A New York jury was unable to reach a verdict in the case of Anton and James Peraire-Bueno, the MIT-educated brothers accused of fraud and money laundering related to a 2023 exploit of the Ethereum bl...

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A New York jury was unable to reach a verdict in the case of Anton and James Peraire-Bueno, the MIT-educated brothers accused of fraud and money laundering related to a 2023 exploit of the Ethereum blockchain that resulted in the removal of $25 million in digital assets.
<adv/>In a Friday ruling, US District Judge Jessica Clarke declared a mistrial in the case after jurors failed to agree on whether to convict or acquit the brothers, Inner City Press reported.
<adv/>The decision came after a three-week trial in Manhattan federal court, resulting in differing theories from prosecutors and the defense regarding the Peraire-Buenos’ alleged actions involving maximal extractable value (MEV) bots.
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A MEV attack occurs when traders or validators exploit transaction ordering on a blockchain for profit. Using automated MEV bots, they front-run or sandwich other trades by paying higher fees for priority.
In the brothers’ case, they allegedly used MEV bots to “trick” users into trades. The exploit, though planned by the two for months, reportedly took just 12 seconds to net the pair $25 million.
In closing arguments to the jury this week, prosecutors argued that the brothers “tricked” and “defrauded” users by engaging in a “bait and switch” scheme, allowing them to extract about $25 million in crypto. They cited evidence suggesting that the two plotted their moves for months and researched potential consequences of their actions. 
“Ladies and gentlemen, bait and switch is not a trading strategy,” said prosecutors on Tuesday, according to Inner City Press. “It is fraud. It is cheating. It is rigging the system. They pretended to be a legitimate MEV-Boost validator.” 
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In contrast, defense lawyers for the Peraire-Buenos pushed back against the US government’s theory of the two pretending to be “honest validators” to extract the funds, though the court ultimately allowed the argument to be presented to the jury. 
“This is like stealing a base in baseball,” said the defense team on Tuesday. “If there’s no fraud, there’s no conspiracy, there’s no money laundering.”
<h2>What’s at stake for the crypto industry following the verdict?</h2>
 Though the case ended without a verdict, the mistrial has left the crypto industry divided, with many observers debating the legal and technical implications of treating MEV-related activity as a potential criminal offense. Crypto advocacy organization Coin Center filed an amicus brief on Monday after opposition from prosecutors.
“I don’t think what’s in the indictment constitutes wire fraud,” said Carl Volz, a partner at law firm Gunnercooke, in a Monday op-ed for DLNews. “A jury could conclude differently, but if it does, it’ll be because the brothers googled stupidly and talked too much, for too long, with the wrong people.”
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This is a developing story, and further information will be added as it becomes available.

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MEV bot trial ends in mistrial after jury deadlock on brothers’ verdict

纽约陪审团未能就安东·佩雷尔-布埃诺和詹姆斯·佩雷尔-布埃诺兄弟一案达成一致意见。这对毕业于麻省理工学院的兄弟被控犯有欺诈和洗钱罪，罪名与2023年以太坊区块链漏洞利用有关。

<div><div>纽约陪审团未能就安东·佩雷尔-布埃诺和詹姆斯·佩雷尔-布埃诺兄弟一案达成裁决。这对毕业于麻省理工学院的兄弟被控犯有欺诈和洗钱罪，他们涉嫌参与2023年以太坊区块链漏洞利用事件，导致价值2500万美元的数位资产被盗。<adv/>据《内城新闻报》报道，美国地区法官杰西卡·克拉克周五宣布，由于陪审团未能就兄弟二人是否定罪或无罪达成一致意见，该案审判无效。<adv/>经过在曼哈顿联邦法院为期三周的审判，最终做出了这个决定。在审判期间，控辩双方就佩雷尔-布埃诺斯涉嫌使用最大可提取价值 (MEV) 机器人实施犯罪活动提出了不同的理论。<iframe/> MEV攻击是指交易者或验证者利用区块链上的交易顺序漏洞牟利。他们使用自动化的MEV机器人，透过支付更高的手续费来抢先交易或夹击其他交易。据称，这对兄弟利用MEV机器人「诱骗」用户进行交易。虽然这次诈骗活动是两人筹划数月之久，但据报道，他们仅用了12秒就获利2500万美元。本周，检方在向陪审团作结案陈词时指出，这两兄弟透过「诱饵式行销」的手段「欺骗」和「诈骗」用户，从中窃取了价值约2500万美元的加密货币。检方援引证据表明，两人策划此案长达数月，并事先研究了其行为可能造成的后果。据《内城新闻报》报道，检察官周二表示：“各位，诱饵式行销不是一种交易策略，而是欺诈、作弊和操纵系统。他们假装是合法的MEV-Boost验证者。”相关报导： MEV机器人漏洞利用程序诉诸美国法庭，考验加密货币法律的灰色地带相较之下，佩雷尔-布埃诺斯的辩护律师反驳了美国政府关于两人假装是「诚实的验证者」以骗取资金的说法，尽管法院最终允许向陪审团提出这一论点。辩方周二表示：“这就像棒球比赛中的盗垒一样。如果没有欺诈，就没有阴谋，也没有洗钱。”<h2>判决结果对加密货币产业意味著什么？</h2> 尽管此案最终未宣判，但审判无效导致加密货币行业出现分歧，许多观察人士就将MEV相关活动视为潜在刑事犯罪的法律和技术影响展开辩论。在检方反对后，加密货币倡导组织Coin Center于周一提交了一份法庭之友意见陈述书。 「我不认为起诉书中的内容构成电信诈骗，」Gunnercooke律师事务所合伙人卡尔沃尔兹周一在DLNews网站上发表的评论文章中写道。 “陪审团可能会得出不同的结论，但如果真是这样，那也是因为这对兄弟愚蠢地在网上搜索信息，并且和不该联系的人聊了太久太久。”杂志：比特币或将在突破100万美元前暴跌70%，墨西哥城就「白巨鲸」事件道歉：《Hodler&#39;s Digest》，10月26日至11月1日这是一则正在更新的新闻，如有更多信息，我们将及时补充。</div></div>

MEV机器人案审判因陪审团对兄弟俩的判决意见不一而流审。

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这不是预测，这是数学规律。
周期顶部涨幅正在压缩
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