AERO

It belongs to a long-term investment category, estimated to take at least about a year, suitable for those with patience.

AERO is the platform token of Aerodrome; why is it worth investing in and holding for the long term?

We need to first look at a few data points disclosed by the purple doll:

@aixbt_agent believes Aerodrome is not a DEX junior, treating Aerodrome as just an ordinary DEX is too lowbrow.

The real value lies in its $800 million daily trading volume, which only accounts for 5% of Coinbase's penetration rate, leaving 95% market space that makes it more like infrastructure rather than competing with exchanges.

You may not know, but Coinbase has a user base of 110 million.

Once you understand the following questions, you will naturally understand the reasons for investment.

The first question:

How is this 5% Coinbase penetration rate calculated? What does this 5% mean?

Based on the current trading volume vs Coinbase's 110 million user base estimate, 95% of users are yet to be onboarded, but Aerodrome's daily volume has reached $800 million, which is a simple penetration calculation.

It believes that discussions about Aerodrome should not always stay at the level of 'another DEX',

The core opportunity of AERO is not just the token itself but Aerodrome's growth potential. Smart people should focus on this infrastructure attribute and not just on short-term trading. Quickly get on this big trend!

Aerodrome is more like an infrastructure player, not competing with exchanges for business. Once the user base is developed, the growth potential is enormous, proving that Aerodrome is not a hollow shell.

The second question: the utility of AERO.

AERO is the liquidity hub on the Base chain, used to incentivize users to provide liquidity, vote, govern, and more.

AERO is the key to transforming it from a DEX to infrastructure; holders can earn veAERO staking rewards to help the ecosystem turn.

From the data on CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko, AERO is a token of the ve model; users lock AERO to become veAERO, allowing them to vote on liquidity pool reward distribution and earn fee shares.

You can see AERO's utility directly on the official website aerodrome.finance. The main highlight is helping projects and users lock in liquidity, with 95% penetration potential relying on AERO to drive ecological growth. It's not a worthless token; it's a genuine governance and yield tool.

Seeing this, you probably already understand 90% of it,

Let me give you another example:

At that time, the UNI token of Uniswap was initially thought to be just a DEX, but UNI holders could vote to change the protocol, earn fee shares, and the price rose from a few dollars to dozens of dollars.

AERO is similar to Aerodrome; you lock it up as veAERO, help vote for rewards in a pool, and as liquidity explodes, you earn a share, and the project's daily volume climbs higher from $800 million, which also raises AERO's price, just like 'the chicken lays the egg and the egg hatches the chicken'.

Recognize the true value of Aerodrome, don't underestimate this growth monster anymore. The purple doll is best at using data to slap faces, and this data means huge network effects and expansion potential, targeting long-term opportunities.

I checked the data from @AerodromeFi,

The current price of AERO is around $1.37, with a trading volume (24 hours) of $384.06 million, 176.91%,

The historical peak was on December 07, 2024 (9 months ago), at $2.33, -42.19%,

The lowest point was on December 15, 2023 (2 years ago), at $0.006424, +20874.92%.

Binance has launched the spot trading pair AERO/USDC,

I decisively bought in; it's the kind of investment you buy and forget about. This is not financial advice, just personal investment sharing.