Voting Opens Thursday: How $TEA Enters Aerodrome

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Voting for $TEA opens on Aerodrome this Thursday, March 28.

That matters because $TEA is not entering the market through a simple listing moment.

It is entering through a vote-driven liquidity system.

For anyone new to Aerodrome, here is the simple version.

A centralized exchange listing usually starts with an order book. A token lists, trading opens, and the market forms inside that venue.

Aerodrome works differently.

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Aerodrome is a decentralized exchange on Base. Liquidity sits in onchain pools. Those pools can receive AERO emissions. Those emissions help attract liquidity providers. Deeper liquidity can support more efficient onchain trading.

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The important part is voting.

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AERO holders can lock AERO to create veAERO. veAERO carries voting power. Each week, veAERO holders vote on which pools should receive AERO emission and in exchange they receive those pool’s trading fees and incentives. The flow is simple:

Lock AERO.
Receive veAERO voting power.
Vote for a pool.
Votes direct emissions.
Emissions help attract liquidity.
Liquidity helps markets form onchain.

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That is why Thursday matters.

When voting opens for $TEA, veAERO voters will be able to vote for the $TEA pool on Aerodrome. Those votes help determine how AERO emissions are directed in the following epoch.

This is also why locking matters.

Liquid AERO does not vote. Voting power comes from veAERO.

If you want to participate in the $TEA voting window, make sure your AERO is locked into veAERO before you vote.

Aerodrome runs on weekly epochs. Each epoch begins Thursday at 00:00 UTC and ends Wednesday at 23:59 UTC. Votes must be submitted by Wednesday at 23:00 UTC.

For tea, this voting window is the first step in the Aerodrome launch sequence.

Voting opens Thursday.

TGE is June 4.

Aerodrome is tea’s launch venue and launch partner.

$TEA is entering through the onchain rails that help liquidity form.

Not just listing.

Voting. Incentives. Liquidity. Market formation.

That is the path to $TEA.

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Important: AERO must be locked into veAERO to vote

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AERO and veAERO are not the same thing.

AERO is the liquid token.

veAERO is created by locking AERO. It is the locked form that carries voting power on Aerodrome.

If you want to vote in the $TEA voting window, your AERO needs to be locked into veAERO before you vote.

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In short 

 Lock AERO.
Receive veAERO voting power.
Vote for the $TEA pool during the voting window.
Receive $TEA and trading fees from the pool.
Votes help direct emissions for the following epoch.

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The voting window opens Thursday, March 28

TGE is June 4.