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Ethereum arbitrage can pay builders more than burned fees
A Bitquery-backed 30-day sample found about $5.24 in builder receipts for each $1 of ETH burned, with most surplus going to block assembly.
Ethereum arbitrage generated about $5.24 in builder receipts for every $1 of ETH burned in a 30-day sample, according to blockchain data provider Bitquery as summarized by CryptoSlate.
In the allocation, 49.3% of the measured surplus was directed toward block assembly, 9.4% toward burned fees, and 41.3% toward trading operators, the outlet said.
CryptoSlate noted that builder payments to validators and the later proposer fee mechanics mean the largest receipt bucket does not necessarily represent the largest final profit for builders.
The investigation, which CryptoSlate said was verified Aug. 31, 2026, also emphasized that the results reflect sampled arbitrage surplus rather than Ethereum-wide revenue, with the analysis relying on how arbitrage software finds price differences.
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