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miohtama committed Sep 27, 2024
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Arbitrageurs exploit this difference by trading from the :term:`AMM`, like :term:`Uniswap`, to the more liquid exchange (usually a centralized exchange like Binance), correcting the arbitrage and extracting value from LPs in the process.

In the worst case, centralised exchanges can themselves exploit this difference,
if they have a priviledged access to their own order book and :term:`MEV`.

See:

- `CowSwap on LVR <https://cow.fi/learn/what-is-loss-versus-rebalancing-lvr>`__
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- :term:`Decentralised finance`

- :term:`MEV`


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