CZ Asks Trust Wallet to Simplify Hidden Token Controls

Zhao’s comments followed his decision to stop using a closely watched public wallet. Community members had repeatedly sent meme coins and other BNB Chain tokens to the address, sometimes hoping that visibility in his wallet would attract attention.

As crypto.news previously reported, Zhao moved roughly $965,000 to Giggle Academy before retiring the address. Onchain trackers reported transfers of approximately 1,440 BNB and 182,620 币安人生 tokens to the education project.

Zhao said it was almost impossible to clean out the wallet because anyone could continue sending new tokens. He described the retired address as effectively serving as a burn address, although it is not a protocol-defined burn address.

The private key holder could technically use the address again unless access has been destroyed or permanently surrendered. Zhao has said he will no longer use it, but blockchain records cannot verify a personal promise about future activity.

The episode also shows how public wallets linked to prominent people can become promotional tools. A token appearing in a known address does not prove that the address owner purchased, approved or endorsed it.

Zhao previously warned users not to send tokens to him and suggested that projects burn their tokens directly instead. Community members nevertheless continued monitoring the address and speculating about whether he might test selected meme coins.

Unsolicited tokens are not automatically malicious. Some can result from legitimate airdrops, marketing campaigns or ordinary transfers. Others may contain links or names intended to direct users toward fraudulent websites.

The main risk often begins when a user interacts with an unknown contract, visits a website promoted through a token or grants spending approval to a decentralized application. Simply receiving a token does not give its sender control of the wallet.

Trust Wallet separately allows users to review and revoke token approvals. Its official instructions explain that approvals authorize applications to access tokens, while the Ignore coins control concerns portfolio display.

Users should also distinguish unsolicited tokens from address poisoning. In related coverage, a crypto user lost 100,000 USDT after copying a lookalike wallet address that an attacker had planted in the transaction history. Hiding a token would not prevent that form of attack.

Trust Wallet may move the existing control closer to its main portfolio screen or reduce the number of steps required to use it. Zhao’s comment suggests the team is aware of the feedback, but it does not confirm the design, timing or availability of any change.

A formal application update, release note or statement from Trust Wallet would provide confirmation. Until then, reports that the company has announced a new privacy measure would be inaccurate.

The confirmed development is narrower. Zhao reversed his earlier opinion, identified an existing feature that he considers difficult to reach and said he assumed Trust Wallet would update it.

Users can already hide unwanted assets through the wallet interface. Those assets remain visible onchain, and avoiding interaction with unknown tokens remains the safer approach.