Solana's $1.2B MEV Tee-Up: Why Validators Are Now Fee Engineers

2026-11-03, FP360 — Solana's average priority fee jumped 42% to 0.00025 SOL (~$0.045) as Jito tips hit 0.0004 SOL, driven by arbitrage bots optimizing MEV extraction. This fee engineering boosts validator revenue but raises costs for retail traders.

The Signal: Priority fee compression may persist as validators deploy custom MEV strategies, favoring sophisticated players.

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Originally published on FINPULSE 360