BNB Chain was the king of rug pulls within the first quarter of 2023, with over 73.3% of such scams in the complete crypto ecosystem taking place on the community, based on an April 4 report from blockchain safety agency Immunefi.

The report, titled “Crypto Losses in Q1 2023,” investigated quite a lot of crypto hacks and scams within the first quarter of the 12 months. It discovered that Ethereum and BNB Chain have been the 2 largest targets for hackers and scammers, with 68.8% of complete losses from these networks mixed. BNB Chain, particularly, made up 41.3% of complete losses from hacks and scams.

One sort of rip-off, particularly, reigned supreme on BNB Chain: rug pulls, a sort of rip-off the place builders elevate funds after which shut up store with out delivering a services or products. Immunefi said that 73.3% of all rug pulls within the crypto ecosystem occurred on BNB Chain within the first quarter.

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Immunefi tech Lead Adrian Hetman speculated that the big variety of rug pulls on the chain could also be attributable to a tradition that promotes forking open-source code:

“BNB Chain nonetheless has a critical difficulty with builders utilizing forked code. Its neighborhood lacks a security-first method and attracts many customers in search of a fast approach to earn cash. That’s why we proceed to see the largest variety of exploits and rug pulls on this ecosystem.”

Regardless of the prevalence of those scams on BNB Chain, Immunefi additionally said that rug pulls and different frauds are a a lot smaller drawback within the crypto neighborhood than hacks or exploits. Hacks have been the “predominant trigger” of losses in Q1 2023, the report stated, whereas all frauds mixed (together with rug pulls and different scams) made up solely 4.3% of complete losses.

The primary quarter of 2023 has seen spectacular hacks and exploits, draining thousands and thousands of {dollars} from decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols. On Feb. 1, the DeFi lending app BonqDAO was the sufferer of an oracle hack, dropping $120 million in crypto. On Feb. 17, decentralized trade aggregator Dexible was hacked for over $2 million. And on March 13, Euler misplaced over $195 million of crypto within the largest DeFi assault of the quarter.