CoW Protocol Rewards Solvers for Smart Trading, Not Gas Wars

**CoW Swap is now live on BNB Chain**, bringing MEV protection and gasless trading to one of DeFi's largest ecosystems. **Key features for BNB users:** - **Gasless trades by default** - solvers pay gas fees for you - **MEV protection** through batch auctions and off-chain execution - **Competitive pricing** from solver network across multiple DEXs - **Advanced order types** including limit, TWAP, and programmatic orders The launch addresses common BNB Chain pain points like needing native tokens for gas and MEV bot exploitation. CoW's solver competition sources liquidity from PancakeSwap and other BNB DEXs, plus cross-chain sources. [Learn more about CoW Swap on BNB Chain](http://cow.fi/learn/cow-swap-launches-on-bnb-chain)

**BNB Smart Chain achieved a milestone** by processing 5 trillion gas units in one day, marking a new record for the network. **Trading activity dominated the chain:** - 77% of all transactions were swaps - 24 million trades executed in 24 hours - Demonstrates BNB's position as a major trading hub **The surge highlights growing onchain activity** as users increasingly trade directly on decentralized exchanges rather than centralized platforms. This record usage showcases the network's capacity to handle massive transaction volumes while maintaining functionality for millions of daily traders.

**Slippage tolerance** is a critical setting that determines how much price deviation you'll accept when trading crypto. Set it too tight and your trades fail; too loose and you become vulnerable to MEV attacks. **Key Guidelines:** - **Stable assets**: 0.25-0.5% slippage tolerance - **Standard assets** (like ETH): 0.5-2% tolerance - **Volatile assets**: May require double-digit slippage **The MEV Risk** High slippage tolerance exposes you to *sandwich attacks* - bots that manipulate prices to extract value from your trades. This has cost users over $1.3 billion on Ethereum. **CoW Swap's Solution** CoW Swap offers **auto-slippage** that automatically calculates optimal tolerance based on market conditions. Their solver-based system protects against MEV while ensuring trades execute successfully. Data shows CoW Swap consistently offers lower default slippage compared to competitors like 0x and 1inch. [Learn more about slippage tolerance](https://cow.fi/learn/how-should-i-set-my-slippage-tolerance)

A comprehensive 6-month trading analysis reveals CoW Swap's dominance among solver-based DEXes: - **Higher Trading Volume**: ~$200M daily vs $60M (1inch Fusion) and $30M (UniswapX) - **More Decentralized**: Top solver only controls 25% market share, with next five at ~10% each - **Better for Large Trades**: Shows best execution improvement for trades over 100 ETH The study compared CoW Swap, 1inch Fusion, and UniswapX, finding solver-based DEXes generally outperform traditional alternatives through optimized routing and off-chain liquidity access. Try CoW Swap: [swap.cow.fi](https://swap.cow.fi/#/1/swap/WETH/0xA0b86991c6218b36c1d19D4a2e9Eb0cE3606eB48)