RE: Why The Venezuelan 'Petro' Cryptocurrency Has Dangerous Implications Reaching Far Beyond South America

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Why The Venezuelan 'Petro' Cryptocurrency Has Dangerous Implications Reaching Far Beyond South America

in cryptocurrency •  7 years ago 

This is a really interesting observation. At the same time, we also have the UK's royal mint looking at a gold-backed crypto https://cointelegraph.com/news/uks-royal-mint-launches-gold-backed-cryptocurrency

What's strange is the 'backing' of these - we haven't had fiat currencies backed by gold for some time...

Yet I can still imagine fiat's being replaced with sovereign cryptos. However this plays out, it's certainly going to be interesting!

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I agree. I think a gold-backed crypto like the royal mint is actually something needed by the market. I don't see it replacing Bitcoin, rather, I see it supplanting what Tether is currently used for. But I feel what Venezuela is doing is extremely dangerous to this space if corrupt regimes feel they can just launch a crypto and get away with massive fiat devaluations and money laundering to further screw their own citizens