Venezuelan Bolivar worth less than satoshi

in bitcoin •  7 years ago 

As the title says, 1 Bolivar Fuerte (Strong Bolivar), the currency of Venezuela, is worth less than a satoshi (the tiniest measurable unit of a bitcoin). Using LocalBitcoins as a reference it can be calculated that while a satoshi is worth $0,00004 dollars the bolivar is worth $0,00003571 dollars.

I should note that the tiniest unit of a bolivar is 1 cent of Bolivar, which means the tiniest unit is worth 100 times less than 1 Bolivar.

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The Bolivar has devalued very fast since the government imposed a controlled exchange rate in 2003, then banning swap markets. And after the price of oil fell it meant there was a lot less dollars to allocate to the forex market controlled by them, meaning people needed to rely even more in the black market to be able to get foreign currencies, and this along with non-stop issuing of new money (and as I said in another article they don't even have enough money to spend in the physical bills) has caused inflation to skyrocket, meaning the Bolivar rapidly lost its value, to the point of being worth less than a single satoshi.

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Wow, crypto is the only answer

Yeah, and it will only become more popular as time goes by, no wonder a lot of governments are worried.