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Ethereum Traders Lose $60 Million to Sandwich Attacks Amid Bullish Signals
Recent research highlights an ongoing issue with "sandwich attacks" in the crypto market, where bots manipulate trades to profit at the expense of others.
- Between November 2024 and October 2025, over 95,000 sandwich attacks were recorded.
- Trader losses approached $60 million annually, mainly affecting low-volatility pools like stablecoins and liquid staking tokens.
- Monthly extraction decreased from nearly $10 million in late 2024 to about $2.5 million by October 2025, but attack numbers remained high at 60K-90K per month.
- The majority of attacks, around 70%, were linked to a single operator known as Jared, who used sophisticated bots for these operations.
Ethereum's Market Outlook:
- Ethereum may be entering a more bullish phase with potential price targets of $4K to $6K if it breaks above resistance levels.
- A decline to $2,800 is possible if support does not hold.
- Falling extraction rates indicate that MEV protection tools are reducing attack impacts, although full solutions require protocol-level changes.
This analysis suggests Ethereum might move towards a safer trading environment, potentially reducing silent trader losses.