Cross-Chain Arbitrage Bots and Liquidity Pool Depletion
Cross-chain arbitrage bots drain pools hardest when volatility spikes. The loss mechanism is quadratic, the fee offset is linear, and LPs absorb the gap.
№ 002DeFiWhy Cross-Chain Bridge Messages Fail Silently
Silent bridge failures strand funds with no error and no revert. Here's the exact mechanism, the real culprits, and what a stuck message looks like.