TL:DR CVMMs are profiting from retail DeFi users across the MEV supply chain. Arrakis is building the first decentralized alternative to address this problem, using cutting-edge mechanisms to recapture MEV, empower LPs, and hyperscale global onchain liquidity through a trustless framework.

TL:DR MEV is driving retail LPs towards extinction and the advent of intents is further enriching a small group of extractive actors. Arrakis offers a fix with HOT, a MEV-aware DEX that will challenge private market makers and empower LPs.

TL:DR As Ethereum’s DeFi ecosystem has become more complex, sophisticated actors have extracted more and more value known as MEV and the problem is getting worse. These entities leverage a variety of strategies to profit from retail users. Due to the impact of MEV extraction, LPs are facing extinction. Arrakis proposes a fix with its upcoming AMM HOT.

Arrakis Finance and Valantis Labs have partnered to create HOT, a first of its kind MEV-aware AMM built on top of the Valantis Modular DEX. HOT will be the first modular AMM deployed on the Valantis Protocol, powered by Arrakis’ novel suite of modular liquidity management vaults and off-chain quoting infrastructure.

HOT is an AMM providing optimized returns for LPs and token issuers through a first of its kind intents-aligned approach to on chain liquidity. HOT was created by Arrakis and Valantis Labs.

NOTE: This research and development was done as a joint collaboration between Arrakis, Conor McMenamin and Uniswap Foundation (Conor’s research was partially funded by a Uniswap Foundation grant). We welcome further collaboration and see this as a community effort!

We are excited to introduce Arrakis Liquid Staking Token (LST) Vaults, the first Arrakis V2 Public Vaults specifically for liquid staking tokens. Alongside the launch, we are also excited to present its first user - Lido Finance.

Onchain trading takes place on multiple venues such as DEXs and aggregators. There is a clear evolution however, mostly facilitated by the innovation of products that aim to improve the UX for traders. We are going to take a look at where the trading actually is occurring, and if there is a difference between large VS. smaller marketcap assets in terms of which trading venue fills their trades.

Starting this week, the Bi Weekly Fremen changes its focus and will be an update on all happenings in the DEX trading world!