Skip to main content
AVOID.NET
Sign in
← Zapperreviewed 2026-09-06 · 24 claims checked

Fact-check findings

What an automated fact-checker found when it re-read Zapper against the sources the page cites. Only the most recent review is shown.

Read this first

These findings are produced by an automated reviewer, and its results vary between runs: the same page, checked three times on the same day, came back with 15%, 20% and 34% of its claims disputed, mostly because each run extracted a different number of claims. Treat what follows as leads, not rulings.

“Disputed” means the reviewer could not reconcile the claim with the evidence it cited. It does not mean the claim is false. “Unverifiable” means no reachable source settled it either way.

Nothing here changes the page on its own. A proposed correction is applied only after a human moderator approves it; until then the page reads as it did when reviewed.

disputed 6link rot 3partially supported 1confirmed 149 corrections pending · 0 applied

disputed

6 claims

The reviewer could not reconcile the claim with the evidence it cited. This is a lead, not a ruling that the claim is false.

  1. #4[disputed][awaiting moderator]in section: Funding and Investors
    “A seed round in early 2020 raised $1.5 million from Coinbase Ventures, CoinFund, and CoinGecko Ventures.”
    reviewerA seed round in early 2020 raised $1.5 million from Coinbase Ventures, CoinFund, and CoinGecko Ventures.The page conflates the original $1.5M seed round (led by Framework Ventures/Libertus Capital, closed ~August 2020, with CoinFund and CoinGecko as participants) with a later November 2020 extension that added Coinbase Ventures and Delphi Digital. 'Early 2020' as a closing date and 'Coinbase Ventures' as a co-investor in the $1.5M round are both unsupported by primary sourcing.
    Proposed correction (not yet applied)
    A seed round in August 2020 raised $1.5 million led by Framework Ventures and Libertus Capital, with participation from CoinFund and CoinGecko; Coinbase Ventures joined in a follow-on extension that November.
    citedcryptobriefing.com/defi-homepage-zapper-…m-funding-round/
  2. #5[disputed][awaiting moderator]in the timeline
    “Zapper raises $1.5 million seed round from Coinbase Ventures, CoinFund, and CoinGecko Ventures.”
    reviewerZapper raises $1.5 million seed round from Coinbase Ventures, CoinFund, and CoinGecko Ventures.Duplicate of the seed-round investor error found in sections[1].content; same underlying mistake.
    Proposed correction (not yet applied)
    Zapper raises $1.5 million seed round led by Framework Ventures and Libertus Capital, with participation from CoinFund and CoinGecko; Coinbase Ventures joins in a follow-on extension in November 2020.
    citedfinance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/article…d-054302955.html
  3. #13[disputed][awaiting moderator]in the timeline
    “2026-07-09”
    reviewerCEO Seb Audet publicly announces Zapper will wind down on 2026-07-09.The page's cited source (The Coin Republic) was published July 9, 2026, reporting on an announcement that multiple other outlets (The Block, and secondary summaries of Seb Audet's tweet) date to July 8, 2026. The timeline appears to have used the reporting-article publish date rather than the actual announcement date.
    Proposed correction (not yet applied)
    2026-07-08
    citedwww.thecoinrepublic.com/2026/07/09/defi-…sing-15-million/
  4. #19[disputed][awaiting moderator]in section: Broader Industry Context
    “Industry analysts note that while crypto venture capital funding increased 57.6% year-over-year to $4.21 billion in Q2 2026, deal volume contracted ninefold over ten quarters, with capital concentrating among fewer, larger projects and leaving mid-tier infrastructure products without a viable path to profitability.”
    reviewerCrypto venture capital funding increased 57.6% year-over-year to $4.21 billion in Q2 2026, with deal volume contracting ninefold over ten quarters.None of the three sources cited for this section contain these statistics, and independent reporting on Q2 2026 crypto VC funding gives materially different numbers (e.g., $4.5B total, down 22% quarter-over-quarter per CryptoSlate). The specific '57.6% year-over-year to $4.21 billion' and 'ninefold over ten quarters' figures could not be traced to any source and conflict with the closest comparable published data.
    Proposed correction (not yet applied)
    Industry analysts note that crypto venture capital funding in Q2 2026 totaled roughly $4.5 billion — about double the year-earlier period even as deal volume fell to multi-year lows — with capital concentrating among fewer, larger projects and leaving mid-tier infrastructure products without a viable path to profitability.
    citedcoincentral.com/mark-cuban-backed-zapper…d-its-not-alone/coin360.com/news/zapper-shutdown-defi-dashboardcrypto-economy.com/defi-dashboard-zapper…-chain-tracking/
  5. #23[disputed][awaiting moderator]in the cited sources
    “https://web.archive.org/web/20260804004726/https://coincentral.com/crypto-exchange-ascendex-shuts-down-after-hot-wallet-warning/”
    reviewerThe archived snapshot recorded for the CoinCentral Zapper shutdown article actually captures that article.The archive_url field for this citation does not correspond to the article it is supposed to archive; it appears to be a copy-paste/metadata error from a different investigation (an AscendEX exchange piece). The live 'url' field itself is correct and was independently confirmed to contain the claimed Zapper content; only the archive metadata is wrong. Direct fetch of web.archive.org was not possible in this session (tool restriction), but the mismatch is evident from the archive URL's embedded original-URL string alone.
    citedcoincentral.com/mark-cuban-backed-zapper…d-its-not-alone/
  6. #24[disputed][awaiting moderator]in the cited sources
    “https://web.archive.org/web/20260803065629/https://blockonomi.com/solana-sol-faces-critical-test-at-76-support-level-as-bears-target-22-decline/”
    reviewerThe archived snapshot recorded for the Blockonomi Zapper shutdown article actually captures that article.Same category of error as sources_used[1]: the archive_url metadata points to a different, unrelated article on the same domain. The live 'url' field itself was independently confirmed to be correct and live.
    citedblockonomi.com/zapper-defi-platform-call…r-seven-year-run

partially supported

1 claim

The cited evidence supports part of the claim but not all of it.

  1. #16[partially supported][awaiting moderator]in section: User Protection: Wallet Permission Revocation
    “Users who interacted with Zapper's swap, liquidity, or transaction features are advised to audit and revoke outstanding wallet approvals using tools such as Revoke.cash or Etherscan's token approval checker before or immediately after the August 3, 2026 closure.”
    reviewerUsers who approved ERC-20 token spending permissions via Zapper may retain lingering on-chain authorizations after shutdown and should audit/revoke them.The underlying technical claim (ERC-20 approvals persist independent of a dApp's operational status and can be exploited) is accurate and well-documented, but the specific cited source (Crypto Adventure) does not discuss this risk at all, and no source specifically ties this advisory to Zapper's shutdown — it is the page's own risk inference rather than reported fact.
    citedcryptoadventure.com/zapper-to-shut-down-…rly-seven-years/revoke.cash/exploitswww.dextools.io/tutorials/revoke-token-a…ty-tutorial-2026

confirmed

14 claims

The cited evidence supports the claim as written.

  1. #1[confirmed][no action needed]in section: Platform Overview and History
    “The platform was founded in 2019 and won Kyber Network's DeFi Hackathon in its inaugural year.”
    reviewerZapper was founded in 2019 and won Kyber Network's DeFi Hackathon in its inaugural year.Both cited outlets consistently state Zapper (or its DeFiZap predecessor) was founded/launched in 2019 and won the Kyber hackathon that year; minor technical nuance that the Zapper brand itself formed via a 2020 merger of DeFiZap/DeFiSnap is not reflected but is not contradicted by any cited source.
    citedcoincentral.com/mark-cuban-backed-zapper…d-its-not-alone/blockonomi.com/zapper-defi-platform-call…r-seven-year-run
  2. #2[confirmed][no action needed]in section: Platform Overview and History
    “It grew to serve over 2 million monthly active users at its peak and processed more than $13 billion in transaction volume over its lifespan.”
    reviewerZapper grew to serve over 2 million monthly active users at its peak and processed more than $13 billion in transaction volume.Figures are self-reported by Zapper/press at announcement and repeated consistently across CoinCentral, Blockonomi and other outlets; no independent on-chain verification of these numbers was located.
    citedcoincentral.com/mark-cuban-backed-zapper…d-its-not-alone/
  3. #3[confirmed][no action needed]in the summary
    “Zapper was a DeFi portfolio tracking and interaction platform founded in 2019 that reached 2 million monthly active users and raised approximately $16.5 million from investors including Mark Cuban and Framework Ventures.”
    reviewerZapper raised approximately $16.5 million from investors including Mark Cuban and Framework Ventures.Total of $16.5M ($1.5M seed + $15M Series A) is corroborated by multiple outlets; Mark Cuban and Framework Ventures are correctly identified as investors.
    citedcryptobriefing.com/defi-homepage-zapper-…m-funding-round/markcubancompanies.com/companies/zapper-fi/
  4. #6[confirmed][no action needed]in section: Funding and Investors
    “In May 2021, Framework Ventures led a $15 million Series A that included participation from Mark Cuban, Sound Ventures (co-founded by Ashton Kutcher), Spartan Group, DeFiance Capital, ParaFi Capital, and Aave founder Stani Kulechov.”
    reviewerIn May 2021, Framework Ventures led a $15 million Series A that included participation from Mark Cuban, Sound Ventures, Spartan Group, DeFiance Capital, ParaFi Capital, and Stani Kulechov.Investor list and round size are corroborated by two independent outlets.
    citedcryptobriefing.com/defi-homepage-zapper-…m-funding-round/
  5. #7[confirmed][no action needed]in the timeline
    “Zapper closes $15 million Series A led by Framework Ventures, with Mark Cuban, Sound Ventures (Ashton Kutcher), Spartan Group, DeFiance Capital, ParaFi Capital, and Stani Kulechov (Aave) participating.”
    reviewerZapper closes $15 million Series A led by Framework Ventures on May 17, 2021.Date and investor list confirmed by multiple independent sources.
    citedcryptobriefing.com/defi-homepage-zapper-…m-funding-round/
  6. #8[confirmed][no action needed]in section: Platform Overview and History
    “Co-founder and CEO Seb Audet described the platform's mission as building 'the homepage of DeFi' — an accessible entry point for retail users engaging with on-chain protocols.”
    reviewerCo-founder and CEO Seb Audet described the platform's mission as building 'the homepage of DeFi.'Direct quote attribution to Audet is verified.
    citedcryptobriefing.com/defi-homepage-zapper-…m-funding-round/
  7. #9[confirmed][no action needed]in section: April 2025 Domain Hijacking Incident
    “Zapper's official account on X (formerly Twitter) issued an urgent public warning: 'An attacker has socially engineered Netim, our .fi domain provider. DO NOT VISIT OR CLICK ANY LINKS ON THIS DOMAIN. zapper(.xyz) is the only way to access our website.'”
    reviewerOn approximately April 1, 2025, attackers executed a social engineering attack against Netim, hijacking the zapper.fi domain and redirecting visitors to a phishing page, with Zapper posting a public warning to use zapper.xyz only.Quoted tweet text and April 1, 2025 date are corroborated by multiple independent secondary sources reproducing the same wording; the primary X post itself could not be directly fetched in this session (blocked/paywalled) but its content is independently reproduced elsewhere.
    citedx.com/zapper_fi/status/1907089451223781877www.aicoin.com/en/news-flash/2295090www.chaincatcher.com/en/article/2175147www.binance.com/en/square/post/22338475113017
  8. #10[confirmed][no action needed]in the timeline
    “Attackers socially engineer Netim, Zapper's .fi domain registrar, hijacking the zapper.fi domain and redirecting users to a phishing page. Zapper migrates to zapper.xyz as the canonical domain.”
    reviewerAttackers socially engineer Netim, Zapper's .fi domain registrar, hijacking the zapper.fi domain in April 2025.Consistent with multiple independent reports of the incident.
    citedx.com/zapper_fi/status/1907089451223781877
  9. #11[confirmed][no action needed]in section: April 2025 Domain Hijacking Incident
    “Multiple reporting outlets noted that the platform 'struggled to recover' from this breach in terms of user trust, and it is cited as a contributing factor in the eventual decision to shut down.”
    reviewerMultiple reporting outlets noted that Zapper 'struggled to recover' from the domain hijack breach, and it is cited as a contributing factor in the shutdown decision.The specific cited source for this section (ChainCatcher) does not itself discuss the trust/shutdown linkage, but an independent outlet (Parameter.io, not cited on the page) does corroborate the characterization, so the claim is confirmed via independent reporting even though the page's own citation for this sentence is thin.
    citedcoincentral.com/mark-cuban-backed-zapper…d-its-not-alone/
  10. #12[confirmed][no action needed]in section: Shutdown Announcement and Stated Rationale
    “CEO Seb Audet announced the platform's closure publicly on X in early July 2026. His statement read: 'After close to 7 years building Zapper, I regret to announce that Zapper will be winding down.'”
    reviewerCEO Seb Audet publicly announced the platform's closure on X in early July 2026, with the quoted statement.The quote is verified verbatim. 'Early July 2026' is imprecise but not incorrect, unlike the specific date used in the timeline entry for this same event (see separate finding).
    citedfinance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/article…d-054302955.html
  11. #14[confirmed][no action needed]in section: Shutdown Announcement and Stated Rationale
    “All services — including the zapper.xyz website, mobile applications, and API platform — ceased operations on August 3, 2026.”
    reviewerAll services — including the zapper.xyz website, mobile applications, and API platform — ceased operations on August 3, 2026.August 3, 2026 shutdown date is corroborated by multiple independent outlets.
    citedfinancefeeds.com/defi-dashboard-zapper-t…rvices-on-aug-3/cointelegraph.com/news/defi-dashboard-za…fter-seven-years
  12. #15[confirmed][no action needed]in the timeline
    “Zapper permanently shuts down all services: the zapper.xyz website, mobile applications, and API platform. API customers receive transition emails. Ctrl Wallet also closes on the same date.”
    reviewerZapper permanently shuts down all services on 2026-08-03; Ctrl Wallet also closes on the same date.Both the Zapper shutdown date and the coincidental Ctrl Wallet closure date are independently corroborated.
    citedfinancefeeds.com/defi-dashboard-zapper-t…rvices-on-aug-3/
  13. #17[confirmed][no action needed]in section: Post-Shutdown Phishing and Impersonation Risk
    “The shutdown of a well-known platform with 2 million former monthly active users creates conditions that are historically exploited by scammers.”
    reviewerThe shutdown creates conditions historically exploited by scammers, including fake 'Zapper migration' or 'fund recovery' phishing campaigns.This is a reasoned security inference grounded in a well-established pattern (also visible in the contemporaneous Ctrl Wallet shutdown) rather than a specific reported incident about Zapper; treated as confirmed as a general, well-supported risk statement.
    citedx.com/zapper_fi/status/1907089451223781877coin98.com/blog/what-to-do-when-a-defi-p…ocol-shuts-down/
  14. #18[confirmed][no action needed]in section: Broader Industry Context
    “Other platforms that ceased operations in or around the same period include TapTools (Cardano analytics, closed June 2026), Botanix (Bitcoin DeFi, closed late June 2026 citing weak demand), Ctrl Wallet (closed August 3, 2026, same date as Zapper), Nifty Gateway and Rodeo (NFT marketplaces), Leap (Cosmos wallet), and Dmail.”
    reviewerOther platforms that ceased operations in or around the same period include TapTools (closed June 2026), Botanix (closed late June 2026), Ctrl Wallet (closed August 3, 2026), Nifty Gateway and Rodeo, Leap, and Dmail.The cited article does not itself mention Ctrl Wallet, but Ctrl Wallet's closure date is independently verified elsewhere; the overall list of contemporaneous shutdowns is accurate.
    citedcoincentral.com/mark-cuban-backed-zapper…d-its-not-alone/
How this fits together. The reviewer reads the published page and its cited sources and records one finding per claim. A human moderator decides whether each proposed correction is applied; those decisions, and the score changes they cause, appear in the audit log. Earlier review runs are not shown here; only the latest reflects the page as it stands.