AERO is Aerodrome Finance's token — and Aerodrome is not just another DEX, it is the central liquidity hub of Base: the ve(3,3) emissions engine (a Velodrome fork) that routes rewards to pools by veAERO voter preference, making it the venue where most serious Base liquidity is deposited. The contract 0x940181a94a35a4569e4529a3cdfb74e38fd98631 is the canonical Base deployment; our October 9, 2026 read shows $32.1 million in the tracked pools themselves — a separate number from the far larger volume the exchange routes daily.
The honest shape: AERO's price is a bet on the emissions flywheel — votes direct emissions, emissions attract liquidity, liquidity attracts volume, volume attracts votes. Flywheels run beautifully in both directions, and a token whose demand depends on perpetual emissions demand carries reflexivity risk in full. The ve-lock does damp the circulating float, which is the honest counterweight.
Figures are HostDeFi's read dated October 9, 2026; the scan refreshes them. Verify the address on aerodrome.finance — AERO is a high-value ticker and copycat deployments on Base are routine.
Balance concentration: the 10 largest token accounts hold 66.29% of AERO's supply as of 2026-09-27 — meaningful concentration; watch whether the large accounts are pools and lockers or free wallets. Note these are token accounts: liquidity pools, exchange wallets and lockers count among them, so read this together with liquidity, not instead of it.
Price and safety history of AERO
Every dated snapshot we hold for AERO — price, market structure and grade, as measured, with nothing interpolated between them.
Date
Price
Market cap
Liquidity
Holders
Grade
2026-10-16
$0.9243
$928.19M
$35.04M
754,575
B
2026-10-15
$0.8293
$832.94M
$34.44M
754,575
B
2026-10-14
$0.8822
$882.26M
$36.52M
754,575
B
2026-10-13
$0.9037
$903.85M
$35.47M
754,575
B
2026-10-12
$0.8931
$893.38M
$35.86M
754,575
B
2026-10-11
$0.9311
$935.31M
$33.07M
754,575
B
2026-10-10
$0.917
$921.23M
$34.62M
754,575
B
2026-10-09
$0.8139
$817.50M
$32.10M
754,575
B
2026-10-08
$0.8282
$832.14M
$31.60M
753,693
B
2026-10-07
$0.7985
$798.31M
$34.87M
753,693
B
2026-10-06
$0.8085
$809.86M
$33.50M
754,280
B
2026-10-05
$0.8729
$872.88M
$35.18M
753,693
B
2026-10-04
$0.8711
$871.12M
$35.93M
753,693
B
2026-10-03
$0.8265
$826.53M
$31.60M
753,693
B
2026-10-02
$0.7725
$772.51M
$34.32M
753,693
B
2026-10-01
$0.783
$783.11M
$33.98M
753,693
B
2026-09-30
$0.8081
$804.46M
$31.84M
753,693
B
2026-09-27
$0.8651
$861.78M
$34.70M
753,693
B
2026-09-26
$0.8839
$880.92M
$28.57M
753,693
B
2026-09-21
$0.6821
$676.38M
$28.57M
753,693
B
2026-09-20
$0.6576
$652.82M
$1.92M
—
B
2026-09-14
$0.5754
—
$1.43M
—
B
2026-08-31
$0.4765
—
$1.16M
—
B
Contract
0x940181a94a35a4569e4529a3cdfb74e38fd98631
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FAQ
Is AERO a safe token?
As of the 2026-10-09 snapshot, AERO scores 75/100 (grade B) on HostDeFi's on-chain read — based on a contract that can mint new supply, cannot freeze or blacklist transfers, liquidity of $32.10M and 754,575 holders, with the creator wallet holding <0.01% of supply. That grades contract and market structure, not price direction — a clean read is not a guarantee, so re-scan before trading, since on-chain state can change.
Can you sell AERO, or is it a honeypot?
The 2026-10-09 contract read found no sell-blocking controls on AERO — no honeypot flag, no transfer pause, no blacklist — and every honeypot GoPlus positively flags is dropped from this index outright. That clears the contract side; how cleanly an exit fills still depends on your size against the $32.10M of measured depth.
Who holds most of AERO?
The wallet that created AERO holds <0.01% of the supply as of 2026-10-09 — a small stake, under the 5% the scanners flag. That sits alongside a holder base of 754,575; a broad base lowers the odds that any one seller can steer the price, but the creator's share is the number to watch first.
Can AERO's supply be inflated?
Yes — the contract can still mint new supply as of the 2026-10-09 snapshot, so the deployer or a minter role can dilute holders. Treat the circulating figure as a floor, not a cap.
What is the AERO contract address?
The AERO contract address on Base is 0x940181a94a35a4569e4529a3cdfb74e38fd98631. Always verify a token by its contract address, not its name or ticker — scam clones copy tickers, but the address is unique.
Where can you buy AERO safely?
Run the live on-chain scan at the top of this page first; if AERO clears, you can swap it here directly. Whatever venue you use, match the contract address (0x940181a94a35a4569e4529a3cdfb74e38fd98631) exactly before trading — copying the ticker is how clone scams catch buyers, and the address is the one field they can't fake.
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