WNBA’s String of Dildo Incidents Started Because of a Meme Coin: Report
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The recent string of dildos flying onto WNBA courts may be the work of crypto bros trying to boost the value of their meme coin.
At the end of a late-July game between the Atlanta Dream and the Golden State Valkyries, a bright green sex toy was thrown onto the court. Although the toy was quickly discarded, its presence temporarily halted play in what was shaping up to be an intense finish to a close game.
Then, it happened again during another Atlanta Dream game. This provoked a tweet from Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, who urged fans to stop throwing things on the court and putting player safety at risk.
A day later, Cunningham was hit by a dildo when the Fever took on the Los Angeles Sparks.
At the time of writing, there were at least four separate incidents of fans throwing dildos during WNBA games. According to a Friday morning report from The Athletic, the incidents may have been a coordinated effort by investors in the meme coin Green Dildo Coin. The report quotes numerous messages from an audio livestream on X/Twitter in which investors encouraged the throwing of dildos and even discussed plans for future games:
During Tuesday’s livestream, there was also talk of someone throwing another toy at the Seattle Storm’s Climate Pledge Arena during Tuesday’s game against the Minnesota Lynx, though no incident occurred, a Storm spokesperson confirmed to The Athletic.
The conversations appeared to connect to the community for a crypto memecoin called Green Dildo Coin. On Tuesday night’s livestream, members said they had been communicating with people throwing sex toys at WNBA arenas.
“I just got confirmation L.A. is out of the building,” one member of the stream said around seven minutes after the sex toy landed on the court at the Sparks game, indicating that the person who threw it had fled without being apprehended.
The report also claimed the meme coin saw its value triple in the wake of the incidents. So far, just two suspects have been arrested.
