DefiLlama Delayed Mobile App Launch Until Apple Removed Fake App Store Listings

TLDR

• DefiLlama held back its mobile app launch until Apple removed fake apps impersonating the platform
• Founder 0xngmi says Apple took months to act on reports, but removed one fake app within days after a test wallet was drained
• The real DefiLlama app is now live on iOS and Android
• Apple rejected over 320,000 copycat or misleading app submissions in 2024
• Fake crypto apps have caused millions in losses, including a lawsuit over $1.835 million in Bitcoin stolen via fake Sparrow Wallet apps

DefiLlama, a popular DeFi analytics platform, deliberately delayed the launch of its mobile app because fake apps were impersonating it on Apple’s App Store. The company’s pseudonymous founder, 0xngmi, shared the details in an X post on August 15.

We had been trying to take down a fake DefiLlama app on apple’s store for months, telling Apple about trademark violations, impersonation…

Then we loaded a small wallet, downloaded the app, got drained as expected and reported it to Apple.

App was taken down in days after that

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