May 22, 2024 How the Peraire-Bueno brothers allegedly drained $25M from their MEV bots exploit The Peraire-Bueno brothers have been charged with fraud in a first-ever… More...
May 16, 2024 How 2 Brothers Allegedly Cheated a Noxious-But-Accepted Ethereum Practice for $25M First there was "The Bait." Then there was "Unblinding the block,"… More...
May 15, 2024 What the DOJ’s First MEV Lawsuit Means for Ethereum In a highly technical overview of an exploit that has since been patched,… More...
December 28, 2023 Vitalik Buterin wants to ‘make Ethereum cypherpunk again’ Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says the blockchain’s “cypherpunk”… More...
November 15, 2023 ‘Intents’ Are Blockchain’s Big New Buzzword. What are They, And What Are the Risks? Intent-centric programs are quietly transforming how we operate… More...
July 26, 2023 Flashbots becomes unicorn after raising $60 million Paradigm invests $60 million in Flashbots' Ethereum blockchain… More...
July 25, 2023 Crypto Firm Flashbots Raises $60M in Paradigm-Led Round The new capital will help develop the SUAVE decentralized platform… More...
June 20, 2023 Flashbots Confirms Top Strategy Researcher Obadia to Depart Amid ‘Strategic’ Hiring Push Obadia cited personal reasons for his departure but warned of "serious… More...
May 11, 2023 What is Flashbots? Flashbots is a relatively new organization that aims to improve the… More...
April 10, 2023 Ethereum validator cashes in 689 ETH from MEV-Boost relay The 689 Ether, worth nearly $1.3 million, is the largest reward received… More...
April 4, 2023 Rogue Validator Exploits MEV Bots on Ethereum, Resulting in $25.3M in Crypto Losses On April 3, 2023, at Ethereum block height 16,964,664, a group of MEV… More...
March 3, 2023 Flashbots Makes Privacy-Enhanced Block Builder Open Source on Ethereum Testnet Sepolia Research shared by the team details that block builders will be able… More...
February 16, 2023 Flashbots Proposes New Class of ‘Matchmakers’ to Share MEV Gains With Ethereum Users The new protocol known as "MEV-Share" would distribute the gains… More...
February 14, 2023 Fewer Than Half of New Ethereum Blocks Over the Past 24 Hours Are OFAC Compliant For the first time since October, fewer than 50% of blocks added to… More...
October 15, 2022 48% of Ethereum Blocks Face Censorship From OFAC-Compliant Flashbots For a couple of years now, MEV-Boost relays or Flashbots have become… More...
September 30, 2022 45% of ETH validators now complying with US sanctions — Labrys CEO Labrys CEO Lachlan Feeney is trying to raise awareness among validators… More...