Anyone remember this, lol.

Classic.

"On the morning of Sept. 13, a press release was distributed online via GlobeNewswire, a legitimate press release distribution service with the headline "Walmart Announces Major Partnership With Litecoin (LTC)."

The press release claimed Walmart was announcing a partnership with the cryptocurrency Litecoin and would start accepting the alternative digital currency as payment. The release included quotes attributed to Walmart CEO Doug McMillon and Litecoin creator Charlie Lee.

With the press release making the rounds, cryptocurrency blogs started sharing news of the Walmart and Litecoin partnership. Soon mainstream financial news outlets such as CNBC covered the release, with headlines like "Walmart to accept payments with cryptocurrencies using Litecoin." Reuters hit the news too, its piece consisting entirely of just a few sentences.

With many cryptocurrency advocates excited over the news, the story officially went viral.

Some crypto critics, such as the user behind the popular Twitter account @CryptoWhale, saw red flags with the press release. But, the cryptocurrency community saw the mainstream media coverage of the news as confirmation. When the verified @Litecoin Twitter account shared the announcement on its feed, that solidified the news."