Don’t fear, Metallica followers, the band didn’t all of a sudden turn into crypto scammers. Or, at the very least, it appears unlikely that they have been supporting the crypto rip-off firm. Metallica might have completed some questionable cross-promotions up to now (the Mission Not possible 2 soundtrack involves thoughts) however, thus far, it appears that evidently they haven’t stooped to truly scamming their followers with crypto.
In a sequence of tweets that began round 8 p.m. EST yesterday — which have since been deleted, however caught the attention of Loudwire — the band’s hacked Twitter account promoted “a dynamic new token on the Solana blockchain poised to revolutionize the way you expertise occasions and store on-line.” The tweets made a number of different doubtful claims concerning the cryptocurrency referred to as METAL corresponding to that Ticketmaster was concerned with the foreign money as an official collaboration as was a crypto agency generally known as MoonPay.
MoonPay responded to the posts by warning their followers to not belief the tweets, pulling off a number of respectable Metallica puns within the course of, tweeting:
“MoonPay Security Alert
“If somebody is providing you a $METAL token, they don’t seem to be the grasp of puppets – they’re the grasp of scams!
“Maintain your keys protected and experience the lightning responsibly!”
As said earlier, the band has since deleted the tweets, leaving only some retweets concerning the incident because the final proof that something unusual had occurred on the account.
Now we will all return to letting bands like Avenged Sevenfold and Megadeth run their very own crypto scams. That method Metallica can concentrate on issues like making an attempt to rip-off children out of their V-Bucks by having an occasion in Fortnite. Truthfully, that may be sketchier than crypto.
To see the true band and never a bunch of scammers, try Metallica on the remainder of the dates of their M72 tour:
JUL 12 & 14, 2024 – MADRID, SPAIN – ESTADIO CÍVITAS METROPOLITANO
AUG 2 & 4, 2024 – FOXBOROUGH, MA – GILLETTE STADIUM
AUG 9 & 11, 2024 – CHICAGO, IL – SOLDIER FIELD
AUG 16 & 18, 2024 – MINNEAPOLIS, MN – U.S. BANK STADIUM
AUG 23 & 25, 2024 – EDMONTON, CANADA – COMMONWEALTH STADIUM
AUG 30 & SEP 1, 2024 – SEATTLE, WA – LUMEN FIELD
SEP 20 & 22, 2024 – MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – FORO SOL***
SEP 27 & 29, 2024 – MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – FORO SOL***
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