Aerodrome Reports $13B in AI Pool Volume, 300% Year-Over-Year Growth
Aerodrome Reports $13B in AI Pool Volume, 300% Year-Over-Year Growth
馃 AI trading explodes
Aerodrome Finance processed over $13 billion in trading volume through AI-related pools in 2025, marking a 300%+ increase from 2024.
The platform notes this growth occurred before AI agents began developing more advanced capabilities like building applications and collaborating on-chain.
Key metrics:
- $13B+ volume in AI pools (2025)
- 300%+ growth year-over-year
- Activity concentrated on Base network
The announcement positions Aerodrome as infrastructure for AI-related trading activity on Base, though specific details about which AI projects or tokens drove the volume were not disclosed.
Last year, Aerodrome saw more than $13B in volume on AI pools, a 300%+ increase from 2024. And that was before AI agents begun developing skills, building apps, and collaborating onchain. The future of AI is on @base, on Aerodrome.
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