| Unlock | 5/10 |
| Tokenomics | 5/10 |
| Insider | 7/10 |
| Onchain | 4/10 |
| Dev Activity | 1/10 |
| Revenue | 5/10 |
| Institutional | 5/10 |
| Etf | 2/10 |
| Market Structure | 7/10 |
| Security | 7/10 |
Aerodrome remains the dominant DEX on Base with about $2.1B in TVL, benefiting directly from Coinbase's push to grow the Base ecosystem, which has seen roughly 340% volume growth year-over-year. Its veAERO vote-escrow model has locked around 68% of supply, meaningfully reducing sell pressure, while weekly emissions have been cut by about 12% over the past year. Monthly active users sit around 180K, and annualized fee revenue is roughly $89M, making Aerodrome one of the more self-sustaining DEXs in DeFi. Its v3 upgrade brought concentrated liquidity, improving capital efficiency for LPs. Risks include heavy dependence on Base's continued growth, competition from Uniswap v4 and other DEXs expanding onto Base, and governance concentration among large veAERO holders.