Social-media impersonation scam spike

GMX v2 (GMX Synthetics)'s assessment for RD-F-109 — scored gray on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

No documented spike in Discord/Telegram/X accounts impersonating GMX DeFi protocol team or announcing fake airdrops at assessment date. Note: search results surfaced GMX.net/GMX.com email service phishing incidents — these are a separate unrelated entity (Global Mail eXchange). No DeFi-specific GMX protocol impersonation spike confirmed. Profile §9 notes Discord not confirmed from public search. Requires social-media monitoring tool. Gray — no specific spike confirmed.

Sources #

Curator note
Web search results — no impersonation incident for GMX DeFi protocol specificallyretrieved 2026-05-05

Methodology #

Detect a sharp uptick in Discord/Telegram/X accounts impersonating the protocol team or announcing fake airdrops.

See the full factor methodology and distribution across all protocols →

rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol gmx-v2 factor RD-F-109 score gray collected_at 2026-05-05 11:15:06