Notitarde.- Venezuela will create a crypto currency: petrocoin, with the objective of strengthening the national economy, which will be based on oil, gas and minerals, information released Sunday by President Nicolás Maduro.
During the International Fair of Science and Economy "Jacinto Convit", Maduro informed that the blockchain observatory will be created, which will have specialists in technology, economics, finance and media and will be attached to the Ministry of Science and Technology.
He exhorted the Oil Minister, Manuel Quevedo, to join in the formation and start-up of the Venezuelan cryptocurrency: The "petrocoin" or "Petro" as he called it during the broadcast of Venezolana de Televisión.
