🔎 RESEARCH: Batched Threshold Encryption (BTE) could redefine fairness in DeFi. By encrypting transactions until block finalization, BTE blocks frontrunning and sandwich attacks; the core of extractive MEV. The latest BEAST-MEV upgrade pushes decryption times down to under 1 second for ~500 transactions, with only 6KB communication and silent, non-interactive setup, a massive leap from earlier models. Could this finally be the breakthrough to make DeFi fair, private, and trustless again?(Cointelegraph)