Bridging Base’s ‘ve’ Pioneers into Bitcoin DeFi
Mezo, a decentralized lending protocol built on Bitcoin, has entered into a strategic partnership with Aerodrome Finance, a leading decentralized exchange ( DEX) on Base. The collaboration will make DEX the primary liquidity hub for Mezo’s native token while also supporting liquidity for the bitcoin-backed stablecoin MSUD.
Under the agreement, Mezo will allocate 2.25% of its total MEZO token supply to Aerodrome’s veAERO voters over a 30-day period. The move is intended to attract liquidity and engage Aerodrome’s experienced vote-escrow participants, who have played a key role in shaping sustainable yield models on Base.
Aerodrome Finance, developed from Curve’s vote-escrow framework and refined through Velodrome, is considered the liquidity backbone of the Base ecosystem. Mezo’s yield platform, Mezo Earn, adapts this model for Bitcoin lending, creating what the team describes as “Aerodrome for Bitcoin lending.”
Matt Luongo, founder and CEO of Mezo, explained: “Aerodrome’s community wrote the playbook for sustainable DeFi yield through vote-escrow economics. We partnered with them because we wanted that audience to see what happens when you apply those mechanics to Bitcoin.”
The partnership follows Mezo’s “Bring Bitcoin Home” campaign, which migrated approximately $23 million in Bitcoin-denominated assets from Ethereum to Mezo’s mainnet. The protocol currently reports $76.3 million in total value locked, more than 2,000 loans issued at a fixed 1% APR, and over 43,500 mainnet users.
Mezo’s infrastructure includes validators such as P2P, Chorus One, and Everstake, with audits conducted by Quantstamp and Thesis Defense. Institutional access is supported through Anchorage Digital. The company has raised $28.5 million in seed funding, led by Pantera Capital with participation from Multicoin, Paradigm, Polychain, Draper, Nascent, a16z, and ParaFi.
This collaboration highlights a growing effort to connect liquidity and expertise from Base into Bitcoin’s decentralized finance ecosystem, reinforcing Bitcoin’s role in the broader DeFi landscape.
FAQ ❓
- What is the partnership about? Mezo teamed up with Aerodrome Finance to make Aerodrome the main liquidity hub for the MEZO token and MUSD stablecoin.
- How will liquidity be boosted? Mezo is allocating 2.25% of its token supply to Aerodrome’s veAERO voters over 30 days to attract capital.
- Why Aerodrome Finance? Aerodrome’s vote‑escrow community is seen as one of the most experienced in DeFi yield mechanics, making it a natural fit for Bitcoin lending.
- What momentum does Mezo have? Mezo recently migrated $23M in Bitcoin assets, reports $76.3M in total value locked, and has processed $500M in MUSD volume.
