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Tether Takes Action: Blacklists Validator Address Linked to $25 Million MEV Bot Drain – Here's What Happened

Tether, the company behind the world's largest stablecoin, has blacklisted a validator address responsible for draining $25 million from Miner Extractable Value (MEV) bots. The validator exploited a bug in the MEV-boost...

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Tether Takes Action: Blacklists Validator Address Linked to $25 Million MEV Bot Drain – Here's What Happened
Tether, the company behind the world's largest stablecoin, has blacklisted a validator address responsible for draining $25 million from Miner Extractable Value (MEV) bots. 
The validator exploited a bug in the MEV-boost relay to bypass MEV bots by attempting to execute a sandwich trade, which processes an order immediately before another trade and then right after it. ...
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