📰 A New DEX Landscape: Why Should You Watch ETH as Aero Surges?

Over the past seven days, Uniswap and PancakeSwap have remained in first and second place, while Aero, Pump, and BisonFi have surged into the top five. Aero, which launched less than three months ago, has already reached $868 million in trading volume—far exceeding expectations. This signals a new landscape for traffic distribution among decentralized exchanges.

Why does this matter?
The main reason behind Aero’s sudden surge is its innovative “merged liquidity” model—in simple terms, it combines the pools of Aerodrome and Velodrome. This model is highly significant in the Web3 2.0 era: DEX traffic may shift from relying on individual protocols to competition among aggregators serving multiple protocols. The rapid rise of Pump and BisonFi also reflects the Solana ecosystem’s strong performance in the race for DeFi traffic.

Market impact
What does Aero’s traffic surge mean for ETH? First, consider short-term sentiment: although ETH is down 1.4% at $2,347.56, the emergence of new DEX players at least shows that the market remains responsive to DeFi innovation. More importantly, a model like Aero’s essentially amplifies ETH’s traffic. If it continues to outperform the industry’s growth rate, that means more funds are using ETH to participate in DeFi, which could provide ETH with potential support.

Trading approach
For now, the divergence in DEX traffic appears to be a long-term trend, and the success of Aero’s model will attract more innovative protocols to follow suit. If ETH can hold the key $2,300 level over the next two weeks, the supportive effect of DEX traffic on ETH should gradually become apparent. If there is large-scale institutional selling and outflows from DEXs, this thesis no longer holds.

This article is not sponsored by any project, and the author does not hold any of the assets mentioned.

⚠️ This is not investment advice. Predictions are for reference only.

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