Underneath the stewardship of CEO Dana White, the Final Combating Championship (UCF) has change into one of many largest, if not the largest group in martial arts in the present day.
Similar to the corporate’s CEO, loads of probably the most revered UFC athletes are concerned within the cryptocurrency business — the truth is, at one level, fighters even earned bonuses within the type of cryptocurrency.
Nonetheless, this affiliation hasn’t at all times gone over easily — most notably, earlier this 12 months, Khamzat Chimaev was linked to a rip-off surrounding Smash (SMASH), his personal cryptocurrency challenge that was promptly revealed to bear the markings of a typical pump and dump by on-line sleuth ZachXBT — with roughly 80% of the availability in wallets linked to Khamzat. Chimaev has since pinned the blame on his supervisor.
Now, a brand new crypto token is being ‘supported’ by yet one more UFC star — Khabib Nurmagomedov. One in all Nurmagomedov’s chief rivals within the octagon, Connor McGregor, was just lately discovered liable in a civil case for rape, which he’s set to attraction quickly. This challenge, titled Convict McGregor (CONVICT) was praised by Khabib in an X publish on November 27, though that is seemingly extra as a consequence of his rivalry with the Irishman relatively than any credibility of this challenge.
“Good job guys, you’ve got my full assist, this man deserve [sic] punishment.”
Most notably, a go to to the token’s web site reveals a reasonably suspicious disclosure on the backside of the house web page, which states:
“Convict McGregor” is a satirical memecoin impressed by public studies of Conor McGregor being discovered responsible for sexual assault in a civil case. This isn’t a felony conviction. The coin and its content material are purely for leisure and meme tradition. At all times confirm information and make investments responsibly!
Nurmagomedov himself has beforehand been concerned in an NFT challenge that was subsequently dubbed a rip-off by many. Though the promotion is most certainly well-intentioned on Khabib’s half, a non-transparent challenge like that is greatest given a large berth and prevented altogether.
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