Crypto group claims it’s behind the sex toys being thrown at WNBA players

A group of cryptocurrency traders is claiming to be behind the sex toy epidemic that has disrupted several WNBA games of late. 

An anonymous spokesman for the group, who reportedly goes by @Daldo_Raine on social media, told USA Today that some crypto creators who launched a meme coin called Green Dildo Coin (DILDO) are plotting more depraved “pranks” like the ones that have overshadowed WNBA games.

At least five contests over the last week-plus have seen incidents with green dildos being thrown, some of them landing on the court during play. One person attempted to throw one during Tuesday’s Liberty game at Barclays Center, but it didn’t make it out of the stands.

Delbert Carver, 23, was reportedly arrested for throwing a green dildo onto the court during the Valkyries-Dream game in Atlanta on July 29 and charged with disorderly conduct, public indecency/indecent exposure and criminal trespass.

Kaden Lopez, 18, was reportedly arrested for allegedly throwing a sex toy toward a fan who was at Tuesday’s Mercury-Sun game with his 9-year-old niece. Lopez was booked on suspicion of disorderly conduct, assault and public display of explicit sexual material.

The craze has gotten so out of hand that the WNBA was forced to release a statement on the issue last weekend. 

“The safety and well-being of everyone in our arenas is a top priority for our league,” the league said in a recent statement. “Objects of any kind thrown onto the court or in the seating area can pose a safety risk for players, game officials, and fans. 

“In line with WNBA Arena Security Standards, any fan who intentionally throws an object onto the court will be immediately ejected and face a minimum one-year ban in addition to being subject to arrest and prosecution by local authorities.”

Fever star Sophia Cunningham took to X last week, imploring the pranksters to “Stop throwing dildos on the court … you’re going to hurt one of us.”

A dildo was then thrown at Cunningham and nicked her ankle during Tuesday’s Fever-Sparks game in Los Angeles.

After the latest incident on Tuesday, Sparks coach Lynne Roberts expressed her frustrations with the ridiculous situation.

“It’s ridiculous, it’s dumb,” Roberts said. “It’s stupid. It’s also dangerous and player safety is No. 1. Respecting the game, all those things. I think it’s really stupid.”

Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve sees the odd development as yet another chapter in the long history of “the sexualization of women.”

“This has been going on for centuries — the sexualization of women,” Reeve said. “This is the latest version of that. And it is not funny, and it should not be the butt of jokes on any radio show, or in print, or in any comments.

“The sexualization of women is what is used to hold women down. And this is no different. … These people that are doing this should be held accountable. We’re not the butt of the joke. They are the problem and we need to take action.”

Liberty player Isabelle Harrison told The Post’s Madeline Kenney that players shouldn’t have to deal with a safety issue like this.

“I think you just have to continuously prioritize the players, because it’s obviously safety, but also just so immature to me, like, I just hate that that’s being attached to our brand and our name,” Harrison said. “This is like, let’s be professional here. I get the jokes, and things can be funny, but it just gets to a point.

“I don’t take this lightly,” she added. “What my job is, it’s not a joke. I know a lot of other players feel like that, too. So we just need to take it more serious.”

Ridiculously, the crypto group claims it hasn’t been throwing dildos because “we dislike women’s sports.”

The group also says the two people arrested weren’t affiliated with them.