Tag: Defi

According to blockchain analytics firm EigenPhi, sandwich attacks ranked as the second most popular MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) activity in early 2024, with transactions totaling billions of dollars in volume. This statistic reveals the significant threat posed by these invisible market manipulations in decentralized finance (DeFi), where sophisticated bots exploit transaction ordering to profit at a user's expense.

As of mid-2025, Ripple's XRP token has surged significantly, fueled by renewed investor optimism and positive legal developments. Evaluating the overall health of Ripple requires looking beyond price action and into its utility, regulatory clarity, and network growth.

Launched in 2023, the MNT protocol, powering the Mantle Network, is an Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solution designed to drastically reduce transaction costs and increase throughput. This network uses an innovative modular architecture to improve performance for decentralized applications (dApps) and DeFi.