Argentine footballer Lionel Messi attracted the attention of the cryptocurrency community with an unexpected story on Instagram* (a social network banned in the Russian Federation), in which he advertised the WaterCoin (WATER) memecoin based on Solana

#WATER Recently, celebrity accounts on social networks are increasingly being hacked. Now, football legend Lionel Messi, whose Instagram audience* has more than 504 million followers, is likely to be targeted by scammers. However, everything is not so simple.

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To hack or not to hack - that is the question

On July 8, an unusual story appeared on Messi’s profile - an advertisement for the WATER memecoin. Due to recent celebrity hacks, many immediately assumed that the footballer had been hacked. However, the next day he did not delete the publication and did not leave any comments regarding the fact that attackers had access to his profile.

Some believe Messi may not be aware of the hack as he prepares to play against Canada at the Copa America.

#Solana’ However, Messi often supports environmental causes, so publishing a story mentioning the WATER “meme” coin could be a sincere move by the footballer.

$SOL According to information on the WaterCoin website, the project aims to raise awareness of water-related issues. WATER's roadmap includes four phases: token pre-sale, listing on centralized exchanges (CEX), celebrity partnerships, and turning the asset into a "charity-focused eco-currency."

WHAT'S WRONG WITH WATER

$SOL Some members of the crypto community who do not believe that Messi's account was hacked are disappointed in the football legend for such a step. They suggest that WATER was launched by the team behind the creation of the BEER memecoin.

At the beginning of June, BEER developers sold their coins in the amount of $15 million, thereby collapsing the asset’s quotes.

Messi has just introduced a paid sponsored Instagram post* promoting a memecoin created by a scam group based in Dubai to his 500 million followers. Damn, this man was my idol,” one user wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

According to analytical blockchain-$SOL

Bubblemaps platform, insiders control 30% of the WATER supply. However, such information had almost no effect on the memcoin rate, the price of which soared by 147% after Messi’s publication.#water