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Venezuela to Grant this Year’s Christmas Bonuses in Petro Cryptocurrency

This year, the Venezuelan government will be awarding Christmas bonuses to employees across the country in cryptocurrency, local news outlet Venepress reports. Previously, in 2018, the Venezuelan government converted retiree’s bonuses awarded on a monthly basis into Petro automatically.Petro has been criticized by experts across the globe since February of

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Venezuela to Pay Retirees and Pensioners Christmas Bonus in Petro

Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro announced that the Christmas bonus of the country’s retirees and pensioners will be paid to them in the national cryptocurrency Petro.The Twitter profile of local news outlet Venepress reported on Maduro’s remarks on Nov. 17. This particular instance is not the first time that Venezuela

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Bittrex International Halts Service in Venezuela and 30 More Countries

Bittrex International, Malta-based international unit of United States’ crypto exchange Bittrex, will cease operations in Venezuela and 30 other countries.No clear reason for the actionIn an email to Venezuelan customers, Bittrex International announced that the exchange will halt account and trading access to users on Oct. 29, asking them

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State-Authorized Crypto Exchange Criptolago Rolls Out Crypto Cards in Venezuela

Good news for crypto enthusiasts in Venezuela – both for investors and exchanges. The state-authorized crypto exchange, Criptolago, rolled out an equivalent of debit cards of crypto recently.The crypto debit card is designed to serve as an easy and efficient means of digital payment. Like the traditional debit card, the

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Venezuela to Finance Housing Projects through Petro Cryptocurrency

Venezuela has decided to use its state-backed cryptocurrency, the Petro, to fund its ambitious housing scheme.Ildemaro Villarroel, the country’s Minister of Habitat and Housing, confirmed this news in an announcement made on a government website. The minister agreed confidently that by funding the project through the country’s pet cryptocurrency, Petro,

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