$AERO AND $VELO ARE MERGING — HERE’S WHAT CHANGES FOR TOKEN HOLDERS
Aerodrome Finance and Velodrome Finance are preparing to consolidate into Aero, a unified liquidity protocol scheduled to launch on October 22, 2026, at 00:00 UTC.
Binance officially confirmed support for the token migration on October 16.
This is more than a trading-pair removal. It involves changes to token supply, staking, governance, and liquidity incentives.
The confirmed conversion ratios:
• 1 existing AERO = 1 new AERO
• 1 VELO = 0.044 new AERO
• Locked veAERO and veVELO positions can migrate into the new sAERO staking structure.
The tokenomics changes:
The new AERO supply is allocated 94.5% to Aerodrome holders and 5.5% to Velodrome holders.
Projected total supply at launch increases from approximately 2 billion to 2.12 billion AERO.
Projected circulating supply increases from approximately 1 billion to 1.07 billion AERO.
These are migration-related supply changes, not evidence of an equivalent increase in market demand.
Important Binance deadlines:
October 28, 09:00 UTC: VELODROME perpetual futures positions are scheduled for automatic settlement.
November 3, 03:00 UTC: VELODROME spot trading will end.
Existing AERO spot trading pairs will remain available.
The new sAERO structure is designed to let stakers allocate liquidity rewards across pools and receive associated exchange revenue.
But protocol consolidation does not automatically guarantee greater tokenholder returns.
The metrics that matter after launch are trading volume, liquidity migration, fee generation, staking participation, and actual revenue distributed to sAERO holders.
Token merger: confirmed.
Conversion ratios: confirmed.
New protocol launch: scheduled.
Sustained growth in token demand: not yet established.
Aerodrome Finance and Velodrome Finance are preparing to consolidate into Aero, a unified liquidity protocol scheduled to launch on October 22, 2026, at 00:00 UTC.
Binance officially confirmed support for the token migration on October 16.
This is more than a trading-pair removal. It involves changes to token supply, staking, governance, and liquidity incentives.
The confirmed conversion ratios:
• 1 existing AERO = 1 new AERO
• 1 VELO = 0.044 new AERO
• Locked veAERO and veVELO positions can migrate into the new sAERO staking structure.
The tokenomics changes:
The new AERO supply is allocated 94.5% to Aerodrome holders and 5.5% to Velodrome holders.
Projected total supply at launch increases from approximately 2 billion to 2.12 billion AERO.
Projected circulating supply increases from approximately 1 billion to 1.07 billion AERO.
These are migration-related supply changes, not evidence of an equivalent increase in market demand.
Important Binance deadlines:
October 28, 09:00 UTC: VELODROME perpetual futures positions are scheduled for automatic settlement.
November 3, 03:00 UTC: VELODROME spot trading will end.
Existing AERO spot trading pairs will remain available.
The new sAERO structure is designed to let stakers allocate liquidity rewards across pools and receive associated exchange revenue.
But protocol consolidation does not automatically guarantee greater tokenholder returns.
The metrics that matter after launch are trading volume, liquidity migration, fee generation, staking participation, and actual revenue distributed to sAERO holders.
Token merger: confirmed.
Conversion ratios: confirmed.
New protocol launch: scheduled.
Sustained growth in token demand: not yet established.