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As the Blockchain Industry Loses Billions Annually to MEV, the Solution Is Staring Us in the Face — Neo Founder Da Hongfei
13.2.2024
Imagine the scene: You’re sitting at the card table, and every hand you’re dealt is terrible. But the cards never get better; the dealer has full sight of the deck and sets the order of the cards before they’re played. The dealer always wins. The following opinion editorial was written by...
Solana Startup Dialect Builds 'Conversational' Telegram Trading Bot
24.1.2024
Crypto Snipers Strike Gold as Traders Earn Millions in SAVM Token Launch Frenzy
22.1.2024
Based on the recent report from Arkham Intelligence, the launch of the satoshivm (SAVM) token two days ago saw three adept crypto traders, often referred to as ‘snipers,’ each earning a profit of $1 million. Arkham’s findings revealed that the most proficient of these sniping...
What are sniper bots, and how to stop token sniping exploits?
28.11.2023
Sniper bots are automated tools executing precise actions at specific moments in cryptocurrency and online activities, aiming for strategic advantage
Telegram trading bots are hot, but don’t trust them for custody — Security firms
11.8.2023
There are still too many unknowns over how various Telegram trading bots store private keys, blockchain security firms told Cointelegraph
Ethereum logs $1M MEV block reward amid Curve Finance exploit
31.7.2023
The highest recently generated block reward was 584 ETH, created by a MEV bot front-running transactions during the DeFi chaos
Crypto Traders Flock to Unibot as Telegram Bot Tokens Near $100M Market Cap
20.7.2023
The swiftly-growing category commands a market capitalization of just under $100 million
Bots Sending BTC — Lightning Labs Releases New Tools for AI-Bitcoin Integration
11.7.2023
On July 6, Lightning Labs released new developer tools to enhance the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and Bitcoin. The layer two (L2) startup introduced a new specification known as L402 and tools that enable AI systems to conduct transactions over the Lightning Network. The Fusion...
Theater's Accidental Little Mermaid + Transformers Trailer Mashup Rules, Actually
5.5.2023
The Little Mermaid live-action remake and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts—two of the biggest upcoming movies of 2023—don’t share much in common. However, an apparent film projector accident at a theater showing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 led to the trailers for the two films playing at...
April’s crypto scams, exploits and hacks lead to $103M lost — CertiK
1.5.2023
The month was particularly bad for exploits, with the amount lost accounting for half of the total crypto exploited so far in 2023
RIP To Waypoint, A Good Website About Video Games
28.4.2023
In 2016 Vice launched a website called Waypoint, which the company hoped would be an “immersive dive into the culture, passion and politics of gaming”. It did that, and then some, and then kicked even more ass, and in June 2023 it will be gone.Read more
AI bots mingled at a bar and had a party when researchers gave them a town
11.4.2023
25 AI "agents" were given a virtual town and were observed going to a bar for lunch, planning a party and expressing other human-like behavior
Feds Have Spent Years Trying To Evict A Billionaire's Massive Transformers
6.4.2023
A DC neighborhood has been trying to evict a pair of Transformers sculptures—Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, to be precise—for over two years. Their owner has held firm so far, but a federal board recently voted that these statues can’t stay in the historic Georgetown neighborhood.Read more
3 key Ethereum price metrics cast doubt on the strength of ETH’s recent rally
5.4.2023
ETH price is showing strength, but network and derivatives data suggest that ETH will struggle to hold the $1,850 price level
Rogue Validator Exploits MEV Bots on Ethereum, Resulting in $25.3M in Crypto Losses
4.4.2023
On April 3, 2023, at Ethereum block height 16,964,664, a group of MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) bots were exploited for $25.3 million. An analysis of the exploit revealed that a renegade validator switched the MEV bots’ transactions and seized various crypto tokens, such as 7,460 wrapped...
Ethereum MEV Bot Gets Attacked for $20M as Validator Strikes Back
3.4.2023
One of the major Ethereum MEV (maximal extractable value) bots has been targeted in an attack, allegedly by an Ethereum validator
Arbitrum Launches Native Governance Token ARB and Self-Executing DAO Governance Model
17.3.2023
The Ethereum layer two (L2) scaling solution Arbitrum has launched a native governance token named ARB and a self-executing decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) governance model. The ARB token will have an initial supply of 10 billion, and coins will be airdropped to the Arbitrum...
Crypto Groups on Russian Social Media Hit by Bots Discrediting Bitcoin
23.2.2023
Social media groups devoted to cryptocurrencies in Russia have been attacked by bots in what looks like a campaign against bitcoin and the like. Their comments on Russia’s largest social media platform are triggered by certain keywords like crypto and blockchain, members of the community have...
Little Shapes was a ‘social experiment’ to expose NFT botnets: founder
4.2.2023
In a 158 document, the team behind Little Shapes alleged that NFT scammers utilized bot networks to rug-pull "$200 million+ out of the ecosystem.”
Bots are critical a critical tool for retail investors
20.1.2023
Bots help remove emotions from trading. Functions like these make them even more valuable for neophyte traders than for experts