CoinMarketCap allegedly lists 3 fake SHIB contract addresses, Cointelegraph creates Twitter storm

There was a bit of drama on Twitter (NYSE 🙂 on Thursday, followed by Friday afternoon, by the developers behind the popular meme token (SHIB) issued a statement alleging that CoinMarketCap had listed three false SHIB contract addresses in the Binance Smart Chain (BNB), (SOL), and Luna (THE MOON) block strings. Shiba Inu staff said the addresses were unsafe and CoinMarketCap said it refused to correct the alleged error. At the time of publication, the contract addresses are still available visible In CoinMarketCap.

On the same day, CoinMarketCap responded by claiming that the addresses of the contracts listed on the page are addresses of wormholes designed to facilitate cross-chain transactions. according to To the well-known cryptocurrency price monitoring site, Shiba Inu staff did not go through the official channels to contact them and asked for more information.