COC#6: “Smart Money” Is Front-Running Retail
The bitcoin futures ETF launch is fueling a contango trade that is luring Wall Street in, and retail investors are absent or distracted.November 1, 2021Cycling On-Chain is a monthly column that uses on-chain and price-related data to better understand recent bitcoin market movements and estimate where we are in the cycle. This sixth edition discusses the impact of the newly launched futures ETFs, last month’s all-time high, sell pressure from miners and long-term bitcoin holders, retail activity and concludes with the results of our monthly poll and halving cycle roadmap.Bitcoin ETF Sparks....
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The report outlines how the researchers identified and isolated generalized front-running bots while evaluating their efficiency.
Splitting the transaction into multiple smaller transactions, periodic auction matching, and adjusting the low slippage are various ways to avoid front-running. Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) nip in the bud several issues concerning their centralized counterparts such as concentration of liquidity in the hands of a few players, compromise of funds in case of a security breach, closed control structure and more. One issue, however, that has refused to subside is front-running. Unscrupulous players are still finding ways to defraud unsuspecting traders.If you have received less than expected....
Front-running is a type of insider trading that affects an asset's market price. Read this guide to learn how to prevent front-running in crypto. How to prevent front-running in crypto?Users can limit front-running by splitting the transaction into many smaller transactions and adjusting the low slippage. Similarly, developers can use anti-front-running measures like making transactions private and using a hidden mempool. Users can break large transactions into smaller ones instead of executing them all at once, which reduces the appeal of transactions with front-running bots due to the....
When the news of Ethereum 2.0 broke out, many people were beyond excited. The issue of transaction scalability and sustainability was going to be fixed. However, even Ethereum 2.0 left an essential problem out that crypto investors are still facing, an important problem known as FRONT RUNNING. This problem resulted in the loss of thousands of dollars, and it is still causing the loss of more. Imagine the joy on people’s faces when Telos, a popular third-generation blockchain, announced their new EVM that claims to solve this problem and many more. Yes. Just what you thought. Hope at last!....
In the growing DeFi panorama, both institutional traders and retail investors are starting to notice the inherent privacy issues with the most popular Layer-1 blockchains. The extreme transparency of L1s such as Ethereum, Solana, and Avalanche, to name a few, leaves investors vulnerable to attacks such as front-running and MEV. Meanwhile, the lack of interchain features to seize the many opportunities of a thriving ecosystem keeps billions of dollars in value separated. And, of course, traceability and surveillance are issues permanently looming on the horizon. Introducing Panther....