Blockchain explorer SnowTrace to shut down amid Etherscan fee controversy
The popular blockchain explorer tool for Avalanche, SnowTrace, is set to shut down its website, stirring up controversy over Etherscan’s annual subscription fees. SnowTrace, powered by Etherscan’s Explorer-as-a-Service (EaaS) toolkit, will cease operations on November 30. The SnowTrace team has urged users to save backup information such as private name tags and contact verification details […]
Scammers use clone sites of Blockworks and Etherscan to deceive crypto users.
Phishing fraudsters have devised a new scam, creating sham duplicate sites of crypto media outlet Blockworks and Ethereum blockchain scanner Etherscan, to dupe crypto users into connecting their wallets to a crypto drainer. Their deceitful tactics are centred around a faux news of a $37 million Uniswap exploit. The counterfeit Blockworks site displays a forged […]
Binance’s “Hot Wallet 7” sends $240,000 to suspected phishing address: what really happened?
A recent transaction on Etherscan revealed that Binance’s official “Hot Wallet 7” transferred $240,000 worth of USDC to an address labeled as “Fake_Phishing.” However, before jumping to conclusions, it’s important to consider a more plausible explanation. It is likely that the owner of the “Fake_Phishing” address made a standard withdrawal from Binance, and Binance was […]