Crypto Investing — Advanced: Arbitrage: CEX/DEX, Cross-Chain & MEV

Arbitrage profits from the same asset trading at different prices in different places. Types include CEX/DEX (price gaps between venues), cross-chain (same asset on different networks), and triangular (mispricings among three pairs).

MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) is value that block producers can capture by reordering or inserting transactions — relevant to how DEX trades get sequenced. Real arbitrage is competitive, fee-sensitive, and latency-driven; gross spreads often shrink to little after costs.

Key takeaways

• Arbitrage enforces consistent pricing across venues and chains.
• MEV shapes how on-chain trades are ordered and executed.
• After fees and competition, real edges are thin and operational.

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