Deepfake video puts Cristiano Ronaldo’s face on a crypto scam
The post Deepfake video puts Cristiano Ronaldo’s face on a crypto scam appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. In a video that has been going around since early July, Cristiano Ronaldo seems to be telling fans to buy a token called USWR. The video isn’t real. It was made based on a real interview the captain of Portugal gave at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The fake endorsement came out while Ronaldo was getting all the attention at the tournament. It spread even more after Portugal lost to Spain in the round of 16 and was eliminated. “I’m not a big investment advice kind of guy, but if you put every dollar you have into USWR, you’ll be very happy at the end of July,” a fake Ronaldo says in the staged video. He didn’t say it. AFP says that the token is based on a claim to ownership in the “United States Water Reserve.” The short, fake video of Ronaldo sends fans to a website named uswr[.]ai. One Instagram post from July 4 tried to sell the video as a scoop. It asked if anyone else had heard Ro