MEV and How to Avoid It in 2026: Protecting Your Trades from Front-Running and Sandwich Attacks
Every time you swap on a decentralized exchange, your transaction sits publicly in the mempool before being included in a block. During that window, specialized bots can read it, place orders ahead of it, and "sandwich" your trade to extract value — that's MEV. Understanding this mechanism and using the right defensive tools can reduce the invisible slippage that silently erodes your profits.