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Venezuela extends reorganization shutdown of crypto agency to March 2024

26.9.2023
The government will spend six additional months to ‘reorganize” the entity, which de-facto stopped its work in March 2023

Sun Sets on Venezuela’s Petro – Is the State-backed Crypto Now ‘Dead?’

4.7.2023
The sun may have set on Venezuela’s crypto dream, experts say – with some claiming that the nation’s oil-pegged Petro coin may be “dead.” The coin was launched in October 2018, and made headlines when its masterminds claimed it was the first state-backed cryptoasset. The government said that...

Venezuela shuts down crypto mining facilities, exchanges amid corruption probe

25.3.2023
According to Venezuela's attorney general office, government officials were running parallel oil operations with the assistance of the national crypto department

Venezuela overhauls national crypto department

19.3.2023
A new board will lead the reorganization, headed by Anabel Pereira Fernández. The new team excludes Joselit Ramirez, who led the department since its inception in 2018

Venezuelans reportedly hit by new Bitcoin tax of up to 20%

7.2.2022
Bitcoin adoption has been on the rise in Venezuela in recent years amid hyperinflation and the national currency crisis

Venezuelan Programmer Who Created the Petro Token Regrets Participating in the Project — Works on an Alternative Token

29.4.2021
Venezuela’s government-backed cryptocurrency is not having the acceptance its cabinet expected, as the latest reports suggest. The petro’s creator, who now lives in exile, wants to build another crypto that gets the adoption its original creation did not in the nation. Jiménez...

Ecuadorian Presidential Candidate Proposes a National Cryptocurrency but It Won’t Replace the Dollar

18.1.2021
An Ecuadorian presidential candidate hinted at creating a cryptocurrency in the country as part of its government agenda. Giovanny Andrade said that the national crypto aims to “facilitate” transactions across the country. Crypto Could Be Backed by Gold During an interview with...

305 Venezuelan Municipalities to Collect Tax in Cryptocurrency Petro

13.8.2020
Venezuela’s national tax harmonization agreement has been signed by the council representing 305 municipalities. They have agreed to use the country’s cryptocurrency, the petro, as the unit of account for tax payments. Taxing in Petro The Bolivarian Council of Mayors signed...

Venezuela May Soon Be Collecting Taxes in Crypto

12.8.2020
Venezuelan mayors agreed to join the government’s plan to expand the adoption of Petro despite some municipalities not having the technology to handle it

US Offers $5M Bounty for Arrest of Venezuela’s Crypto Chief

2.6.2020
The head of Venezuela's state-backed petro cryptocurrency has been added to the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Most Wanted list

US Government Puts Out $5 Million Bounty for Petro Supervisor

2.6.2020
The U.S. government issued a $5 million bounty to the supervisor of the Petro, but court documents suggest that crypto has little to do with alleged sanction evasion schemes

Venezuela Raises Petrol Prices, Mandates Support for Petro at Gas Stations

2.6.2020
Venezuelan petrol stations now support the state-issued Petro cryptocurrencies, however, the rollout comes amid an aggressive adjustment to the country’s petrol regime

Venezuela Appears to Have Hard Forked The Petro

16.5.2020
Signs indicate that Venezuela’s state-backed cryptocurrency quietly underwent a hard fork earlier this month

Top Venezuelan Exchange Launches Support for Offline Bitcoin Transfers

11.4.2020
Venezuelans who are not connected to the internet can now transfer crypto assets including Bitcoin, Litecoins, Dash or Petros

Pandemic Assistance: Maduro to Airdrop Cryptocurrency to All Doctors in Venezuela

4.4.2020
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has announced that he is airdropping cryptocurrency to every doctor in his country as a token of appreciation for their work to combat the coronavirus outbreak. The national cryptocurrency, the petro, will be distributed via the Homeland card (Carnet de...