Venezuela will Present 'Petro' to OPEC as Digital Currency Backed by Oil

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My hunch is OPEC will not be amused by Venezuela's monetary antics.

Venezuela will present its state-backed cryptocurrency Petro as a unit of account for crude oil trading to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in 2019, the country’s oil company PDVSA reports on its Twitter Nov. 7.

The PDVSA has cited its president Manuel Quevedo, who also holds the position of Venezuela’s Minister of Oil and Mining, speaking about the future presentation:

"We will be presenting Petro to OPEC in 2019 as the main digital currency backed by oil."

... Experts also told media outlet Wired that PDVSA, which reportedly backs Petro, had $45 billion in debt and showed no signs of any trading activity. The publication noted that this might mean the currency is only a "smoke curtain" to conceal Maduro's recent failure to reanimate the national fiat currency.

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Will I be able to trade the Petro on Robinhood? lmao