DeFi protocol Aero set to launch on Oct. 21 across seven chains

Aero, a unified DeFi liquidity layer that will consolidate Aerodrome Finance and Velodrome Finance, has added Robinhood Chain and Arbitrum to its initial network lineup as the platform prepares to debut across seven networks on October 21.

The two chains join Base, Ethereum Mainnet, Arc, OP Mainnet and Ink, with all seven receiving a full Aero deployment, the team noted on Friday. The launch is scheduled for 8 p.m. EDT on October 21, or midnight UTC on October 22.

Developed by Dromos Labs, Aero is designed to support onchain and cross-chain swaps, governance-directed liquidity incentives, token-market bootstrapping and liquidity for stablecoins, tokenized assets and foreign exchange.

The protocol will use a ve(3,3)-style model for governance and liquidity rewards, while its MetaRouter, MetaSwaps and SDK will provide cross-chain routing and developer integration. Aero Lite is already live on Circle’s Arc blockchain.

According to the project, sAERO holders will use Predictive Allocation to direct AERO Rewards across the network and earn a share of exchange revenue. Users will also be able to create markets permissionlessly, with incentives designed to attract liquidity ahead of demand.

The forthcoming launch follows the planned merger of Aerodrome and Velodrome and 10 months of development, including new features such as Predictive Allocation, additional security reviews, the team said.

Aero said its public audit contest has concluded and final fixes are being merged before the full application enters final QA. The project expects the seven-chain rollout to roughly triple the market covered by the existing Aerodrome and Velodrome deployments.

Aerodrome’s AERO token jumped about 23% to $0.86 within the past 24 hours, while Velodrome’s VELODROME rallied over 20% to $0.035.

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