The Twitter account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been hacked with fake news that India has adopted Bitcoin as its official currency. The episode comes at a time when the New Delhi government is preparing to present a bill to ban Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies, creating the conditions for the launch of a national CBDC currency.
“India has officially adopted Bitcoin as its legal currency. The government has officially bought 500 Btc and is distributing it to the population.” Recited the message on tweet.
The hacked message was quickly deleted, also because it contained a link – probably a link-scam – that could be viewed by Modi’s approximately 73 million followers.
The action came shortly after the Indian government announced that it intends to pass a law that will ban all types of private cryptocurrencies and create a central bank-controlled institution for a CBDC. Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi had agreed on the need for a law that would guarantee a market closed to cryptocurrencies other than that of the central bank, controlled by the government, with the usual spurious reasons that see the cryptocurrency markets in the smell of money laundering. and terrorist financing.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had often been critical of bitcoin, publicly saying it poses a danger to young people.
