Dromos Labs, the lead developer behind decentralized exchanges (DEXs) Aerodrome on Base and Velodrome on Optimism, announced a major overhaul of its decentralized exchange infrastructure on Wednesday with the launch of Aero, a unified trading system that will replace and merge its existing platforms on both networks, as well as expand to other Ethereum chains.
Aerodrome is currently the leading exchange on Base in terms of volume and fees, and with Aero expanding onto the Ethereum mainnet in Q2 2026, as well as Circle’s Arc, Dromos Labs aims to position the platform as a central liquidity hub for the broader ecosystem.
Aero, which is expected to offer faster and cheaper fees on-chain, will focus on Base as its central hub, while extending liquidity and trading capabilities to other chains.
“Just as the world has gone online, it is now becoming on-chain. Aero is at the forefront of a financial system that is better, faster and cheaper than the incumbent,” said Alexander Cutler, CEO of Dromos Labs.
Alongside Aero, the company unveiled METADEX03, the latest version of its MetaDEX operating system. The upgrade introduces a dual-engine architecture designed to reduce value leakage and redirect all protocol revenue to users. One of the notable features of the upgrade is Slipstream V3, which integrates a maximum extractable value (MEV) auction directly into the AMM, allowing the protocol to internalize the value typically captured by arbitrage bots.
The company said Aero and METADEX03 will push DeFi beyond traditional finance in terms of efficiency and accessibility as more institutions and retail users move to the chain.
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