Cross-Chain Arbitrage on Uniswap: Trading Across Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Optimism for Profit
A trader notices that ETH is trading at $2,245 on Uniswap’s Arbitrum instance but $2,260 on Optimism, while a stablecoin pair shows a 0.8% discount on one network relative to another. These price discrepancies exist because liquidity pools on different Layer 2 networks operate independently, and the cost of bridging assets between chains creates a […]