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  "textContent": "On some Ethereum L2s, bots now burn over half the gas just searching for MEV, and they don’t pay proportionally for it. That’s a scaling and market-fairness problem rooted in market structure. The privacy conversation in crypto has finally escaped the “anonymous money” framing that dominated the last cycle. In early 2026, the urgency is […]\n\nThe post Crypto privacy just became an economic crisis as MEV bots siphon millions and most users still leak everything appeared first on CryptoSlate.",
  "title": "Crypto privacy just became an economic crisis as MEV bots siphon millions and most users still leak everything"
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