Crypto privacy has turned into an economic crisis as MEV bots siphon millions and most users still leak everything

On some Ethereum L2s, bots now burn over half the gas just searching for MEV, and they don’t pay proportionally for it. That’s a scaling and market-fairness problem rooted in market structure. The ...

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Crypto privacy has turned into an economic crisis as MEV bots siphon millions and most users still leak everything

Source: CryptoSlate

On some Ethereum L2s, bots now burn over half the gas just searching for MEV, and they don’t pay proportionally for it. That’s a scaling and market-fairness problem rooted in market structure. The privacy conversation in crypto has finally escaped the “anonymous money” framing that dominated the last cycle. In early 2026, the urgency is […]