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2018-02-21 Caribbean-Latin America
What is Venezuela's new petro cryptocurrency?
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Posted by Fred 2018-02-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top

#1 LOL
Posted by newc 2018-02-21 01:36||   2018-02-21 01:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Can I cash a Petro in for the barrel of oil and how many barrels will I need to purchase a Big Mac?
Posted by Classer 2018-02-21 05:01||   2018-02-21 05:01|| Front Page Top

#3 an imaginary currency for an imaginably competent government with imaginary popular support and imaginary food and medicine
Posted by Frank G 2018-02-21 07:42||   2018-02-21 07:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Charles Ponzi reincarnated.

Are there really rich people stupid enough to fall for this?
Posted by AlanC 2018-02-21 08:30||   2018-02-21 08:30|| Front Page Top

#5 ...I would be very surprised if anyone outside of Maduro's inner circle is making dime one off of this.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-02-21 09:21||   2018-02-21 09:21|| Front Page Top

#6 What is Venezuela's new petro cryptocurrency?

A bad joke?
Posted by Raj 2018-02-21 10:05||   2018-02-21 10:05|| Front Page Top

#7 #4 Are there really rich people stupid enough to fall for this?

Quite a few in Hollywood, I suspect. (Ancient joke: how do you make a small fortune in Vegas Venezuela? Start with a large one.)
Posted by PBMcL 2018-02-21 10:32||   2018-02-21 10:32|| Front Page Top

#8 At least with a bolivar you can wipe your ass.
Posted by swksvolFF 2018-02-21 19:05||   2018-02-21 19:05|| Front Page Top

#9 Each petro will be backed by a barrel of oil

Didn't they already use their barrels of oil they can't get out of the ground anymore to secure loans from China?

Are there really rich people stupid enough to fall for this?

This scheme could be used to transfer money to the Venezuelan regime and Norks, Iran others in circumvention of sanctions and/or by interested parties who want to remain anonymous. That is likely to be the real purpose.
Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2018-02-21 21:02||   2018-02-21 21:02|| Front Page Top

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