How Fast Traders Profited From Binance’s Hajimi Perpetual Listing

A Binance perpetual-futures announcement can move attention and liquidity in seconds. In the September 6 Hajimi episode, reports describe a trader acquiring the token almost immediately after the notice, then selling after later buyers pushed the price higher. The advantage was not a unique prediction about Hajimi’s fundamentals; it was getting an order executed before the wider market could react. 742

What Binance announced

Binance Futures scheduled the USDT-margined Hajimi perpetual contract for September 6 with maximum leverage of 3x. Its PONSUSDT contract, announced alongside it, carried a maximum of 20x. 2

A perpetual-futures listing is distinct from a spot listing, but it can still concentrate attention on the underlying token. Traders expecting more activity may buy the token on-chain while others position in the new derivatives market. That creates an opening for automated strategies that watch official announcement channels and rapidly submit transactions.

The reported Hajimi trade

On-chain reporting attributed to Lookonchain said wallet 0xb319 bought about 9.9 million Hajimi for 264.7 BNB, then paid 5.5 BNB in gas. The reporting valued the purchase at roughly $202,000 and the gas at about $4,200. It said the wallet later sold 8.39 million tokens for about $459,000 while retaining roughly 1.5 million tokens, then valued near $93,300. 42

Using those reported figures, the approximately $350,000 estimate is a mark-to-market calculation:

• Reported sale proceeds: about $459,000
• Reported value of unsold tokens: about $93,300
• Less reported token purchase and gas: about $206,200
• Approximate gain: about $346,000, commonly rounded to $350,000 42

That figure is not fully realized cash profit because part of it depends on the quoted value of tokens still held. If Hajimi’s price moved before those tokens were sold, the final result would change.

Why some reports cite $378,000

A separate on-chain report described a trader buying 9.89 million Hajimi for 264.7 BNB, near $0.02 per token, in the first second after the announcement. It alleged that the trader paid 35.3 BNB to BNB48 Club through a private RPC route and another 5.5 BNB in gas—40.8 BNB combined—to obtain priority. That report estimated a $378,000 profit after sales into the price increase. 7

The near-identical purchase size, 264.7-BNB expenditure and 5.5-BNB gas payment make it plausible that the $350,000 and $378,000 accounts refer to the same on-chain event. They should not be added together. The gap can reflect different assumptions about transaction costs, sale prices, and whether unsold holdings were included in the calculation. 742

What “transaction priority” changes

On public blockchains, a transaction does not necessarily execute in the same order that ordinary users notice an event. A trader can try to improve its place in the queue by paying more for gas, using specialized transaction-submission infrastructure, or arranging private routing.

In this case, reporting characterized the payment to BNB48 Club as a node or validator “bribe” and linked it to a private RPC path. If that interpretation is correct, the trader’s practical edge was priority: its buy could be included ahead of competing transactions that were responding to the same public news. 7

That evidence has limits. A visible payment and fast execution do not, by themselves, prove a formal agreement with a validator, improper conduct, or advance knowledge of Binance’s announcement. The terms “MEV,” “front-running,” and “bribe” in this episode are analyst and media characterizations rather than findings established by Binance in the materials provided. 731

News-trading bots do not need private information

The strategy can be entirely reactive:

1. Monitor exchange announcement feeds and social channels.
2. Detect a listing or contract-launch notice automatically.
3. Submit a buy order or on-chain swap immediately.
4. Sell after the announcement-driven influx raises demand and price.

The reported 0xb319 trade fits that pattern. Lookonchain described the wallet as a news trader and attributed roughly $1.78 million in cumulative news-trading profit to it, though that total is a third-party attribution rather than a Binance-verified performance record. 42

Speed does not guarantee profit. Early buyers face smart-contract risk, failed transactions, gas costs, slippage, sudden reversals and the possibility that no follow-on demand arrives. But when a listing notice does trigger a rush, milliseconds and transaction placement can matter more than analysis.

What the 3x Hajimi leverage cap suggests

Binance’s published terms allowed up to 3x leverage for HajimiUSDT and up to 20x for PONSUSDT. 2 The practical effect is straightforward: traders could take substantially less borrowed exposure to Hajimi through Binance’s new perpetual contract.

A lower leverage ceiling does not prove Binance’s internal view of the token, but it is consistent with tighter risk limits for a market that may experience sharp moves after launch. Restricting leverage can reduce the scale of potential liquidations relative to a 20x market; it does not remove price, liquidation or volatility risk.

The retail consequence: public news, unequal execution

Retail participants may see the same announcement as automated traders, yet arrive after the fastest buyers have already taken the cheapest available liquidity. That can mean worse entry prices and more slippage. If the first buyers then sell into the later wave of demand, slower purchasers can effectively become their exit liquidity.

The Hajimi reports are therefore less a story about a secret forecast than about market structure. Public information may be broadly available, but the ability to parse it, route an order and secure blockspace is not distributed evenly. For traders, the central caution is simple: do not assume that an announcement-driven spike is an opportunity merely because it is visible—by the time it is visible, the fastest systems may already be positioned. 742