[DEX Labs CEO: MEV Hinders Institutional Adoption of DeFi] DEX Labs CEO Aditya Palepu stated that Maximum Extractable Value (MEV) makes it difficult for financial institutions to adopt decentralized finance (DeFi). MEV refers to the process by which miners or validators rearrange block transactions to extract profits. Due to insufficient transaction privacy, institutions face risks of market manipulation and front-running. DEX Labs is a major contributor to the decentralized crypto derivatives exchange DerivaDEX. Palepu pointed out that similar issues exist in all electronic trading markets, stemming from information asymmetry in transaction data ordering, which harms the interests of retail users.