Lionel Messi, the Argentine soccer player who has won the Ballon d’Or eight times, and Ronaldinho, the former Brazilian soccer star, have promoted WATER, a Solana-based meme coin, to their almost 600 million followers on Instagram. The project, advertised as a “charity token,” argues its objective is “to use the power of meme community to…
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On Monday, professional football player Lionel Messi promoted a Solana-based memecoin to his 504 million Instagram followers. The Argentine player shared a link to Watercoin (WATER), propelling the token by 350%. The crypto community has expressed concern about Messi’s endorsement of the project. Global Football Stars Promote WATER Lionel Messi, one of the best players…
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After the New York Times (NYT) published an editorial about bitcoin mining, claiming the industry is harmful to the environment, an organization called Stop the Presses took issue with the Times’ paper usage. Stop the Presses launched a social media campaign against the NYT’s newspaper production. The organization’s website, nytimesup.org, alleges that the company “kills…
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