2020-03-22
New York Times
A behind-the-scenes account on the creation of Petro, Venezuela's oil-backed cryptocurrency, whose author fled the country after becoming subject to persecution
a high-stakes cryptocurrency tale about an idealist who agreed to create a digital coin for the dictator of Venezuela. https://www.nytimes.com/... Nathaniel Popper / @nathanielpopper : This is the fir...
2018-09-03
Reuters
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A week after pegging its money, pensions, and salaries to Petro cryptocurrency, Venezuela still fails to show proof that anyone is using Petro for transactions
ATAPIRIRE, Venezuela (Reuters) - To hear Venezuela's leftist President Nicolas Maduro tell it, this remote hamlet of 1,300 souls …
2018-09-02
Reuters
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A week after pegging its money, pensions, and salaries to Petro cryptocurrency, Venezuela still fails to show proof that anyone is using Petro for transactions
ATAPIRIRE, Venezuela (Reuters) - To hear Venezuela's leftist President Nicolas Maduro tell it, this remote hamlet of 1,300 souls …
2018-03-22
TIME
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Investigation finds Russian businessmen and senior Kremlin advisers secretly helped Venezuela launch its Petro cryptocurrency, aimed at eroding US sanctions
a half-hidden joint venture between Venezuelan and Russian officials and businessmen. And Putin signed off. http://time.com/...
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