MEV | ForkLog - Part 2

ForkLog 14 28.05.2024

EU Regulator Identifies MEV as Market Abuse

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) regards MEV as a clear example of market abuse under MiCA regulations. MEV is treated as clear example of illegal market abuse by EU draft standards specifying MiCA rules. ESMA (the EU Securities & Markets Authority) has recently published its third consultation package outlining its proposed technical standards […]

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ForkLog 27 20.05.2024

Vitalik Buterin Addresses Centralization Threats to Ethereum

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has identified three primary challenges threatening the network’s decentralization: MEV, liquid staking, and the cost of running a full node. Grats @dankrad @peter_szilagyi you got me to interrupt my work on EIPs and make a twitter response that turned into an unscheduled poast ?https://t.co/mmVaiEV68K — vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) May 17, 2024 The […]

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ForkLog 18 16.05.2024

US Brothers Arrested for Ethereum Exploit and $25 Million Theft

Brothers Anton and James Perayre-Bueno have been arrested in Boston and New York, respectively, on charges of exploiting the Ethereum blockchain and stealing $25 million in cryptocurrency. According to a press release, they face charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. “These brothers allegedly executed a first-of-its-kind manipulation of the Ethereum blockchain, […]

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ForkLog 37 07.05.2024

MetaMask Introduces ‘Smart Transactions’ to Shield Against MEV Bots

The non-custodial wallet MetaMask has introduced a feature designed to help users protect themselves from the actions of MEV bots, such as frontrunning, and to enhance transaction efficiency. Smart Transactions represent a significant leap forward in making blockchain transactions safer, more predictable, and cost-effective?https://t.co/EoQB6I306e — MetaMask ?? (@MetaMask) May 6, 2024 The feature, called Smart […]

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ForkLog 22 11.03.2024

Solana’s Jito Mempool Disabled Amid MEV Bot Surge

Jito Labs, the developer of the Solana client, has announced the shutdown of its mempool due to ongoing MEV bot attacks. Jito Labs has decided to suspend the mempool offered through the Jito Block Engine due to negative externalities impacting users on Solana. The decision has been made after deliberate conversations with the Jito Labs […]

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ForkLog 8 12.01.2024

Trader Loses 90% of Funds in WIF Meme Token Deal

On January 10, a user known as zer0xtrading.sol spent 86,738.21 SOL (approximately $8.6 million) to purchase 15.92 million Dogwifhat (WIF) meme tokens, but lost the majority of the funds due to slippage. Yesterday someone swapped 86k SOL (8.6 million $) for a single swap to buy $WIF But he did it in the most inefficient […]

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ForkLog 8 21.12.2023

MEV project on Ethereum began censoring sanctioned transactions

The MEV infrastructure provider bloXroute began rejecting transactions linked to sanctioned wallets on the OFAC list.

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ForkLog 22 06.11.2023

Uniswap liquidity pool user loses over $700,000 after MEV-bot surge, likely due to misconfiguration

The user who created the Uniswap liquidity pool lost over $700,000 in seconds after an influx of MEV-bots, likely due to a misconfiguration.

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ForkLog 10 12.10.2023

MEV bot nets $1.575m from a $4 attack

On 11 October, an MEV bot on the BNB Chain network earned a profit of $1.575 million from an attack using a flash loan on the BH/USDT pair on PancakeSwap, according to EigenPhi.

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ForkLog 10 25.07.2023

Flashbots becomes a unicorn after a $60 million round

Infrastructure company Flashbots raised $60 million at a $1 billion valuation.

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ForkLog 9 18.07.2023

Uniswap Labs unveils UniswapX liquidity aggregator

Uniswap Labs unveiled UniswapX — a liquidity-aggregation protocol for decentralized exchanges with open-source code.

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ForkLog 10 21.06.2023

Flashbots co-founder exits company amid disagreements over the project’s future

Alex Obadia, head of strategic research and a co-founder of Flashbots, has left the company, citing differences in vision for the project's future.

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