Aerodrome and Velodrome to merge in July, with $VELO fungible for 0.55 $AERO

Dromos Labs has announced plans to merge Aerodrome and Velodrome into a single trading venue called Aero, with the launch expected in Q2 2026 and broader expansion to Ethereum and Circle’s Arc. Under the proposed consolidation, the existing AERO and VELO governance/economic units would be unified into one AERO token, designed to represent a share of the platform’s generated yield across the combined DEX ecosystem. The key economic detail is the proposed allocation: roughly 94.5% of the new token supply would be attributed to AERO holders and 5.5% to VELO holders, a split described as preserving the relative revenue contribution of the two protocols. The merger matters because Aerodrome and Velodrome are among the most prominent liquidity protocols on Base and Optimism, and the new Aero design is intended to create a unified cross-chain liquidity hub with a broader product surface, including simplified earning programs and other onchain trading services.

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