FC Barcelona Instagram account is promoting the new ‘$FCB’ cryptocurrency token as an official club launch.

Question

In October 2025, FC Barcelona’s official Instagram account (with over 140 million followers) was hacked and used to promote a fake cryptocurrency token called “$FCB” on the Solana blockchain. The club later acknowledged the hack and confirmed the posts were removed. The posts claimed the club was “going to the moon” and encouraged fans to invest, leading to significant losses for some users. The claim that the token was an official club launch is false; it was a scam run by hackers exploiting the club’s social network. Sources like Gulf News and BarcaUniversal cover the incident in detail.

Answer 1

This claim is true. Although, Gulf News is not necessarily a credible source, and has failed many fact checks (privately owned by Saudi), in this case it was a real event. The story was not published on many major news sources, but it was made out all across online investment and business pages such as LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fc-barcelona-instagram-account-hack-how-avoid-yourself-rijkf). The posts about the falsified $FCB crypto currency were up for over four hours before the clubs social media team saw it and began to take action.

Answer 2

On October 7 2025 FC Barcelonas offical intstagram posted about a supposed partnership, claiming the club was "building something massive on Solana" and encouraging followers with the phrase "we're going to the moon." My main sources was https://www.spikerz.com/blog/fc-barcelona-instagram-account-hack-and-how-to-avoid-it, it has a trustworthy score of 3.9/5 on trust piolot and is written by a company that actually does social media security. It states that the instagram account was hacked to promote a fraudulent crypto project on the memecoin platform Pump Fun. No official announcement appeared on the club's website, but the posts remained up for several hours before removal.  One post reached 169,000 views, had more than 1,600 comments, and was reposted around 1,400 times before it was taken down. Some fans might have believed the posts because a Barcelona crypto project didn't sound far-fetched.The club had previously launched a fan token with Socios in 2023 and featured crypto sponsors like Whitebit and Chiliz. Whitebit, a crypto exchange with ties to Justin Sun, still sponsors the team. Fortunately, FC Barcelona deleted the posts minimizing further damage.