DeFiLlama Sacrificed Real Crypto to Force Apple Into Action

DeFiLlama’s team loaded a wallet with real crypto, handed it to a counterfeit version of their own app, and watched the money vanish. Apple removed the scam listing days later. Months of trademark and impersonation complaints had achieved nothing.

Only documented theft moved Apple’s reviewers, according to a post from DeFiLlama developer 0xngmi.

How the Fake DeFiLlama App Drained a Real Wallet DeFiLlama tracks capital locked across decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, and traders treat its dashboards as a reference point. That trust made the brand worth copying.

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— 0xngmi (@0xngmi) August 15, 2026 The clone was crude.