Recently, I’ve been looking at those “quick arbitrage” screenshots on the blockchain, just laughing it off. You think you’ve discovered a price difference, but more often you’re just feeding the sandwich with fees: you place an order, they jump ahead, sandwich you, then counter-trade, and in the end, all you get is comfort after slippage. Honestly, opportunity and cost are the same thing; it depends on which side you’re on.

The group is again talking about stablecoin regulation, reserve audits, and de-pegging rumors. When emotions run high, everyone just wants to “swap quickly, rush in,” making it easier to get sandwiched, especially during those few trades where you’re eager to execute. Anyway, I now prefer to move less, set limit orders when possible, avoid chasing prices when I can, earn some cash flow, and not turn myself into someone else’s fee source.