Trust Wallet Launches Address Poisoning Protection

TheNewsCryptoPublished on 2026-03-10Last updated on 2026-03-10

Abstract

Trust Wallet has launched a new security feature called Address Poisoning Protection to safeguard users from a common crypto scam. The tool, available on mobile across over 32 EVM chains, scans transactions in real-time to detect fraudulent addresses and alerts users before they send funds. It uses intelligence from HashDit and Binance Security to identify known scam addresses and provides a side-by-side comparison to highlight differences. This initiative responds to the rising threat of address poisoning, where scammers send small transactions from similar-looking addresses to trick users. Trust Wallet estimates 34,000 such attacks occur hourly, targeting millions. The feature builds on the wallet’s existing security stack, including a transaction-risk tool introduced in 2023. Other platforms like Ledger Live and Safe also offer similar protections against this growing threat.

Trust Wallet has rolled out a new security feature to safeguard users from a common type of crypto scam known as address poisoning. The feature will be accessible on Trust Wallet for mobile over 32 EVM chains, with extra chains planned.

As per the publication, the new Trust Address Poisoning Protection will instinctively scan user transactions to detect false addresses and alert users before any false funds are sent, a scam that comprises sending small transactions from similar wallet addresses to trick users into copying the wrong place.

The tool will leverage aggregated intelligence from HashDit and Binance Security to verify known scam and similar addresses. It will also make a side-by-side comparison to show where the addresses differ.

The chief executive officer of Trust Wallet, Felix Fan, mentioned that the threat is made to be invisible: a few characters buried in the middle of a long string, easy to miss and expensive to ignore.

Others To Permit Automatic Transaction

Address Poisoning Protection is the response to that reality: automatic, real-time alerts that offer users the information they need before they act. Chainalysis has reported recently that around $17 billion was lost to crypto scams in 2025, mainly influenced by the rise of AI-enabled impersonation tactics.

Trust Wallet is not the sole entity to permit automatic transaction protections. Ledger Live, for instance, provides “clear signing” to give complete transaction details along with a whitelisting option for trusted addresses.

Safe, which also provides some address poisoning safeguarding, mentioned that this form of “spoofing” is comparatively new and has been a surging issue in the past few years. Security firm Cyvers mentioned that it has been finding over 1 million address-poisoning preparations per day on Ethereum, while Trust approximates 34,000 attacks occur every hour, aiming at 17 million victims, as per the spokesperson.

For its part, Trust Wallet mentions Address Poisoning Protection is set to be made on its current security stack, comprising a transaction-level risk tool launched in 2023.

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