Frontier Research

In 2020, the Ethereum network transitioned to a rollup centric roadmap for scaling. Four years since that decision more than 50 rollups (L2s) are already live in production. While rollups provide much

We analyzed the difference in swap price per block position, recently known as reordering slippage, for Ethereum blocks from September to October 2023. Our analysis reveals significant reordering slip

History has shown that derivatives can strengthen spot markets and provide additional tools to stakeholders in the supply chain to manage their businesses. Similarly, Ethereum’s spot gas market could

In this article we explore the dynamics of the Ethereum builder ecosystem, specifically focusing on the relationships between searcher flow and builder market share. Firstly, we categorise the current

Decentralized exchanges are one of the main use cases for smart contract blockchains. People criticize them for being shitcoin casinos, but mechanisms to permissionlessly create markets for any asset

For the same opportunity, more value can be extracted via CeFi-DeFi (EV_signal) than atomic (EV_ordering) arbitrage. Whether an arbitrage is executed by EV_signal or EV_ordering style strategy depends