{"id":91278,"date":"2025-11-21T17:33:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=91278"},"modified":"2025-11-21T17:35:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:35:26","slug":"bots-earn-1-3-million-from-base-creators-token-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bots-earn-1-3-million-from-base-creators-token-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Bots Earn $1.3 Million from Base Creator&#8217;s Token Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two snipers garnered over $1.3 million in profit during the release of the meme coin JESSE by the founder of the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer%e2%80%912-solution-in-blockchain\">L2<\/a> network <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-base-coinbases-l2\">Base<\/a>, Jesse Pollak. This was reported by analysts at Arkham Intelligence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SNIPERS MADE $1.3M ON JESSE POLLAK\u2019S CREATOR COIN<\/p>\n<p>When Jesse Pollak launched his creator coin today, 500M tokens (50% of supply) were put into the liquidity pool. In the SAME BLOCK, 261.7M tokens (26% of supply) were bought instantly.<\/p>\n<p>The top snipers profited $707.7K and\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5n3tgKTcod\">pic.twitter.com\/5n3tgKTcod<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arkham (@arkham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arkham\/status\/1991626505794052255?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During the release, 500 million coins\u2014half of the total supply\u2014were placed in the liquidity pool. Within the same block, buyers using automated software acquired 261.7 million tokens.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, two users earned $707,700 and $619,600. One of them spent $191,000 to purchase 7.6% of the total JESSE issuance and additionally paid the Base sequencer over $44,000 in priority fees to ensure an advantage in executing the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>After selling the remaining tokens, the trader secured a profit of $600,000.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technological Foundation<\/h2>\n<p>The Flashblocks system played a key role in the snipers&#8217; operation\u2014a feature <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/base-network-boosts-speed-tenfold-with-flashblocks-update\">implemented<\/a> in the Base network in July. It reduced block creation time from two seconds to 200 milliseconds.<\/p>\n<p>This mechanism allows automated bots to:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>detect the token release transaction as soon as it appears in the first flash block;<\/li>\n<li>immediately send purchase orders with increased fees;<\/li>\n<li>ensure the execution of these orders in the next microsegment.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a result, both the token release and its purchase transactions occur within the same on-chain block.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Does Pollak Need a Meme Coin?\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>The creator of Base announced the launch of JESSE in November. The coin is not associated with Coinbase or the L2 network.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24jesse&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$jesse<\/a> launches at 25:11:20:09:00PST<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jesse.base.eth (@jessepollak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessepollak\/status\/1991190346064085209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cThis is a token for cultural leisure, more of a collectible than an investment. It does not confer ownership rights or any claims, and it should not be purchased with profit expectations,\u201d<\/em> Pollak explained in a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jessepollak\/status\/1991534103607513429\"><em>video<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He emphasized that as a content creator, he has faced the \u201cimperfections of existing systems\u201d for years, where authors do not own their works, can be blocked at any moment, and do not receive a fair share of the value created.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New solutions in the form of content creator tokens should address this issue, according to the Base founder.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cThe tools are not perfect yet. The best way to improve them is to start using them. I will test Base&#8217;s new developments on myself, see what works and what doesn\u2019t,\u201d<\/em> he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pollak also pointed to the persistent stigmatization of creator tokens and expressed hope that his personal example might attract other authors to <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-web3\">Web3<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since its launch, JESSE has increased in value by over 400%. Its market capitalization has reached $17.7 million, with a daily trading volume of $24.8 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-c564896d91eaaac9-10128283128145039-1024x422.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-270225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-c564896d91eaaac9-10128283128145039-1024x422.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-c564896d91eaaac9-10128283128145039-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-c564896d91eaaac9-10128283128145039-768x316.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-c564896d91eaaac9-10128283128145039-1536x632.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-c564896d91eaaac9-10128283128145039.png 1744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">15-minute JESSE\/USD chart on Uniswap. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/dexscreener.com\/base\/0xc39acb3ce11ebcd3e1c5d67cdfb8707ab12674449fdab859327a8aabee03cd10\">DEX Screener<\/a>.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back in April, Base <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/base-criticised-for-supporting-collapsed-token\">launched<\/a> the content coin Base is for everyone, whose price surged and then plummeted. The community criticized the project.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two snipers garnered over $1.3 million in profit during the release of the meme coin JESSE by the founder of the L2 network Base, Jesse Pollak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Two snipers earned over $1.3 million during the release of the meme coin JESSE.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1321,1161],"class_list":["post-91278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-base","tag-memes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"332","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Two snipers earned over $1.3 million during the release of the meme coin JESSE.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91280,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91278\/revisions\/91280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}