The group's coin was created the day before the first incident, and as of Thursday, its worth had nearly tripled in one week.

A spokesman for the cryptocurrency meme coin creators told USA TODAY Sports they launched sex toys as a lighthearted joke.

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.

A co-founder of Tornado Cash was convicted of conspiring to run an unlicensed money-transfer operation, while avoiding more serious charges that could have subjected him to decades in prison, in a closely watched case with sweeping implications for open-source development and blockchain privacy.