Wheels down on 2024. It was a good year.

As the year winds down it’s time for our Photo Finish.

See you (very) soon ink. 🚵‍♀️

Break time is over and the plan is set… 1) Make Base the largest chain in the world 2) Push Aerodrome to flip Uniswap 3) Exponentially grow the Optimism Superchain 4) Put Velodrome at the center of ETH interop 2024 was the warmup. In 2025 we fly. 🫡

Base Soars Beyond Ethereum Mainnet ⚡ 🛫 This week marked a new milestone in Base's growth. On January 8th, Base volume officially surpassed Eth Mainnet's, hitting $2.3B compared to $2.2B, per DEX Screener. Let's look at one day in Aerodrome activity on Base 👇

🐙 Ink Makes a Splash 🌊 🚴 Velodrome officially launched on ink, the DeFi-focused L2 unleashed by Kraken. With this deployment, Velodrome maintains momentum as the essential trading and liquidity marketplace of the Superchain. Read more👇

Velodrome is Now Live on Soneium! 💿 🚴🏼 Launching on Sony Block Solutions Lab's Ethereum Layer 2 @Soneium marks another step in Velodrome’s mission to provide durable liquidity infrastructure for the future of Web3. Read more👇

Liquidity hub of the Superchain. Lovely job.

Going Seven for 7 🛫 Over the past six epochs, Swap Fees have consistently exceeded $7M, showcasing robust trading activity. Even during the holiday slowdown, fees remained steady, and epoch 72 is on track to surpass $7M for the seventh straight epoch.

USDT0 is now available on Kraken enabling seamless integration from ink into their USDT markets. Transfer your USDT to Ink here: usdt0.to/transfer USDT0 eliminates liquidity fragmentation for Tether assets, enabling a seamless omnichain experience for users and

Cumulative Volume Goes Supersonic ✈️ On Base, Aerodrome's cumulative volume has officially surpassed the competition, driven by the Slipstream launch in April 2024. Data, per jpn memelord🛡️: dune.com/queries/433189…

If you're still using Solana as a crypto person — you are either lazy or stupid This is embarrassing, no other chain has this issue — i know how blockchain systems work, I know how validators and transactions work — this is beyond incompetence at this point, 15 incidents in 4

$1.6B in Volume, an All-Time High ✈️ Yesterday, Aerodrome hit its highest volume ever, surpassing all other DEXs on Base combined. Slipstream alone also accumulated ~$1.25M in fees yesterday.

Air Force One has landed on Base Thanks to @Ambient_Global and Stargate, a bridged version of $TRUMP is now available to trade and LP on Aerodrome, paired with $USDC. $AERO incentives are already flowing.

The Starbase x Aerodrome Trading Competition has officially concluded ⭐️ A total of $20,000 of $AERO rewards will be distributed to the top traders! 👉Join Discord to see the list of top traders and how rewards will be distributed: discord.gg/invite/starbas…

USDT0 Drops Anchor on Velodrome on ink 🚴⚓ Starting on Kraken's INK, USDT0's USDT0 debuts as a cross-chain OFT, accelerating seamless stablecoin liquidity. Two initial pools: • USDT0 - USDC.e • USDT0 - WETH Emissions start at 00:00 UTC Thursday—dive in! 🌊

Your USDT, on Velodrome.

Part 4: On Sustainability Dromos’ latest post on the MetaDEX model is here, this time asking and answering the big question: How can emissions drive sustainable, long-term growth? paragraph.xyz/@dromos/sustai… Missed the earlier posts? Catch up below 👇

The European Union is threatening legal action against Ireland if it does not adopt the speech rules designed by bureaucrats in Brussels, even after the Irish government dropped such legislation last year due to lack of democratic consensus. The United States is deeply committed

"Ireland in this century has not yet come to terms with its own Whiteness and White privilege" Slop of the highest order. American race neuroses, laundered through an Indian immigrant and dumped on Ireland.