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On Monday, September 13, rumors about Walmart supporting Litecoin payments stormed Satoshi Street. The news appeared on credible press-news distributer GlobeNewswire who has now pulled down the story after the Litecoin Foundation and Walmart confirmed no such reality.
This led to what appears to be a classic case of pump and dump. In just one hour, the LTC price shot up by 25% to $231 and dropped back to $180 levels.
Litecoin creator Charlie Lee had a word recently with Bloomberg TV where he said that there was definitely not anyone from their end behind this.
However, he said that they âscrewed upâ as one of the social media executives got too eager and shared the story to their Twitter account after news outlets like Reuters also reported it. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Lee said:
âWe try our best to not tweet fake news and this time we really screwed up. I deny that it has anything to do with us and weâll try our best to figure out who did it â and we will stop fake news from spreading.â
Litecoin Walmart Fake News Was A Surprise to Lee
In the interview, Lee also added that he too was quite surprised to see the hoax announcement. He noted:
âThis morning I woke up and found out that Walmart is accepting Litecoin, and I was like, âWow thatâs awesome,â â and it turned out to be fake. We didnât have a partnershipâ.
Lee added that Litecoin is a completely decentralized platform. Thus, anyone can accept LTC payments without taking the organizationâs permission first. However, he notes that fake news has been the nature of the crypto industry or any industry for the sake, and itâs not much in control of the Litecoin Foundation to stop the random actors from spreading them.
All the parties involved with the news are actively investigating the matter.
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