The popularity of Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Dogecoin (DOGE) has seen them bridged to other chains because of the demand. However, it has also led to a lot of scams that were either trying to play off of their success or downright copying them. The emergence of both meme coins on the Cardano blockchain has placed the community on high alert.
DOGE And SHIB On Cardano
Over the last day, users had detected that there were SHIB and DOGE tokens on the Cardano network. An established cryptocurrency debuting on a new network is nothing new but these tokens have all of the markings of a scam.
For a token like Dogecoin or Shiba Inu to legitimately appear on another blockchain, there would need to be a bridging address to the new contract, which none of these tokens have. Rather, they exist solely on the Cardano blockchain and look to have no affiliation to the original blockchains.
These tokens also look to be…