Thanks for submitting this, it looks like such an amazing in-depth read!
A few numbers that surprised me: 1) Telegram bots in August '23 accounted for 6.7% (!) frontends trading volume 2) CowSwap integrators have 10%+ volume - I thought it was much smaller. 3) 1inch wins with Uniswap in $100k+ trades
You both welcome. I learned a great deal from this piece. Regarding TG bots, they are also dangerous since they just dip into any shallow pool, too.