Aerodrome and Velodrome merge under Dromos Labs to form Aero
Aerodrome and Velodrome announced a merger under the Dromos Labs umbrella to create Aero, a single cross-chain decentralized exchange spanning Base and Optimism. The combined platform is positioned to bring together liquidity, market-making primitives and developer tooling from both projects while operating with the new AERO identity alongside the legacy VELO community.
Why it matters: consolidating two active AMM ecosystems could reduce fragmentation between Base and Optimism, improving trade depth and routing efficiency for users and bots. For traders and liquidity providers this may mean tighter spreads and deeper pools; for builders it creates a larger unified user base. The industry will be watching how governance, token integration and cross-chain mechanics are executed in the weeks ahead.