TRADING IN THE DARK: MEASURING REORDERING SLIPPAGE IN MEV

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This post dives into reordering slippage on Ethereum, a term for price differences caused by transaction ordering in a block. A study found that this slippage has potentially cost users $9m on Uniswap alone, impacting 72% of all swaps and 92% of larger transactions over $250k. The study also noted that Telegram trading bots had suffered $2m in reordering slippage, indicating a potential risk vector for crypto traders that may not be obvious to most.