Robinhood Chain is already Aero’s second-biggest market, six days in

Aero (@aeroxyz), the decentralised exchange formed from the merger of Aerodrome and Velodrome, is seeing early traction on Robinhood Chain. Six days after launch, the network is already the exchange's second-largest source of fees.

According to DefiLlama data, Aero took in $2.15M in fees over the past seven days. Base still accounted for most of that at $1.97M. Robinhood Chain followed with $54.7K since joining at last Wednesday's launch, ahead of Ethereum at $47.6K and OP Mainnet, the former home of Velodrome, at $42.5K.

Volume and liquidity across the new exchange

Trading volume reached $3.77B over the period, with $360.8M locked across the exchange. Base remains the anchor, which fits its history: The Block reported that Aerodrome accounted for 58% of DEX trading volume on Base in the third quarter, while Velodrome accounted for 60% on OP Mainnet.

Aero launched on October 21 across seven networks: Ethereum mainnet, Base, Robinhood Chain, Ink, OP Mainnet, Arc and Arbitrum, according to The Block. Dromos Labs, the exchange's core development company, was cited by CoinMarketCap as the source for that rollout.

The Robinhood Chain figure is notable given the size of the network's DEX activity. CoinMarketCap Academy reported, citing DefiLlama, that Robinhood Chain accounted for $34.4 billion of the roughly $112 billion in 30-day DEX volume across the seven networks, more than Base itself.

Fee model for liquidity providers

On Ethereum, Arbitrum and Robinhood Chain, liquidity providers who choose trading fees over aerodrome-finance:native rewards keep all of the fees their pools earn. That differs from the incentive-driven model used on Aero's older home chains, and it may influence how liquidity builds on the newer deployments.

The early numbers cover only a short window, and fee data on a newly launched protocol can shift as DefiLlama refines its tracking. Whether Robinhood Chain holds its position will depend on whether liquidity and trading activity on the network persist beyond the launch week.

Sources

The Block: Aerodrome and Velodrome merge to launch Aero across seven blockchain networks

CoinMarketCap Academy: Aerodrome and Velodrome merge to launch Aero on seven chains

DefiLlama: Aero protocol fees, volume and TVL