On January 21, according to Cointelegraph, El Salvador has once again stepped up its efforts to promote itself as a Bitcoin nation, hosting a historic week of events from January 27 to February 1 to showcase the power of Bitcoin to promote global financial freedom.
Bitcoin white paper promotional materials and its logo appear on the streets of Scotland.
India's Supreme Court's YouTube channel was hacked to promote a scam involving the XRP cryptocurrency instead of the usual live hearings. The hack caused the channel to temporarily shut down, but service was resumed later in the day. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse responded by condemning the exploitation of cryptocurrency users.
Multiple Filipino musicians' YouTube accounts were attacked promoting XRP scams, including local band Ben & Ben, boy band SB19, and musician Rico Blanco, which often direct victims to phishing websites to obtain funds.