Dromos Labs, the lead developer behind decentralized exchanges (DEX) 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 expanding to other Ethereum chains.
Aerodrome is currently the leading exchange on Base by volume and fees, and with Aero expanding to 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.
Offering faster, cheaper on-chain fares, Aero will focus on Base as its central hub, while expanding liquidity and trading capabilities to other chains.
“Just as the world went online, it is now going on-chain. Aero is at the forefront of a better, faster and cheaper financial system than today,” said Alexander Cutler, CEO of Dromos Labs.
Along with Aero, the company revealed METADEX03, the latest version of its MetaDEX operating system. The update introduces a dual-engine architecture designed to reduce leakage of value and route all protocol revenue to users. A notable feature of the update is Slipstream V3, which incorporates a Maximum Extractable Value (MEV) auction directly into the AMM, allowing the protocol to internalize value typically captured by arbitrage robots.
The company said Aero and METADEX03 will push DeFi beyond traditional finance in efficiency and accessibility as more institutions and retail users move on-chain.
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