Aerodrome and Velodrome Merge Into Aero, Routing All Exchange Revenue to AERO Stakers

The consolidation into a single Aero brand across seven networks, including Robinhood Chain, signals a bid to turn a fragmented multi-chain DEX footprint into one liquidity and governance center. Routing all exchange revenue to AERO stakers is the real shift: it concentrates value capture in a single token and gives stakers direct influence over where liquidity incentives go, aligning fee expectations with emission direction. The open question is whether that unified model holds across chains with very different demand, and whether staker-directed rewards deepen liquidity or simply chase short-term fee opportunities.