Aerodrome’s AERO token has jumped over 18% in the past 24 hours. Traders are reacting to news about the Aerodrome and Velodrome merger and the upcoming launch of the cross-chain Aero DEX, expected in Q2 2026.
Currently, AERO price trades at about $0.4931, with a market cap near $449.5 million and a 24-hour trading volume of $42.8 million, according to CoinMarketCap.
Protocol Consolidation and Mainnet Plans in Market View
Dromos Labs’ consolidation of Aerodrome and Velodrome into Aero has become the dominant driver of fundamentals. The documentation shows Aero scheduled for Q2 2026, with AERO holders receiving 94.5% of the new token supply. This materially concentrates governance and liquidity across Base, Optimism, and Ethereum, reducing fragmentation and aligning incentives.
The merger’s stated intention is expansion to the Ethereum mainnet and Circle’s Arc, positioning Aero as a liquidity backbone for institutional-grade DeFi. That structural change is central to current market interest: unified emissions, deeper liquidity, and cross-chain routing increase AERO’s functional utility.
Revenue data is already shaping expectations. Data shows that Aerodrome generated ~$200k in revenue on Base alone, while Uniswap made $40k across 38 chains on the same day. His conclusion is that “Aero’s expansion to mainnet will change everything,” a tie directly to the pricing narrative, as single-chain efficiency scaling to multiple chains suggests potential revenue leverage.
Buyback mechanics reinforce this. Aerodrome confirmed a 964K AERO buyback and max-lock, closing the year through its programmatic PGF mechanism. This reduces circulating supply while reinforcing governance concentration, a direct token-level support factor.
Analysts Outline Key AERO Price Range
The key technical framing comes from Bitcoinsensus. Their chart shows a macro trading range of ~$0.40 (lows) to ~$2.25 (highs). They state:
“AERODROME is now retesting the lower side of the macro range around 0.40$… we can expect the range highs to be tested again at 2.25$.”
The implication is a classic range-bound structure, as buyers historically accumulate near $0.40, supply emerges toward $2.25, and the market is now positioned for a potential return to the highs.
The dotted projected arc on their chart indicates a potential upside breakout, but the language remains conditional. Traders will read this as the burden of proof is on buyers to sustain momentum through range resistance; until then, the range remains intact.
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