{"id":172552,"date":"2024-10-03T13:51:34","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T13:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/?p=172552"},"modified":"2024-10-03T13:51:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T13:51:37","slug":"aerodrome-finance-dominates-bases-tvl-with-1-billion-in-deposits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/aerodrome-finance-dominates-bases-tvl-with-1-billion-in-deposits\/","title":{"rendered":"Aerodrome Finance Dominates Base\u2019s TVL with $1 Billion in Deposits"},"content":{"rendered":"
TL;DR<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Aerodrome Finance<\/span><\/span><\/strong> has reached a major milestone on the <\/span><\/span>Base Network<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, an <\/span><\/span>Ethereum scaling solution<\/span><\/span><\/strong> backed by <\/span><\/span>Coinbase<\/span><\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The decentralized platform has managed to accumulate more than <\/span><\/span>$1 billion in deposits<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, representing more than <\/span><\/span>50% of the total value locked (TVL)<\/span><\/span><\/strong> on the network, which recently increased to <\/span><\/span>$2 billion<\/span><\/span><\/strong>. This growth has been exponential, as at the beginning of the year, deposits on Base were around <\/span><\/span>$120 million<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, an impressive increase that has consolidated <\/span><\/span>Aerodrome<\/span><\/span><\/strong> as the <\/span><\/span>dominant platform<\/span><\/span><\/strong> in this ecosystem.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Aerodrome’s success at Base is reflected not only in deposits, but also in the <\/span><\/span>volume of transactions<\/span><\/span><\/strong> and <\/span><\/span>commissions generated<\/span><\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n According to data from <\/span><\/span>DeFiLlama<\/span><\/span><\/strong>,<\/span><\/span><\/a> Aerodrome has surpassed <\/span><\/span>decentralized finance (DeFi) giants<\/span><\/span><\/strong> like <\/span><\/span>Uniswap<\/span><\/span><\/strong> and <\/span><\/span>Aave<\/span><\/span><\/strong> in terms of <\/span><\/span>total value locked<\/span><\/span><\/strong> within the Base network. Additionally, it has processed <\/span>$9.02 billion<\/span><\/strong> in <\/span><\/span>on-chain trading volume<\/span><\/span><\/strong> in the past month \u2014 comparable to other <\/span>decentralized exchanges on Solana<\/span><\/strong> such as <\/span>Orca<\/span><\/strong> and <\/span>Raydium<\/span><\/strong> but still behind big players like <\/span>Uniswap<\/span><\/strong> on <\/span>Ethereum<\/span><\/strong> and <\/span>PancakeSwap<\/span><\/strong> on the <\/span>BNB chain<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Aerodrome was launched in <\/span><\/span>September 2023<\/span><\/span><\/strong> by the <\/span><\/span>Velodrome Finance<\/span><\/span><\/strong> team, a decentralized exchange platform on the <\/span><\/span>OP Mainnet<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, as a <\/span><\/span>fork<\/span><\/span><\/strong> of the latter. The strategy used in Aerodrome is similar to that of <\/span><\/span>Velodrome<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, where users are incentivized to participate through a <\/span><\/span>decentralized governance system<\/span><\/span><\/strong> based on the <\/span><\/span>ve(3,3) model<\/span><\/span><\/strong> developed by <\/span><\/span>Andre Cronje<\/span><\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n This model allows users who stake the <\/span><\/span>AERO governance token<\/span><\/span><\/strong> to earn <\/span><\/span>veAERO<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, entitling them to receive a proportional share of the <\/span><\/span>protocol fees<\/span><\/span><\/strong> based on their votes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Since its launch, Aerodrome has facilitated a <\/span><\/span>considerable portion of transactions<\/span><\/span><\/strong> on <\/span><\/span>Base<\/span><\/span><\/strong>. This has been made possible by its innovative approach to <\/span><\/span>governance and rewards<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, which has attracted a growing community of users looking to maximize their returns through <\/span><\/span>token staking<\/span><\/span><\/strong> and participation in governance.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n By opting for an <\/span><\/span>incentive system<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, Aerodrome has achieved great adoption within the Base <\/span><\/span>DeFi<\/a> ecosystem<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, which has allowed it to position itself above other prominent platforms.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n While <\/span><\/span>Aerodrome\u2019s total volume<\/span><\/span><\/strong> still lags behind competitors like <\/span><\/span>Uniswap<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n
\nAerodrome dominates the Base network<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n