Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday denied ties to a cryptocurrency named after her and warned the public to stay vigilant.
Takaichi Distances From Namesake Crypto
In an X post, Takaichi said that neither she nor her office has any knowledge or involvement with the so-called SANAE TOKEN.
“We have not given any approval whatsoever in this matter,” her translated X post read. “I am making this statement to ensure that the public does not labor under any misapprehensions.”
At least two such tokens with Takaichi’s photo appeared on the CoinMarketCap platform, trading with minimal market capitalization and negligible liquidity.
One of them, with a fully diluted value of …