BCH jumped to $ 633 and returned to $ 593 amid a falsified press release from large American grocery chain Kroger about the adoption of the cryptocurrency.
This statement was posted on the investor page on the Kroger website. It stated that from December 1, Kroger will accept BCH cryptocurrency to pay for purchases in all stores and online. The press release was also posted on the PR Newswire website.
With this information spreading through many news outlets, BCH jumped more than $ 40, from $ 591 to $ 633. However, he then quickly returned to the $ 593 mark, as it turned out that Kroger’s claim was fabricated.
Dominic Chu by CNBC
wrote on Twitter that the channel was contacted by a Kroger spokesperson and denied accepting BCH for payments. Most likely, the grocery website was hacked by hackers, who placed a fraudulent ad in order to bump up the BCH rate. False information has been removed from the Kroger website.
In September, a similar situation happened with Litecoin. The Global Newswire website published materials with the statement of the executive director of the American retail chain Walmart about accepting LTC as payment. Walmart executives later said they hadn’t made any announcements about accepting cryptocurrencies.
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