CoinMarketCap removes allegedly fake SHIB wormhole addresses By Cointelegraph

Late Wednesday, Twitter (NYSE:) user @shibainuart reported that CoinMarketCap had removed three listed (SHIB) addresses on the Binance Smart Chain (BNB), (SOL), and (LUNA) blockchains. Only the ERC-20 (ETH) SHIB token is visible on the site at the time of publication. A massive firestorm brewed on Twitter about three weeks prior after Shiba Inu developers alleged that “CoinMarketCap has knowingly listed three fake contract addresses for SHIB. Do not interact with these addresses as your funds will be irreversibly lost.”

In response, CoinMarketCap stated that the addresses were wormhole addresses designed to facilitate cross-chain transactions. While the addresses are gone, the warning can still be seen on the SHIB token main page on the site. CoinMarketCap has not issued a statement as to the reasons behind the removal of the wormhole addresses.