Critical MEV Bot Attack: $10M Profit from $50M Aave Swap Disaster
On Thursday, March 12, 2026, a cryptocurrency user suffered a catastrophic loss of nearly $50 million during a single token swap on the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Aave. The failed transaction, executed via the CoW Protocol aggregator and SushiSwap, resulted in the user receiving just $36,000 worth of AAVE tokens while a Maximal Extractable Value […]
