# Aerodrome Finance > The central trading and liquidity marketplace on Base Aerodrome Finance is a DEX on Base that provides token trading and liquidity provision through automated market-making and concentrated liquidity pools. Aerodrome Finance is a DEX on Base that enables token swaps and liquidity provision through automated market-making pools. Users can trade tokens with low fees, provide liquidity to earn trading fees and AERO emissions, and participate in governance by locking AERO into veAERO to direct emission allocations. The protocol supports both constant-product pools and concentrated liquidity ranges through its Slipstream module. - Type: Project - Sector: Finance - Status: Active - Founded: 2023-08-01 - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/Aerodrome_Finance ## Products - [Aerodrome](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Aerodrome_Finance): A DEX on Base that facilitates token swaps through both constant-product automated market-making pools and concentrated liquidity ranges via its Slipstream module. The protocol distributes AERO emissions to liquidity providers based on weekly veAERO gauge votes, where voters earn 100% of trading fees from the pools they support. (Decentralised Exchange, Live, Main Product) - [Aero Launch](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Aerodrome_Finance): A permissionless token issuance and liquidity pool creation tool on Base. Project teams can launch tokens, create standard or concentrated liquidity pools, add single-sided or paired deposits, and lock liquidity natively to signal long-term commitment. All first-day trading fees go to liquidity providers with no platform fee. (Launch Pad, Live) ## Assets - [Aerodrome (AERO)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Aerodrome_Finance): AERO is the utility token of Aerodrome Finance. It is used for vote-escrowing into veAERO to direct weekly emission allocations across liquidity pools and earn protocol trading fees. Holders lock AERO for up to four years to receive proportional voting power, creating a flywheel where votes attract liquidity, fees return to voters, and emissions incentivize deeper pools. (Utility) - [veAERO (veAERO)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Aerodrome_Finance): veAERO is the governance NFT of Aerodrome Finance, representing locked AERO tokens. It is used for voting on weekly gauge emission allocations and earning 100% of trading fees from voted pools. Longer lock periods grant proportionally more voting power, incentivizing long-term commitment to protocol governance. (Governance) ## Links - [Main](https://aerodrome.finance) - [Documentation](https://aerodrome.finance/docs) - [Media Kit/branding](https://aerodrome.finance/brand) - [Twitter / X](https://x.com/AerodromeFi) - [Farcaster](https://warpcast.com/aerodrome) - [Discord](https://discord.gg/aerodrome) - [GitHub](https://github.com/aerodrome-finance) - [Medium](https://medium.com/@AerodromeFi) - [Twitter / X](https://x.com/dromoslabs) - [GitHub](https://github.com/dromos-labs) - [Farcaster](https://farcaster.xyz/dromos) - [Paragraph](https://blog.dromos.xyz) ## Legal This data is provided under two licensing models. Model 1 - open data. The open data core is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) — a copyleft/share-alike license allowing free use, modification, and sharing for any purpose. 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