The incidents have drawn outrage from players and fans of a league already subject to continuous racist and misogynist attacks online.

A pair of reports published Thursday linked the recent rise of sex toys being thrown onto WNBA courts to a cryptocurrency group pushing a memecoin.

A cryptocurrency meme coin group has taken responsibility for a series of disruptions at WNBA games in recent weeks involving neon green sex toys being thrown onto the court during live action. A representative of the group told USA Today that the acts have been part of a coordinated publicity stunt tied to the launch of their coin and were not an attack on women's sports.

"We didn't do this because like we dislike women's sports or, like, some of the narratives that are trending right now are ridiculous," the crypto group's spokesman said. "Creating disruption at games is like,

After more than five incidents of lime green sex toys being launched onto courts mid-game, on Wednesday, Aug. 6, an anonymous source in the cryptocurrency world confirmed to ESPN that he’s a part of a group that orchestrated the viral crude stunt.