Aerodrome has expanded its liquidity incentive program on Base by making two additional pools eligible for AERO emissions. The BASECAT-WETH and CP-USDC pools can now participate in Aerodrome’s emissions system, extending the protocol’s targeted approach to rewarding liquidity across individual markets.
Aerodrome confirmed the additions through updates from its official X account, saying emissions for BASECAT-WETH are live and that CP-USDC has also joined the program. The change gives both pools access to AERO incentives while leaving the eventual level of rewards dependent on Aerodrome’s voting and allocation process.
BASECAT takes to the skies 🛫
The $BASECAT – $WETH pool on Aerodrome is now eligible to receive AERO emissions.
Welcome, @BasecatOnBase.
Emissions are live. pic.twitter.com/WBvTDM3zcb
— Aerodrome (@AerodromeFi) September 3, 2026
New Pools Join Aerodrome’s Emissions Program
Aerodrome does not distribute incentives uniformly across every liquidity pool. Instead, its model allows rewards to be directed toward specific markets, with veAERO voting helping determine how emissions are allocated. That structure gives governance participants a mechanism for influencing where liquidity incentives are concentrated across the exchange.
For BASECAT-WETH, eligibility means liquidity providers can potentially receive AERO rewards in addition to the economics already associated with providing liquidity to the pair. The incentive could help attract additional capital to the pool if voters direct meaningful emissions toward it, although no specific allocation has been announced.
The same mechanism now applies to CP-USDC. Adding the pool to the emissions program creates an opportunity for deeper liquidity and potentially stronger routing conditions, but those outcomes will depend on how liquidity providers and veAERO voters respond.
Liquidity Impact Remains Unclear
Targeted emissions can affect market structure because additional rewards may encourage liquidity providers to allocate capital toward incentivized pools. Greater liquidity can improve execution and reduce trading friction, but eligibility alone does not guarantee that a pool will attract substantial deposits.
Aerodrome has not disclosed the size of the emissions assigned to either pool, how long incentives may remain active or whether the additions belong to a wider liquidity campaign. The absence of those details makes it too early to estimate the effect on trading volume, depth or market share.
The development is primarily an expansion of Aerodrome’s existing incentive framework. BASECAT-WETH and CP-USDC have joined the set of Base markets eligible for AERO emissions, reinforcing the protocol’s use of pool-specific rewards to influence where liquidity develops across its decentralized exchange.