# Aerodrome and Velodrome Go Live as Aero Across Seven Chains

*Author: David Christopher*
*Published: Oct 22, 2026*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/read/news/aerodrome-velodrome-go-live-as-aero*

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Aerodrome and Velodrome [went live as Aero](https://x.com/aeroxyz/status/2113073218374492617) Wednesday night, folding the two DEXs into [one exchange](https://aero.xyz/articles/aero-launches-today/) running on Base, Ethereum, OP Mainnet, Arbitrum, Robinhood Chain, Ink, and Arc. 

## What's the Scoop?

- **The Split:** AERO carries over 1:1, while VELO converts at [0.044 AERO](https://aero.xyz/aero-upgrade), leaving Velodrome's community with 5.5% of the merged supply based on each side's share of revenue over the past year, with no team or VC allocation. 

- **Predictive Allocation:** Weekly ve-votes are [gone](https://aero.xyz/articles/aero-launches-today/). Stakers now direct rewards to pools continuously and earn a cut of those pools' revenue, so backing a market early pays the most if it takes off. 

- **Capped Rewards:** Emissions are now [priced in dollars](https://aero.xyz/articles/aero-launches-today/) and capped against each pool's projected revenue. Rewards above a pool's cap are simply never minted. 

- **Track Record:** Aero says the two DEXs have [paid stakers](https://aero.xyz/articles/aero-launches-today/) more than $580M, the most of any DEX, while running on chains that carry only ~17% of EVM spot volume. It [says](https://aero.xyz/articles/the-aero-economy/) its seven launch chains were handling nearly 4x the DEX volume of Base and OP Mainnet by mid-October.
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