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Decentralized finance (DeFi) users were alerted yesterday to a novel scam vector, in which scammers take over the websites of abandoned projects in order to lure former users into signing malicious “drainer” transactions. The warning came from 0xngmi, the pseudonymous founder of analytics platform DeFiLlama, who confirmed that expired domains were being removed from the platform and its browser extension, but urged users to exercise caution, nonetheless. I've noticed that scammers have started buying old abandoned defi domains to replace the frontend with drainers so if you're going to some dead defi project to withdraw some money you put there and forgot about, be careful about that — 0xngmi (@0xngmi) April 15, 2025 Read more: Compound Finance and Celer Network websites compromised in ‘front-end’ attacks  This passive tactic differs from more common scamming methods, which usually require active participation from the scammers themselves. In...

Top Web3 wallet Best Wallet ($BEST) has raised more than $500,000 in just the past week to take its total past $9.5 million. Lauded for its functionality and suitability for today’s market landscape, the non-custodial wallet recently reached over 500,000 total users, with more than 250,000 monthly active users. According to insiders at Best Wallet, the project aims to capture 40% of the crypto wallet market by next year, valued at over $10 billion. This goal aligns with the projected growth of crypto adoption, which could see users exceeding a billion in the next five years. This is why early investors are seizing the opportunity to buy its native token, $BEST, giving them a chance to ride along on Best Wallet’s growth trajectory as it aims to become the industry’s number one crypto wallet. The current price of $BEST is $0.02395 per token, but this rate is only available for the next 35 hours before it increases as the project moves to...