{"id":558924,"date":"2026-02-21T06:53:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T06:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/uniswap-founder-slams-scam-crypto-ads-after-victim-lost-everything\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T06:53:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T06:53:03","slug":"uniswap-founder-slams-scam-crypto-ads-after-victim-lost-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/uniswap-founder-slams-scam-crypto-ads-after-victim-lost-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Uniswap founder slams scam crypto ads after victim &#8216;lost everything&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDEvMDE5YmMzNjItODQxYS03NzliLTg3YzktMzhmYzVhNzljNGRjLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Uniswap founder slams scam crypto ads after victim 'lost everything'\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Uniswap founder Hayden Adams highlighted a case where a victim lost a \u201cmid-six-figure\u201d portfolio to a fake top search result posing as Uniswap.<\/p>\n<p>Hayden Adams, founder of the decentralized exchange Uniswap, has warned users about fraudulent ads impersonating the platform, highlighting a case in which a victim reportedly lost everything.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after January saw the highest amount of money stolen in crypto scams in 11 months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScam ads keep returning despite years of reporting,\u201d Adams<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/haydenzadams\/status\/2024732245370544498?s=20\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> said<\/a> in an X post on Friday. \u201cThere were scam Uniswap apps while we waited months for App Store approval,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/uniswap-fake-ads-drain-user-wallets-hayden-adams\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uniswap founder Hayden Adams highlighted a case where a victim lost a \u201cmid-six-figure\u201d portfolio to a fake top search result posing as Uniswap. Hayden Adams, founder of the decentralized exchange Uniswap, has warned users about fraudulent ads impersonating the platform, highlighting a case in which a victim reportedly lost everything. It comes after January saw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":558925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-558924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}