AERO Price Stalls—But Smart Money Is Loading Up for the Next Rally

Looks like the suits finally woke up.

AERO’s price action flatlined—classic consolidation or dead cat bounce? Meanwhile, crypto’s smart money brigade is quietly stacking bags. Institutional wallets show aggressive accumulation, with OTC desks reporting seven-figure bids. Retail’s still staring at charts; whales are already positioning.

Key Levels to Watch

If AERO holds above $3.20, we’re looking at a textbook bull flag. Break $4.50, and this thing moons. Fail? Well, there’s always another token to pump—Wall Street’s printing them daily anyway.

Bottom line: When liquidity sharks circle, retail either rides the wave or becomes chum. Your move.

The same is happening with whales, who have increased their holdings by 18% in the last 30 days to 9.55 million. Whales are investors with vast holdings of a token, while smart money investors are those with a successful track record of success. 

AERO wavered even as its weekly network volume jumped. DeFi Llama data shows that Aerodrome, the biggest decentralized exchange on Base, handled over $4 billion this week, up from $2.6 billion in the previous week.

The volume could continue to rise after Coinbase announced major changes to its ecosystem. It launched TBA or The Base App as the replacement to the Coinbase Wallet. TBA will combine wallet, trading, payments, social media, messaging, and mini-applications. Aerodrome will be one of the top trading platforms on the applications. 

AERO price technical analysis

The daily chart shows that the AERO price has been in a bull run in the past three months. This rally started when the token bottomed at $0.2850 in April.

It has jumped above the 50-day and 100-day Exponential Moving Averages, a sign that bulls are in control. The token has also formed an ascending channel and moved above the 23.6% retracement level.

Therefore, the Aerodrome price will likely continue rising as bulls target the 50% retracement level at $1.3085, which is up by 45% above the current level. 

The potential risk to the thesis is that it has formed a rising wedge pattern, which may lead to more downside in the NEAR term.