Venezuela issued the national currency El Petro and for the first day sold tokens at $ 735 million

Literally yesterday, Venezuela was the first in   the world has launched the state crypto currency El   Petro. A   already today the President of the country Nicholas Maduro stated that for   first   The same day the country sold coins for   735   million dollars.

" Only for   one day of sales El   Petro collected 735   million   dollars. Today, a crypto currency is born, which can compete with   Superman " ,   - declared Maduro on   press conference .

El   Petro was created to bypass American sanctions and   " Saving the national economy " of the country. AT   Unlike   other crypto currency it is tied to   resources of Venezuela and   controlled by the government, due to which the government plans to sell about 100   million tokens. If Venezuela succeeds, then   capitalization El   Petro will be 6   bn   euro, and   she will enter   first ten crypto currency.

The Venezuelan parliament, which controls the opposition, on the contrary encourages investors not to   believe Maduro. By   according to members of Congress, El   Petro will depreciate " when or if Maduro leaves his place. " A   This whole idea was invented for the resale of Venezuelan oil and   " Is designed specifically for corruption. "

Source: Reuters