{"id":48679,"date":"2025-02-28T19:29:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T19:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=48679"},"modified":"2025-02-28T19:29:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T19:29:55","slug":"this-football-legend-issues-a-critical-warning-regarding-fake-meme-coins-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=48679","title":{"rendered":"This Football Legend Issues a Critical Warning Regarding Fake Meme Coins: Details"},"content":{"rendered":"

TL;DR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ronaldinho alerted the crypto community about fake meme coins using his name, denying any official token launch.<\/p>\n

The football icon\u2019s past alleged involvement in the \u201c18kRonaldinho\u201d crypto scam, which supposedly defrauded investors of over $60 million, adds skepticism to his latest announcement.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Keep an Eye for Fake Meme Coins\u2019<\/h2>\n

The meme coin sector has been one of the highlights of the last bull cycle in the cryptocurrency market. Contrary to their potential to chart impressive gains in a short <\/span>period of time<\/span>, though, these assets remain <\/span>quite<\/span> dangerous due to their dubious use cases and enhanced volatility.<\/span><\/p>\n

Interestingly, the latest warning <\/span>on the matter<\/span> came from the Brazilian football icon Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (better known as Ronaldinho). He used his official X account to <\/span>alert<\/span><\/a> people about fake meme coins with his name.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ballon d\u2019Or winner for 2005 claimed that he hasn\u2019t launched any official tokens. At the same time, though, he hyped the community with incoming \u201cbig news:\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor the entire crypto community: stay tuned because <\/span>very soon<\/span> we will<\/span> have big news here!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

His disclosure triggered mixed reactions from some well-known names in the industry. The popular analyst Michael van de Poppe <\/span>suggested <\/span><\/a>that the \u201cbig news\u201d could be that Ronalndinho had purchased Bitcoin (BTC) instead of introducing his <\/span>own<\/span> meme coin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Others <\/span>assumed<\/span><\/a> that the former football player would launch a disputable, extremely centralized project that would eventually scam millions of people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The crypto community has witnessed the birth of countless celebrity-endorsed meme coins in the past several months, many of which have disappointed<\/a> investors sooner or later. Some examples include Official Trump (TRUMP), Daddy Tate (DADDY), Mother Iggy (MOTHER), and others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ronaldinho\u2019s Previous Crypto Affairs<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Brazilian is not a newbie in the cryptocurrency industry<\/span>, jumping<\/span> on the bandwagon approximately three years ago.<\/span> Back then, he <\/span>shook hands<\/span><\/a> with Graph Blockchain\u2019s subsidiary, New World Inc., to become an ambassador of the organization and introduce NFT experiences to his numerous fans.<\/span><\/p>\n

A year later, the Brazilian authorities <\/span>launched<\/span><\/a> an investigation against Ronaldinho for his alleged involvement in a crypto scam called \u201c18kRonaldinho\u201d that pocketed over $60 million from victims.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The football legend <\/span>denied<\/span><\/a> any partnership with the entity, claiming <\/span>his image was used<\/span> without authorization. He maintained that he was also a victim of the scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n

The post This Football Legend Issues a Critical Warning Regarding Fake Meme Coins: Details<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TL;DR Ronaldinho alerted the crypto community about fake meme coins using his name, denying any official token launch. The football icon\u2019s past alleged involvement in the \u201c18kRonaldinho\u201d crypto scam, which supposedly defrauded investors of over $60 million, adds skepticism to his latest announcement. \u2018Keep an Eye for Fake Meme Coins\u2019 The meme coin sector has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":48680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48679"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}