Trader Profits $378,000 via Front-Running Binance HAKIMI Listing

An on-chain analyst reported that a 'news trader' successfully front-ran the Binance HAKIMI perpetual contract listing. By paying 40.8 BNB ($31,000) in node bribes and gas fees, the trader executed a purchase within the first second of the announcement. The trader used a private RPC channel to buy 9.89 million HAKIMI at $0.02, subsequently selling for a profit of $378,000 as other traders pushed the price higher.