US prosecutors reject crypto policy defense in $25M MEV bot case

US prosecutors have opposed attempts to introduce cryptocurrency policy arguments in the criminal trial of two brothers accused of using Ethereum trading maximal extractable volume bots to steal $25 ￰0￱ to court documents from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, federal authorities filed a plea to Judge Jessica Clarke, asking the court to reject a proposed amicus curiae brief filed by a third party seeking to advise the ￰1￱ DOJ filing to Judge Clarke.