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How Does MEV Relate to Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Trading?

MEV is particularly prevalent in DeFi due to the transparent nature of pending transactions and the existence of automated trading opportunities like arbitrage and liquidations. Arbitrage bots compete fiercely to extract MEV from DEXs and lending protocols, making DeFi a primary battleground for MEV extraction.

How Do Decentralized Perpetual Futures Exchanges Attempt to Mitigate Liquidation Front-Running?
How Do Automated Market Makers (AMMs) Create the Vulnerability for Sandwich Attacks?
What Are “Searchers” and “Validators” in the Context of MEV Extraction?
How Does the Shift to Proof-of-Stake Consensus Mechanisms Impact MEV Extraction?