Aero opens upgrade portals as emissions flip ahead of October 21 launch

Dromos Labs' Aero — the merged Aerodrome/Velodrome liquidity layer — launches October 21, 2026 (8:00 PM EDT / 00:00 UTC October 22) across a final seven-chain lineup of Base, Ethereum Mainnet, OP Mainnet, Arc, Ink, Robinhood Chain, and Arbitrum, with AERO Rewards streaming on all seven chains from day one. The merger transition is now underway: emissions have flipped, upgrade portals are open, and Base is already running the consolidated setup. The team is in the final countdown, with Metaswaps cross-chain swaps going live alongside Aero at launch, joining Predictive Allocation for sAERO holders — billed as the first prediction-driven capital allocation mechanism — and Slipstream concentrated liquidity in the day-one feature set.

• Final Aerodrome epoch began ahead of the transition, and the team published three launch-preparation resources via @aeroxyz
• Aerodrome and Velodrome have operated across markets representing about $7B in TVL; Aero says it can connect more than $63B in global capital after launch
• Public audit contest complete; final fixes being merged, full Aero app in final QA
• The @VelodromeFi account is being deprecated and VELO is expected to cease trading on Binance as part of the wind-down