What happened to the British Army's YouTube and Twitter accounts?

Both the British Army’s YouTube and Twitter accounts were hacked and used to promote cryptocurrency scams, the UK Ministry of Defence confirmed on Sunday. It’s unclear when exactly hackers took over the two accounts, but they both appear to be back to normal now.

What is Twitter’s role in crypto?

According to BitInfoCharts, the platform is a widespread communication and news source for crypto fans, users, and investors, as well as crypto scammers, with around 120,000 tweets each day on Bitcoin alone.

Who is behind Twitter’s new crypto unit?

“There are all these blockchain protocols that exist, and we need to figure out how to make them useful and accessible for real people,” adds Tess Rinearson, who came on in November as engineering lead of the new Twitter Crypto unit.