MEV Bot Front-Runs Exploiter, Captures $7.7M in rsETH Before Kelp Freezes Address

This episode highlights how MEV infrastructure can act as an unintended circuit breaker during live exploits, with a bot effectively seizing funds faster than the protocol's own response. The outcome also shows that freezing a receiving address is a blunt, reactive tool: it can lock assets, but it does not resolve who ultimately holds or controls them. The open question is whether such front-running becomes a routine feature of exploit response, and how protocols weigh temporary freezes against the operational and legal complications they create.