Most don’t understand that $ETH community isn’t just built around “numba go up.”
It’s built around cypherpunk values striving at a chance to revolutionize the world for the better.
Communities that are mostly built around gains disappear as soon as the gains do.
Without the ideals that seek to maximize economic freedom for the common man, we will never improve from the fiat/slave system that crypto set out to escape from in the first place, we will only further enslave ourselves by reinventing a more efficient version of it.
yes, Ethereum community has been through more pain than you can imagine
but it is also more hardened and resilient than you can imagine
the diehards are motivated by much more than just money
which is how many became rich in the first place
Honestly, it is surreal seeing @aeroxyz on mainnet.
And some incredible yield opportunities as well.
100% of AERO rewards or 100% of trading fees.
Why settle for less? 🛫
In just the first 48h, Aero has taken the number one or number two spot on most of the chains where it’s live.
Just the start. 🛫
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The @aeroxyz platform has just undergone the biggest development in its multi-year history.
Is it enough to turn $AERO into a true blue-chip asset? Here's what you need to know ⬇️
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After three years on Base, Aerodrome is now becoming Aero, the unified liquidity layer for all of Ethereum.
Take a look at some of the metrics from these past three years:
“Where do you see Aero in a year?
I'd like to see 2 things:
1: Aero as the largest spot exchange anywhere onchain. The same dominance we've had until now, we have across the EVM.
2: A large portion of our volume, fees, and revenue originating from Global GDP coming onchain."
The Aero economy is designed just like the @ethereum economy.
Node operators provide a service—validating and ensuring the network stays secure & decentralized.
AERO stakers also provide a service—incentivizing the best LPs to ensure the liquidity network stays deep & efficient.
Node operators are compensated by transaction fees & block rewards.
AERO stakers are compensated by transaction fees & protocol incentives.
@Ethereum has minimum viable issuance to ensure validators are properly incentivized to keep the network propagating & secure.
@aeroxyz has minimum viable emissions to ensure LPs are properly incentivized to keep the liquidity network efficient and productive.
Aero is quite literally built from the same framework & principles as @ethereum.
And just like Ethereum, Aero is built to win 🛫
Today's pod is with @wagmiAlexander, CEO of @DromosLabs and Core Contributor to @aeroxyz, diving into:
- Aerodrome and Velodrome merging into Aero
- Its expansion across 7 networks including @Base, Ethereum and @RobinhoodCrypto Chain
- What's next for Aero with predictive allocation
- Why he thinks onchain exchanges can compete with the Nasdaq's of the world
- How @Coinbase's tokenized stocks did about $1.5B in volume on Aero in roughly a month and more
- Centralized exchanges becoming "distribution rails," with DEXs doing the work underneath
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:55 Aerodrome Becomes Aero
01:51 Why Aero Is Going Multichain
03:27 Is Base Still the Leading L2?
04:56 Robinhood's Onchain Growth
07:30 Centralized vs. Decentralized Exchanges
09:22 Will Consumers Actually Use DEXs?
10:20 Bringing Stocks Onchain
12:00 Why Onchain Markets Can Compete With Nasdaq
13:55 Turning Stock Exchanges Into Code
15:09 $1.5B in Tokenized Stock Volume
16:01 How Fast Can Tokenized Markets Grow?
17:01 Taking Market Share From Traditional Exchanges
17:40 Bringing Exotic Assets Onchain
18:22 Why Markets Want to Be 24/7
19:24 Do Crypto Tokens Create Real Value?
21:59 Why Aero Redistributes 100% of Value
24:02 What's Wrong With Traditional Token Models?
25:04 Competing With Wall Street
26:16 What Alex Would Do Differently
27:20 What's New in Aero
28:46 How Predictive Allocation Works
30:21 Building Markets From First Principles
31:23 Where Aero Could Be in One Year
Watch below or on X:
Aero is live on OP Mainnet, another step forward for liquidity across the OP Stack.
Access to liquidity is just as essential as reliable infrastructure for onchain builders.
@aeroxyz delivers that in a few ways:
➡️ Metaswaps make it easier for applications to reach users and liquidity across supported chains, without needing to manually bridge.
➡️ Predictive Allocation directs incentives to new pools ahead of demand.
➡️ Slipstream V3 introduces dynamic fees and MEV capture to concentrated liquidity pools, helping improve trading conditions for users and liquidity providers.
For builders on the OP Stack, this means easier access to liquidity, more ways to attract capital, and fewer barriers to reaching users across chains.
Aero has been one of the few DeFi protocols I have been getting a lot of questions about in Asia. I have also been paying close attention to them myself.
There is something special about how they engage with their community and partners.
Cool to see how they have evolved 👀
NEWS: Aerodrome and Velodrome have merged into @aeroxyz, one DEX now live on seven chains including Base.
$VELO converts at 0.044 $AERO, giving Velodrome's side 5.5% of the merged supply.
Weekly ve-votes are gone, with emissions now capped against each pool's projected revenue.