Trust Wallet Chrome Extension Relaunched; v2.71.0 Adds Support for Customer Service Verification
Trust Wallet’s browser extension has been relisted on the Chrome Web Store, the team announced on X. The relaunch follows a recent supply-chain compromise of the Trust Wallet browser extension (v2.68) that caused significant losses and prompted a claims process. Trust Wallet also released version 2.71.0, which includes customer-service verification code support to assist in processing user claims. The company previously reported thousands of affected wallets and received over 2,630 claim submissions as it worked to investigate the incident and accelerate reimbursements. The announcement aims to restore user access to the extension while improving support mechanisms during the ongoing remediation.
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Relisting the Trust Wallet extension and releasing v2.71.0 with customer-service verification helps restore access and improves the claims process, which reduces operational friction and may rebuild user confidence. However, because the relaunch follows a recent supply-chain attack that caused substantial losses and exposed security risks, overall market sentiment will likely remain cautious. Short-term impact: neutral to slightly negative — affected users may withdraw funds or avoid using the extension until they feel reassured, and traders could price in continued uncertainty for wallets tied to browser extensions. Long-term impact: conditional recovery — if Trust Wallet demonstrates transparent remediation, timely reimbursements, and strengthened security (e.g., audits, integrity checks), user trust and utility could rebound, limiting lasting market damage. Similar past incidents (browser-extension or custodial wallet compromises) show an initial liquidity pullback and negative sentiment, followed by stabilization when accountability and patches are delivered. For traders, monitor on-chain outflows from affected addresses, claims payout progress, official security audit disclosures, and any reappearance of counterfeit apps in stores — these indicators will signal whether confidence is returning or risks persist.