Category: MEV
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Whitehats return $10m in Ether after MEV bug
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Ronin Network recovered nearly $10 million in digital assets lost due to the MEV exploit as early as August 6. According to X’s post, white hats is back Around 4,000 Ethereum (ETH) were stolen from Axie Infinity’s Ronin Bridge via a Maximum Extractable Value, or MEV, bug. MEV refers to…
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Ethereum Struggling With MEV Bots, Executive Argues That Solana Has Succeeded
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Unlike Bitcoin, where transactions are ordered on a first-come, first-served basis, Ethereum and Solana rely on a set of validators to confirm transactions and add them to the next block. This process allows flexibility, as users can speed up their transactions by paying higher fees. At the protocol level, prioritizing…
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Ethereum Struggling With MEV Bots, Executive Argues That Solana Has Succeeded
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Unlike Bitcoin, where transactions are ordered on a first-come, first-served basis, Ethereum and Solana rely on a set of validators to confirm transactions and add them to the next block. This process allows flexibility, as users can speed up their transactions by paying higher fees. At the protocol level, prioritizing…
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Is The MEV Monster Under Bitcoin’s Bed?
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What is MEV? For starters, maximum extractable value (MEV) involves various techniques used by market actors to gain additional value by exploiting price inefficiencies in blockchain transactions. One naive form of MEV is called a “transaction sniper.” Recently, manifestations of this phenomenon have started populating your local Bitcoin meme pools…
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Is This MEV Trading Firm Responsible For Ethereum’s Drop Below $3,800?
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Ethereum is flat, trending higher, and outperforming the world’s most valuable currency, Bitcoin. Earlier in the day, Ethereum prices broke the $3,900 level before falling sharply to below $3,800 and bouncing back to spot prices. In an attempt to explain the unexpectedly high volatility, especially with prices rapidly falling from…