Who got rich while everyone Panicked Part 2
$TRX : the hacker swapped USDT → TRX and pushed SunSwap 18% above market (≈11% on average). The gap stayed open almost all night.
16 wallets made $12M — some simply withdrew TRX from Gate and sold it on DEX at the inflated price.
$ETH : the hacker bought so fast that Uniswap WETH/USDT traded 38% above market.
1,219 wallets made $44.9M — 78 bots took most of it.
Bots tipped builders 10,251 ETH overnight vs 4.6 ETH the night before. Gas hit $1–1.5K per tx, $4K max.
This is where retail finally got a bite:
• PEPE (2–6% spread): 86 wallets, ≈$750–900K
• $SENT (3–8%): 2 known KOLs 🇺🇦🇰🇷 took 95% of the profit
• OGN: DEX price −95%, 183 arbs, ≈$951K
Top wallet geos: 🇰🇷 Korea, CIS, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇺🇸 US
Final tally:
Hacker: $2.4B (now unfreezable)
Arbitrageurs: ≈$60M
Block builders: ≈$30M
LPs: ≈$20M
DEXs: ≈$5M
Gas burned: ≈$3M
The money wasn't made on direction. It was made on speed.
$TRX : the hacker swapped USDT → TRX and pushed SunSwap 18% above market (≈11% on average). The gap stayed open almost all night.
16 wallets made $12M — some simply withdrew TRX from Gate and sold it on DEX at the inflated price.
$ETH : the hacker bought so fast that Uniswap WETH/USDT traded 38% above market.
1,219 wallets made $44.9M — 78 bots took most of it.
Bots tipped builders 10,251 ETH overnight vs 4.6 ETH the night before. Gas hit $1–1.5K per tx, $4K max.
This is where retail finally got a bite:
• PEPE (2–6% spread): 86 wallets, ≈$750–900K
• $SENT (3–8%): 2 known KOLs 🇺🇦🇰🇷 took 95% of the profit
• OGN: DEX price −95%, 183 arbs, ≈$951K
Top wallet geos: 🇰🇷 Korea, CIS, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇺🇸 US
Final tally:
Hacker: $2.4B (now unfreezable)
Arbitrageurs: ≈$60M
Block builders: ≈$30M
LPs: ≈$20M
DEXs: ≈$5M
Gas burned: ≈$3M
The money wasn't made on direction. It was made on speed.
