Tycho Launches $10k Bounty for Orderbook Integration

A trading bot called Stabiliser completed a 60-day live test on Ethereum mainnet, trading the ETH/USDC pair with notable results: **Performance Metrics:** - **+9.55% profit** in USD terms (after gas costs) - **32% outperformance** vs. simply holding ETH - Executed during a period when ETH declined 22% **Trading Activity:** - ~1,500 trades executed - Selected from 18,000 identified opportunities - Ran on mainnet before public release The bot demonstrated its ability to generate positive returns in a declining market by actively managing positions rather than holding static assets. The strategy's selectivity—executing only 8% of identified opportunities—suggests a disciplined approach to trade execution.

**Stabiliser**, an open-source bot built on Tycho, automates peg maintenance for stablecoin teams and arbitrage traders. The tool handles the repetitive work of: - Integrating with DEXs - Monitoring price feeds - Managing trade execution - Tracking performance metrics Built entirely in Rust, Stabiliser watches a reference price and automatically trades on DEX pools to push prices back toward the peg. This eliminates the need for teams to build custom keeper bots from scratch. [View documentation](https://tycho-stabiliser.gitbook.io/docs/) | [Track performance](https://stabiliser.vercel.app)

**DEXs are now competing in auction-style bidding wars** for your trade orderflow, fundamentally changing how decentralized exchanges operate. **The New DEX Auction Model** To win trades, DEXs must: - Know market rates they can bid - Monitor competitor quotes - Bid strategically without overpaying - **Keep bids private** **Strategic Adaptations** - DEXs colocate with solvers to dynamically outbid competitors - Increased programmability through v4 hooks and concentrated liquidity - LPs help fine-tune pools for maximum volume and profit **Price Freshness Tactics** DEXs align with fast traders through: - **Angstrom**: Auctions trading rights at block tops - **Uniswap Protocol Fee Discount**: Fee-free trading auctions Both incentivize traders to update pool prices to latest market rates. **Competitive Secrecy** DEXs now: - Keep code private - Share quotes only with select aggregators and builders - Make competition harder for rivals This represents just the beginning of evolving DEX competition strategies. [Read full analysis](https://www.propellerheads.xyz/blog/how-to-win-as-a-dex)

**Wraxyn breaks silence** on using Tycho as their competitive advantage for solver operations. Most Tycho users keep their usage private, but Wraxyn decided to share how they leverage the platform to: - **Win more volume** on UniswapX - **Optimize performance** on CoWSwap - **Gain solver advantages** through Tycho's edge **Why Tycho matters:** Tycho standardizes data from multiple DEXs like Curve and Balancer, following ERC 7815 standards. This eliminates the need for solvers to adapt routing logic to different DEX interfaces. **Key benefits:** - Seamless data streaming - Unified DEX interface - Simplified solver operations Wraxyn's transparency offers rare insight into how professional solvers gain competitive advantages in the MEV landscape.

**Tycho now supports Eulerswap routing** without weeks of integration work. Solvers can access the Uniswap v4 hook by simply adding 'uniswap_v4_hooks' with euler_hook_filter to their client config. **Key advantages:** - **50x effective depth** on stable pairs through just-in-time borrowing from Euler Finance vaults - **Reduced slippage** for large swaps on stablecoin pairs - **Automatic dependency management** via Tycho's Dynamic Contract Indexing (DCI) Eulerswap borrows output tokens from lending vaults during swaps, creating deeper liquidity for pegged assets. This makes it particularly competitive for stablecoin trading. Tycho's DCI handles complex contract dependencies automatically, eliminating manual integration work. The system traces vaults, oracles, and hooks server-side, streaming data to clients for in-memory swap simulation. This marks the first of many hooks Tycho will support, with plans to include Balancer v3, Fluid, and other Uniswap v4 hooks. [Get started with integration docs](https://docs.propellerheads.xyz/tycho)