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Gaming DAO warns users of fake airdrops amid social media hacks

The decentralized game publisher said their team has witnessed a significant rise in phishing attempts within their community and in the Arbitrum ecosystem. A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) focusing on gaming has recently warned its users that some of its X accounts were compromised. The company reminded its community that they don’t have airdrop s, new mints or anything else planned.  In a tweet published on July 24, decentralized game publisher Treasure posted that their X accounts Playontreasure and Playbridgeworld were taken over by hackers. The organization warned users to refrain from interacting with links shared by the accounts. PSA Please do not interact with links shared by @PlayOnTreasure + @playbridgeworld at this time. The accounts have unfortunately been hacked and we are working to regain access. There is NO airdrop , new mint of TreasureTags, or anything else planned for today. Be safe. — Treasure (@Treasure_DAO) July 24, 2023 After working to r...

The disappointing history of XRP airdrops

In hopes of attracting organic activity, airdrops were once a popular way to bootstrap adoption for new crypto networks. XRP was particularly attractive due to its ultra-low transaction fees. When the SEC sued Ripple for conducting an unregistered securities sale in December 2020, several XRP -friendly airdrops were quickly launched. Fearing that the US government might shut down the XRP Ledger, win a debilitating financial settlement against Ripple, or otherwise inhibit growth in the industry, many projects viewed early 2021 as the last opportunity to run a successful airdrop campaign to XRP token holders. However, most social media accounts of airdrops from this time either no longer exist or have become inactive. Some accounts claimed to support a good cause; others used a celebrity’s image — possibly without permission — or used suspicious marketing tactics. Flare (FLR) airdrop The largest airdrop in XRP history was Flare. It took a snapshot of the XRP network on...