The report examines Arbitrum's proposed transaction ordering policy, Timeboost, which aims to enhance value capture while protecting users from negative aspects of miner extractable value (MEV) behavi...

The report discusses Paladin, a solution designed to combat predatory MEV while allowing validators, stakers to capture maximum proceeds from other MEV opportunities. We dive deeper into the Paladin b...

Protocols who are not able to capture the MEV they create will struggle to accrue value. This is where Skip comes in, providing the infrastructure for Cosmos appchains to capture their MEV....

A popular takeaway regarding the FTX drama has been that this was not a DeFi problem, but a TradFi one. It’s absolutely true that custody risks apply to CEXs and not DeFi. Yet, given the size of the c...

🌅 Welcome! Google has partnered with Coinbase Commerce to begin accepting crypto payments for cloud services in early 2023. Is […]...

MEV is central in protocol design, and the underlying infrastructure is changing drastically. I analyze it all, censorship implications, and the road ahead....

🚨 In Case You Missed It Near Protocol’s Rainbow Bridge repels an attack in 31 seconds, while attacker loses 5 […]...

Introduction Liquidity is the foundation upon which all else is built. Every prominent ecosystem has at least one DEX, and […]...

Uniswap Gaining in Stableswaps In May 2021, when V3 was released, Uniswap began to eat into Curve’s market share. This […]...

In Part 1 of this report series, we discussed what MEV is and why it exists, in addition to analyzing […]...

The concept of Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) has been thrust into the spotlight over the past few years, particularly as […]...

After much anticipation, EIP-1559 is set to go live next month. In this post, we'll attempt to answer the question on everyone's mind - will it turn ETH net deflationary and, if so, when?...

Ethereum gas prices hit YTD low, Fantom shows signs of life, MakerDAO's run rate growth continues to impress....

An introduction to MEV and the different approaches in tackling it....

Layer two solutions such as optimistic and zero-knowledge rollups promise reduced latency and cost, but these present a further liquidity fragmentation problem as AMMs will need to launch copies of th...