Walmart and Litecoin payment messages exposed by Walmart spokesman, LTC prices tremble in front of fake messages-

On Monday, September 13th, a press release from Globenewswire.com was published, which said that it was associated with "Walmart Inc", the American multinational retail company. Several mainstream media published stories about it, including Reuters, Bloomberg and CNBC. Not long after the publication of these reports, the press release was verified by a Walmart spokesman as "not authentic".

fake walmart and litecoin messages reveal pump-and-dump program

It seems that a fake Walmart press release was released on Monday, in which it is said that the Walmart single retail chain was received with the cryptocurrency project Litecoin. Doug McMillon, the CEO of Walmart, and Charlie Lee, the Creator of Litecoin, were introduced in the press release.

In addition, a official litecoin-account with a blue checkmark also tweeted over the press release. The publication claimed that Walmart had received a partnership with Litecoin and would accept Litecoin ( ltc ) for payments. However, not too long after the press release by globenewswire.com was published The story was suspected as fake.

a number of cryptocurrency influencers tweeted that it was "fake". A person discovered Style = "Font-Weight: 400;"> that the name "Walmart-Corp.com", the email that is used in the press release by globenewswire.com has not reached an official website. The name "Walmart-Corp.com" was also registered last month.

The news never appeared in Walmart's official online newsroom and the account, which "Walmart Inc" registered, had never been published before this event. A walmart spokesman confirmed compared to CNBC that the press release published on Monday is" not authentic ".

A Walmart spokesman who spoke to Bloomberg said that the "statement about Litecoin was not authentic". The official litecoin-twitter-account Did the message tweet

*litecoin verified account deletes tweet on walmart pact

- Zerohedge (@zerohedge) 13. September 2021

litecoin ( ltc ) won 28.9 % in a period of 24 hours after the fake news was confirmed, but because the report was confirmed as fake ltc prices saw all these profits. ltc is now a few percent lower.

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