Petro News

The Iranian national digital currency is still underway. Time for an overview on a controversial issue in a controversial country.

Venezuela introduces rules for sending crypto remittances, imposing taxes and fees.

As Venezuela enters the crucial part of a political crisis, we decided to trace the fate of the Petro — the national cryptocurrency that seemingly failed to sav...

Venezuela has requested consultations with the U.S. government in connection with “discriminatory” sanctions against its national digital currency.

Venezuela has reportedly automatically converted pensioners’ most recent monthly bonus into its national oil-backed cryptocurrency, the Petro.

Venezuela’s Maduro has increased the Petro’s value from 3,600 to 9,000 bolivars in the midst of ongoing inflation in the country.

Venezuela’s National Assembly adopts crypto legislation and amendments to AML policy in order to allow international Petro trading and circumvent U.S. sanctions...

The head of Venezuela’s state oil company reveals that the country will present Petro at the next OPEC meeting, offering the coin as a unit of account.

Venezuela launches the official sale of state-owned Petro — a controversial coin that can only be purchased from its website or directly from National treasury ...

The CEO of Dash, Ryan Taylor, told Cointelegraph that he believes that central bank-issued cryptocurrencies are the “inevitable future.”

Petro should form an investment priority for Venezuelans, the country’s president has said.

We know that stablecoins are backed by something. It’s time to learn how they are backed.

Petro, the cryptocurrency touted as a way out of Venezuela’s financial crisis, will become the only payment method for passports starting Oct. 8.

The Wall Street Journal creates, then gets rid of, its own cryptocurrency and the Petro may be ready for public sale in November.

Ethereum developer points out that Petro white paper has copied an image from Dash’s GitHub repository, among other similarities.