DOES CRYPTO ARBITRAGE STILL WORK IN 2026?
Years ago, crypto arb was free money. Buy $BTC cheaper on one exchange, dump it higher on another. Rinse, repeat. Some degens were pulling thousands daily just exploiting price gaps.
Then the market got efficient. Those easy spreads vanished.
But arb isn't dead in 2026. It just moved.
The alpha shifted to DeFi lending rates, prediction markets, P2P platforms, tier-2 CEXs, and funding rate plays.
The low-hanging fruit is gone. The edge isn't.
Full breakdown đ
Years ago, crypto arb was free money. Buy $BTC cheaper on one exchange, dump it higher on another. Rinse, repeat. Some degens were pulling thousands daily just exploiting price gaps.
Then the market got efficient. Those easy spreads vanished.
But arb isn't dead in 2026. It just moved.
The alpha shifted to DeFi lending rates, prediction markets, P2P platforms, tier-2 CEXs, and funding rate plays.
The low-hanging fruit is gone. The edge isn't.
Full breakdown đ