aaand we have our first settlement!
taker bot is open sourced @ https://github.com/flexmeow/dutch-taker…
if you are a shekels getter you can fork that repo and start participating in flex and yearn auctions - lots of money at the table!

so, auction did end up expiring with no takes. i did do a tiny manual take (without finishing the tx in a USDC/ETH profit) and that was not enough to encourage MEV bots to join
so, building a @ApeFramework (silverback) taker bot it is!
shout out to claude for the dutch ui  x.com/johnnyonline_/…

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Author | Jeff Park (Chief Information Officer, Bitwise)
Compiled by Odaily Odaily(@OdailyChina)
Translator | Dingdang (@XiaMiPP)
Editor's Note: On February 5th, the cryptocurrency market experienced another crash, with over $2.6 billion liquidated in 24 hours. Bitcoin briefly plummeted to $60,000, but the market seems to lack a clear consensus on the causes of this decline. Bitwise CIO Jeff Park offers a new analytical framework from the perspective of options and hedging mechanisms.
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