Venezuelan President Maduro has ordered the issuance of the first 100 mln Petros, an oil-backed national cryptocurrency. He also indicated that each Petro would have the value of a single barrel of oil.
The first national meeting of Petro miners will occur on January 14, along with the publication of the whitepaper. The announcement is in line with the previous statements from Maduro that the country would issue an oil-backed cryptocurrency.
The country’s massive hyperinflation problems have led to widespread lack of trust in the national currency, the Bolivar. This has caused much of the population with access to appropriate technology to pursue Bitcoin as a means of stable transactions - called ‘Bitcoinization’ by some economists.
Other countries including Zimbabwe have also seen widespread Bitcoin adoption in the face of financial instability.
I just want to mention that anyone buying Petro will be directly contributing to the further enrichment of Venezuelan's oppressive regime.
Petro is not the answer to Venezuela's economic woes. The sooner Maduro's regime is ousted, the sooner Venezuela can begin the long road to recovery.
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