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How Much Screening Buys a Second? Speed, Selection, and the Maker's Spread

We study the spread a liquidity provider needs to break even against counterparties that can exploit a stale quote, and we place two defenses on a single scale: repricing sooner and screening informed flow. A break-even condition pins down the exact screening rate at which a slower maker matches a f

Holy Grail Math 7.5 Rigor 8 ·  October 15, 2026

Open vs. Sealed: Auction Format Choice for Maximal Extractable Value

We study optimal auction design for Maximum Extractable Value (MEV) auction markets on Ethereum. Using a dataset of 2.2 million transactions across three major orderflow providers, we establish three empirical regularities: extracted values follow a log-normal distribution with extreme right-tail co

Holy Grail Math 7.5 Rigor 8 ·  March 17, 2026

Second Thoughts: How 1-second subslots transform CEX-DEX Arbitrage on Ethereum

This paper examines the impact of reducing Ethereum slot time on decentralized exchange activity, with a focus on CEX-DEX arbitrage behavior. We develop a trading model where the agent’s DEX transaction is not guaranteed to land, and the agent explicitly accounts for this execution risk when decidin

Holy Grail Math 6.5 Rigor 7 ·  January 2, 2026

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