Why Tea Is Launching with Aerodrome, Onchain First

Launching a token is not a branding moment.
It is a market-structure decision.

Where liquidity forms, how price discovery begins, and which incentives shape early behavior all compound over time. For Tea, getting that structure right matters more than speed, optics, or short-term attention.

That is why Tea is launching with Aerodrome, onchain first.

Launches define market behavior

Most launches still lead with centralized venues and coordinated market making. That approach optimizes for immediacy, but it also concentrates early market behavior around opaque arrangements and privileged access.

The result is often fragile liquidity, uneven price discovery, and incentives that favor intermediaries over participants.

Tea is not built for that model.

Tea is infrastructure. The launch should behave like infrastructure.

Why Aerodrome

Aerodrome is a destination, but it is not a central authority.

It is a permissionless onchain venue where participants interact directly, without a single controlling entity. Liquidity is provided through protocol rails rather than negotiated, off-chain arrangements.

This matters because early markets are most vulnerable to distortion. By letting the protocol play the role of market maker, rather than relying on privileged third parties, the system reduces common forms of early-stage abuse without manual intervention.

Aerodrome provides the conditions for a clean market to form.
It does not dictate outcomes.

Onchain first, and what that enables

Launching onchain first means price discovery and liquidity formation begin in open, observable environments.

When constructed correctly, this also allows liquidity to be surfaced by aggregators and wallets shortly after, or even immediately following launch. Modern access layers route to liquidity wherever it lives, without requiring users to understand venues or mechanics.

Access is no longer protocol-native.
It is wallet-native.

Tea is launching into that reality deliberately.

Why this timing matters

This launch window reflects readiness.

Protocol improvements, including Fusaka-related upgrades, alongside materially better wallets and routing infrastructure, have changed what is possible at the onchain layer. Markets can now form without forcing users into specialized workflows or centralized choke points.

This is not about waiting.
It is about launching when the system can hold.

Decentralization is a trajectory

There is no single core venue for Tea.

Launching with Aerodrome is the first rail, not the end state. Liquidity can move. Routing can evolve. Access can expand across wallets, aggregators, and venues over time.

That is how decentralization is meant to work.

Aerodrome acts as a catalyst that allows this process to begin with structure, rather than improvisation.

A note for builders and investors

Tea sits beneath how open-source software is identified, sourced, validated, and eventually funded.

Owning part of that infrastructure is not about short-term trading. It is exposure to a system that underpins how software markets will function in a decentralized world.

The launch reflects that ambition.

What this does and does not mean

Launching with Aerodrome, onchain first does mean:

• Transparent market formation
• Permissionless liquidity provision
• Reduced reliance on centralized market makers
• Access that can expand through wallets and aggregators

It does not mean:

• A single controlling venue
• Manual market intervention
• That Tea will provide execution instructions

Execution mechanics live with the venues and access layers that surface them. Tea’s role is to build the infrastructure, explain the rationale, and let the system operate.

The takeaway

Tea is launching with Aerodrome to let the market form correctly, onchain, from the start.

This is a deliberate, confident launch into infrastructure that is finally ready to support it. The structure is sound, the timing is intentional, and the system is designed to decentralize over time.

Everything else follows from that decision.

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