River (RIVER), a chain abstraction network that unifies fragmented liquidity within Web3, announced a strategic partnership with Aerodrome Finance, a DEX (decentralized exchange) and liquidity avenue built on the Base blockchain. The partnership enabled the integration of River’s chain abstraction technology into Aerodrome’s liquidity marketplace, with the aim of simplifying Aerodrome’s DEX interaction with different chains by addressing the fragmentation problem in the DeFi environment.
River is a chain-abstraction stablecoin network that connects assets, liquidity and returns across different blockchains. On the other hand, Aerodrome Finance is a decentralized exchange that functions as a major trading platform on the Base blockchain and serves as a liquidity avenue for the Base ecosystem.
River <> @AerodromeFi
Aerodrome is the largest trading and liquidity marketplace on @Base, with $589 million in TVL and $21 billion in 30-day revenue.
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— River (@RiverdotInc) October 15, 2025
Refreshing DeFi at the Airport Using River’s Chain Abstraction
Despite the effectiveness of Aerodrome and other DEXs, users on decentralized exchanges and DeFi protocols often experience obstacles related to juggling between different wallets, accessing different chains, and even paying varied gas costs. This is where River’s expertise in chain abstraction comes in handy. Through this collaboration, River’s technology solution creates a smooth experience on Aerodrome’s DEX platform and resolves fragmentation issues that could hinder mainstream adoption.
Based on this working relationship, River’s chain abstraction infrastructure creates an integration layer in the Aerodrome network, a solution that makes transactions between the DEX and different chains more efficient. This approach not only improves the customer experience at Aerodrome, but also improves interoperability between various blockchain ecosystems.
By removing the underlying complexity in the DeFi space, River’s abstraction technology eliminates the hurdles of managing different wallets, accessing DApps on different blockchain networks, and handling multiple gas tokens by integrating numerous chains under a single, unified interface.
The result of this strategic partnership is that River’s chain abstraction solution will enable stronger capital inflows and tighter spreads on the Aerodrome’s DEX platform and enable real-time visibility for DeFi users on the Base ecosystem.
This means that Aerodrome users can manage assets and conduct transactions without having to learn complicated details of each chain through the use of a single interface that unifies functions from different blockchains. This means that customers at Aerodrome can manage Ethereum tokens, Bitcoin assets and other applications based on different blockchains from a single platform, eliminating the need for different interfaces.
Linking value and liquidity in the DeFi ecosystems
The collaboration between River and Aerodrome shows how other blockchains can efficiently meet the need for access to cross-chain applications and strengthen the effectiveness of plug-and-play solutions. By empowering DeFi users to access a wide range of assets and gain exposure to interesting applications in the DeFi ecosystems, Aerodrome is empowering them and improving liquidity and trust on its platform.
This approach highlights three key benefits for DeFi users: a broader range of asset coverage across different chains, the ability to interact with different blockchain applications, and access to real-time transaction settlements that eliminate bridging delays. For Aerodrome, this means customers can trade LTC, ADA, HBAR and other crypto tokens with the same ease and speed, without the delays traditionally limited in multi-chain adoption.
