Petro : Cryptocurrency of Venezuela

• Venezuela would launch a cryptocurrency to combat a financial blockade by the United States.

• A cryptocurrency is a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses cryptography to secure its transactions, to control the creation of additional units, and to verify the transfer of assets.

• Cryptocurrencies typically are not backed by any government or central banks.

• Digital currency is a money balance recorded electronically on a stored-value card or other device. In 2008, bitcoin was introduced, which marked the start of Digital currencies.