerodrome’s vote‑escrow AERO (veAERO) holders who direct their votes toward Mezo‑related pools, primarily the MEZO/MUSD pool, thereby attracting LP capital and routing Aerodrome’s AERO incentives and trading flow into Mezo markets on Base. Mezo describes this as its largest incentive program to date and ties it directly to its token launch, with an initial 0.5% of MEZO supply deployed as liquid “bribes” to voters followed by additional veMEZO governance rewards for veAERO participants who continue voting for the pool over several weeks. This structure leverages Aerodrome’s established veAERO “flywheel” to seed deep, incentive-driven liquidity, aiming to make MUSD more useful as collateral and to extend Bitcoin DeFi activity from Mezo’s Bitcoin-centric stack into the rapidly growing Base ecosystem. The move follows Mezo’s recent “Bring Bitcoin Home” migration of around $23 million in BTC‑denominated assets to its mainnet and growth to roughly $76 million in total value locked, alongside more than $500 million in cumulative MUSD volume. By plugging into Aerodrome’s governance and liquidity model, Mezo is positioning Bitcoin‑backed lending and stablecoin usage inside Base’s DeFi infrastructure, while Aerodrome gains another major incentive stream that reinforces veAERO’s role as the coordination layer for liquidity on the network.

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