Aero leads tokenized stock DEX trading as weekly volume hits $2.7 billion

The DEX born from the Aerodrome and Velodrome merger handled 28.3% of on-chain tokenized equity trades over the past seven days Tokenized stocks just had a very busy week on decentralized exchanges. Over the past seven days, they generated $2.7 billion in DEX trading volume. One venue took the biggest slice. Aero, the DEX formed when Aerodrome and Velodrome merged, captured 28.3% of that total. In a market that barely existed a few months ago, that makes it the clear front-runner. Wall Street, now open on weekends Most of this activity traces back to a single date: August 24, 2026. That was when Coinbase launched tokenized stocks on Base, its Ethereum layer-2 network. These tokens are Coinbase-backed on-chain versions of popular US equities. Think NVIDIA trading as NVDAc and Apple as AAPLc. That 24/7 availability is the pitch. Traditional exchanges close at 4 p.m. Eastern and stay dark all weekend. Tokenized versions keep trading whenever someone wants to buy or sell. Traders appear to have taken the offer seriously. Weekly DEX volume for tokenized equities has reached a range of $2.7 to $3 billion. Weekend trading has sometimes pushed volumes into the billions, which is exactly wh...