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Cross-platform arbitrage is an MEV strategy where traders exploit price discrepancies for the same asset across multiple decentralized exchanges by quickly buying at a lower price and selling at a higher price.
Back-running as an MEV tactic involves placing a transaction immediately after a large, market-moving transaction to benefit from predictable price movement.
A sandwich attack is a specific MEV strategy where an attacker places one transaction before and one transaction after a victim’s trade to profit from induced price changes in decentralized exchanges.
High-frequency bots and infrastructure optimizations enable MEV searchers to maximize profits by reducing latency and prioritizing transaction inclusion in competitive blockchain environments.
Decoy tokens and honeypot smart contracts are sometimes deployed intentionally within blockchain systems to trap unethical MEV searchers attempting to extract illicit profits.
Liquidation-based MEV involves bots identifying undercollateralized loans on decentralized finance platforms and rapidly executing transactions to seize collateral and earn liquidation bonuses.
Front-running in blockchain networks involves searcher bots scanning pending transactions in the mempool and submitting transactions with higher gas fees to prioritize their execution and capture profitable opportunities.

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