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Meet the crypto bots that front-run thieves to “save” funds — but they decide who gets paid back
January 26, 2026
CoinFeed News
Makina Finance lost 1,299 ETH, roughly $4.13 million, in a flash-loan and oracle manipulation exploit. The attacker drained the protocol's funds and broadcast the transaction to Ethereum's public mempool, where it should have been picked up by validators and included in the next block. Instead, an MEV builder identified by the address 0xa6c2 front-ran the The post Meet the crypto bots that front-run thieves to “save” funds — but they decide who gets paid back appeared first on CryptoSlate.