{"id":53403,"date":"2025-08-08T01:54:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T01:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/53403\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T01:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T01:54:06","slug":"crypto-group-claims-responsibility-for-sex-toys-thrown-at-wnba-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/53403\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto group claims responsibility for sex toys thrown at WNBA games"},"content":{"rendered":"

A group of cryptocurrency meme coin creators said that they are \u201cresponsible for the sex toys being thrown at multiple WNBA games,\u201d and they are \u201cplanning more \u2018pranks,\u2019\u201d according to Meghan Hall of USA TODAY. Over the past two weeks, there have been \u201csix known incidents of green sex toys being thrown at WNBA games,\u201d with two people arrested on multiple charges<\/a> for \u201callegedly throwing the objects.\u201d A spokesperson for the group said that a \u201cgroup of crypto enthusiasts and traders launched Green Dildo Coin (DILDO), a meme coin intended to be lighthearted and perceived as a joke, in late July to protest what they describe as a \u2018toxic\u2019 environment in the crypto world.\u201d Hall notes the meme coin was created \u201cas a form of protest,\u201d and the faction began \u201cinfiltrating WNBA arenas with color-coordinated sex toys to coincide with the launch.\u201d Text messages show the \u201cgroup\u2019s coordination and planning before the coin\u2019s launch July 28 and the first sex toy being thrown at a WNBA game July 29.\u201d The group\u2019s spokesperson said that it is \u201cnot their intention to harm anyone\u201d and members of the community have been \u201cadvised to only throw their branded green items if there is a level of personal comfort and the objects can land without hitting someone.\u201d He also \u201cshot down any narrative that the sex toys were a sign of disrespect toward the women athletes\u201d (USA TODAY, 8\/7<\/a>).<\/p>\n

NOT A LAUGHING MATTER: THE ATHLETIC\u2019s Shannon Ryan wrote it is \u201cnatural for players to wonder how they should react to these bizarre, brazen and potentially embarrassing and dangerous incidents.\u201d Whatever the purpose behind this trend, it is \u201cnot incumbent on the players to laugh along with this supposed joke.\u201d These are \u201cnot just silly pranks.\u201d Ryan: \u201cMLB, MLS and preseason NFL games are ongoing. But this is only happening at WNBA games? \u2026 Interesting.\u201d WNBA players are \u201cstill the subject of an occasional punchline.\u201d While players are negotiating for higher salaries, they are \u201cstill fighting for their reputations to be respected as elite professional athletes.\u201d They have now had to \u201cbe graceful and coolly navigate being unfairly thrust into an obscene moment.\u201d The message being \u201csent by the people throwing these sex toys on the courts is loud and clear.\u201d This is \u201cnot just a prank or an opportunistic viral moment, but another attempt to demean women in sports\u201d (THE ATHLETIC, 8\/7<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A group of cryptocurrency meme coin creators said that they are \u201cresponsible for the sex toys being thrown…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630,4143],"class_list":["post-53403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba","tag-womens-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}